OCES Offers Holiday Meals at Community Dining Sites

Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), the non-profit agency proudly serving older adults and individuals with disabilities throughout greater Plymouth County and surrounding communities, will offer special holiday meals at several community dining sites in December.

OCES has planned a delicious "Holiday Special" featuring Chicken Cordon Bleu, baked potato and sour cream, peas and mushrooms, snowflake dinner roll along with chocolate éclairs (or diet white chocolate mousse with topping) for dessert. The Holiday Special will be offered at the following community dining sites:

-On December 14, 2017 at noon at the Halifax Council on Aging (COA) dining site at 506 Plymouth Street, Halifax, MA 02338.

-On December 20, 2017 at noon at the Easton COA dining site at Frothingham Hall Community Center, 15 Barrows Street, North Easton 02356.

-On December 21, 2017 at noon at the Brockton COA dining site in the Mary Cruise Kennedy Senior Center, 10 Father Kenney Way, Brockton, MA 02301.

A special "Traveling Chef Carving of the Day" holiday meal will be offered at the Wareham COA on December 20, 2017 at 11:30 a.m., and will feature Roast beef au jus, Au Gratin potatoes, Green Bean Almandine and chocolate fudge cake. The dining site is located at 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling each town's COA directly.

Daily Meals at Community Dining Sites
OCES' community dining sites provide hot, nutritious noontime meals Monday through Friday to adults age 60+ and individuals with disabilities under the age of 60. Meals are planned by a nutritionist and meet one-third of the Recommended Daily Allowance for major nutrients. The meals do not include high sodium foods and no salt is added. Low-fat milk is provided.

Community dining information is published in COA newsletters and on OCES' new website at http://www.ocesma.org. A sample menu may be requested by calling OCES at (508) 584-1561.