Meals on Wheels fundraiser is Saturday

| October 17, 2017 1:00 AM

Taste of The Frontier, a benefit supporting the Meals on Wheels program at the Post Falls Senior Center, will be held Saturday, Oct. 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the center.

Offering an evening of beer, wine, whiskey and cigar tasting, along with food and music, tickets are $35 per person.

This is a western-themed event, and western attire is encouraged.

In Idaho, there are 328,788 seniors, making up 20 percent of the population. Of that group, 11.3 percent, or 37,120, are struggling with hunger. More, 22.7 percent, are isolated or living alone, and even more, 101,081 (30.6 percent) live in or near poverty.

Tickets are available in Post Falls at the Senior Center, 1215 E. Third Ave. or at Columbia Bank, 3235 E. Mullan Ave.

All money raised will benefit Meals on Wheels, a program with volunteers who deliver nutritional meals to seniors in their homes.