TCAD awards third grant to Anderson Senior Center
Most recent grant totals $8,000
Leean Tupper, left, assistant to Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, and County Commissioner Denise Palmer, on behalf of the Anderson County Senior Center, accept a grant award check from Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, center, Aaron Bradley (back row), director of the ETHRA East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability; and James Dunn, executive director of the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability. (photo:Anderson County Government )
It marks the third such grant awarded to the Senior Center, located at 96 Mariner Point Drive.
This most-recent grant will be used to purchase health education-related materials and equipment to support the relatively newly established, and very popular, senior health education program at the Senior Center.
“A year-and-a-half ago, we gave some extra money to the Senior Center and Office on Aging for health education of older adults,” said Aaron Bradley, director of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency’s East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability.
“Anderson County took that one step farther and hired a part-time health educator. It’s been a great use of those funds,” Bradley said.
County Mayor Terry Frank said, “Anderson County is so appreciative of the partnership with the state legislature and TCAD. These grants make such a positive, tangible impact in the community.”