The Norman Transcript

Letters

Discussion

September 23, 2012

Group needs wheels

The Norman Transcript

NORMAN — Editor, The Transcript:

The eastern most part of Cleveland County is home to Lake Thunderbird and is a geographic area known as the Cross Timbers.

While there is a great beauty in this area, it is very rural and, in some areas, the road conditions can be rather daunting. The folks who live in this region, many who are either living at the poverty level or have low incomes, face many challenges. When bad weather comes, it can take a good while for roads to clear and for downed utilities to come back online.

At Aging Services Inc., we believe that providing meals to folks who are home bound and living in this area is extremely important. For the past 36 years, Aging Services Inc. has operated a county-wide home delivered meal program for all of Cleveland County. Aging Services Inc. is a nonprofit organization that operates mainly with funding from the Older Americans Act/Title III program.

While we primarily work with the assistance of many volunteers to deliver meals to the home bound, our program has become large enough that we also employ food carriers who make deliveries in the far reaches of the county.

About six weeks ago, the old Subaru Forrester that we used for service in the far eastern area of Cleveland County broke down. Our mechanic told us it is beyond repair, so now we are in need of another delivery vehicle. However, we simply do not have the funds in our budge to make this purchase.

If you wish to help us through the donation of a used vehicle in good condition, or make a monetary donation to be used toward the purchase of one, please contact Aging Services Inc. at 321-3200. We would be glad to give you our heartfelt thanks, as will the recipients of our home delivered meals.

We will, of course, also provide you a donation letter that allows you to take a deduction off your 2012 taxes. Please consider helping us so that we can continue to help the senior adults in need of our community.

Thank you,

KATHLEEN WILSON

Executive Director

Norman

For local news and more, subscribe to The Norman Transcript Smart Edition, or our print edition.

Text Only | Photo Reprints
Letters
  • Highway projects are wasteful

    Editor, The Transcript:   The transfer of moneys from the private sector to the government, by use of taxation, for example, should not be expected to affect economies. Both entities spend the money on jobs and on goods and services. Who ...

    June 16, 2013

  • California is doing just fine

    Editor, The Transcript: George Will owes California an apology for his numerous columns predicting the state’s impending collapse because of gross mismanagement of public funds....

    June 15, 2013

  • Plan leaves you high, dry

    Editor, The Transcript: Living in Oklahoma, being an “at will” employee is pretty common. If you are not familiar with the term, it simply means that the boss can fire you whenever he wants. This may apply to you and you don’t even know ...

    June 15, 2013

  • We make it easy for storms

    Editor, The Transcript: If we look at how the average house is constructed here, we see how easily tornados destroy them. Walls are framed together with nails. When the walls are erected, that puts all of the nails in a vertical position....

    June 15, 2013

  • Orwell mistitled novel ‘1984’

    Editor, The Transcript: Obama as Sgt. Schultz: Personally, I’d like to think he (Obama) is just that. However; unhappily, I believe just the opposite. His communist upbringing, Muslim background and Saul Alinsky ties plus his in-depth ...

    June 14, 2013

  • Spend your time wisely

    Someone once wrote “Time, you thief,” And we know what that does mean. It seems the days go flying by — Never more to be seen. Don’t leave those needed words unsaid, And don’t forget it’s fun to play....

    June 13, 2013

  • Thank you to city workers

    Editor, The Transcript: As a resident in central Norman, I want to thank our garbage pickup workers for their extra attention to picking up storm damage today and each time we have storm damage. The workers had already picked up what I ...

    June 9, 2013

  • Public not fooled by GOP’s ‘mind tricks’

    Editor, The Transcript: After reading last Sunday’s “Your View” letter from one of our resident conservative whiners accusing The Transcript of assaulting Republicans by presenting a different view than his, I feel a response is ...

    June 9, 2013

  • Indecent proposal to put a loophole in the HD Ordinance?

    Editor, The Transcript: Is it appropriate for the Norman Economic Development Coalition (NEDC) to encourage City Council Members to create a loophole that would undermine the high density zoning ordinance even before it is created? The ...

    June 9, 2013

  • Priority should be on change, not blame

    Editor, The Transcript: A recent letter in The Transcript by Steve Byas criticized the paper for implying “that Republicans are less compassionate and caring for people than Democrats.” Whether Democrats or Republicans, we need to be more ...

    June 9, 2013