Big NEWS!

We are thrilled to announce some exciting changes on the horizon at Wayne Senior Center. For years, we have dreamed of having our own in-house chef to prepare delicious meals each day using the freshest ingredients. Our annual survey in 2024 showed that having a menu that meets a wide variety of dietary needs and culinary preferences is a very high priority for our members.

Thanks to an incredible gift from the Mariposa Wish Foundation, our dream is finally coming true!

The foundation, whose president is Wayne Senior Center member Jill Chambers, has awarded the Center $350,000 for a comprehensive chef-led nutrition program that will enable us to provide freshly made meals five days a week. We will also be able to provide nutritional counseling, a menu that incorporates the latest science on diet and wellness, and fun programming like cooking demonstrations and recipe sharing.  

We’re also thrilled to partner with The Willows Park Preserve, where we’ll be using their commercial kitchen to bring this fresh menu to life.

Our hope is to begin the new program sometime this Fall, but we still have a lot of logistics to put in place before that can happen. We will share all the exciting details with you when we are ready to begin with the new menu. 

Please join us in thanking Jill and the Mariposa Wish Foundation for this generous support!