Loneliness is more common among older adults because they're often not in contact with people through routine activities like work. Retirement, reduced mobility, the deaths of spouses and peers, and cognitive decline are all part of growing older that make seniors susceptible to isolation.
Loaves & Fishes, for example, is delivering meals where they're needed, including to other nonprofits, to distribution sites and to homebound seniors and others through the Meals on Wheels and Medically Tailored Meals programs. That means the San Jose-based nonprofit needs mobility, and it'll now be able to do more thanks to a game-changing donation from the Summit League. The $310,000 gift which was delivered Wednesday by Summit League President Liz Ferrari and Peggy Koen and Pam Blackwell will enable Loaves and Fishes to purchase two new, temperature-controlled trucks.