Several local organizations make donations to Kimberling Area Senior Center
The Caring Americans Foundation donated the funds for a new commercial washer and dryer and installation at the Kimberling Area Senior Center.
Kadee Brosseau DeCourley
While the Kimberling Area Senior Center receives some government funding, it is the support of the community that allows the center to go above and beyond for the people it serves.
Just last week, the Lions Club unexpectedly gifted the Kimberling Area Senior Center with a donation.
“The Lions Club brought us a check on Friday,” Stone County Senior Services Manager Jackie Holladay said.
Holladay said board members will discuss what that donation will be used for during the next board meeting.
“Then, about three weeks ago, [Caring Americans] gave us [a monetary gift] that we used to put a washer and dryer in here [at the center] because we did not have a washer and dryer for things like the dish rags that we use every day,” Holladay said.
Holladay said that generous donation paid for a new industrial washer and dryer as well as the plumbing and electrical for the new appliances.
A few months ago Caring Americans also made the Kimberling Area Senior Center the “Charity of the Month.”
“That meant we got [a donation],” Holladay explained. “Also, our quilting ladies have a lot of quilts that they make. We put that at Caring Americans and they sold that at their facility for us.”
“Neighbors and Friends of Table Rock Lake also gave us [money] to go toward the beverages at the hot lunches at the senior center in December,” Holladay said.
The Senior Center also received money to provide exercise equipment to the people who come to the center to use.
“We also recently received a grant from the Skaggs Foundation. They bought us some exercise equipment,” Holladay said.
Holladay said the center is always grateful for the support of organizations throughout the area, as it would not be possible to do as much for seniors in Stone County with only funding provided by the government.
“The minimum is all the funding that is available through any government resources. So, anything that is beyond just the necessities to live for our people, anything that’s fun, anything that is exceptional, anything that is just that other ‘click’ that makes people want to get out of their homes, and want to be part of the community has to be community funded as well. That’s where Caring Americans and The Lions Club and Skaggs and all of these places come in that just give it that little extra flower in the hair, that makes it worth being wherever you’re going to be,” Holladay said.
In the future, Holladay said the center hopes to receive funding through donations that will allow it to add a back deck to the Kimberling City facility.
“We are looking for some large donors,” Holladay said. “We have a view that is beyond compare here at the senior center, but you can’t go out the back doors to enjoy the view because it drops off. So, we are working on grants right now to try to build a back deck with railings.”
For more information about the Kimberling Area Senior Center or the services provided to seniors throughout Stone County, call Jackie Holladay at 417-877-6912.
While the Kimberling Area Senior Center receives some government funding, it is the support of the community that allows the center to go above and beyond for the people it serves.
Just last week, the Lions Club unexpectedly gifted the Kimberling Area Senior Center with a donation.
“The Lions Club brought us a check on Friday,” Stone County Senior Services Manager Jackie Holladay said.
Holladay said board members will discuss what that donation will be used for during the next board meeting.
“Then, about three weeks ago, [Caring Americans] gave us [a monetary gift] that we used to put a washer and dryer in here [at the center] because we did not have a washer and dryer for things like the dish rags that we use every day,” Holladay said.
Holladay said that generous donation paid for a new industrial washer and dryer as well as the plumbing and electrical for the new appliances.
A few months ago Caring Americans also made the Kimberling Area Senior Center the “Charity of the Month.”
“That meant we got [a donation],” Holladay explained. “Also, our quilting ladies have a lot of quilts that they make. We put that at Caring Americans and they sold that at their facility for us.”
“Neighbors and Friends of Table Rock Lake also gave us [money] to go toward the beverages at the hot lunches at the senior center in December,” Holladay said.
The Senior Center also received money to provide exercise equipment to the people who come to the center to use.
“We also recently received a grant from the Skaggs Foundation. They bought us some exercise equipment,” Holladay said.
Holladay said the center is always grateful for the support of organizations throughout the area, as it would not be possible to do as much for seniors in Stone County with only funding provided by the government.
“The minimum is all the funding that is available through any government resources. So, anything that is beyond just the necessities to live for our people, anything that’s fun, anything that is exceptional, anything that is just that other ‘click’ that makes people want to get out of their homes, and want to be part of the community has to be community funded as well. That’s where Caring Americans and The Lions Club and Skaggs and all of these places come in that just give it that little extra flower in the hair, that makes it worth being wherever you’re going to be,” Holladay said.
In the future, Holladay said the center hopes to receive funding through donations that will allow it to add a back deck to the Kimberling City facility.
“We are looking for some large donors,” Holladay said. “We have a view that is beyond compare here at the senior center, but you can’t go out the back doors to enjoy the view because it drops off. So, we are working on grants right now to try to build a back deck with railings.”
For more information about the Kimberling Area Senior Center or the services provided to seniors throughout Stone County, call Jackie Holladay at 417-877-6912.