Vinton County senior center plans fundraiser, June activities and meals

Blingo Bingo is set for June 9 from 5 to 9 p.m., and the fundraiser will bring more than bingo to Vinton County seniors and their supporters. The event will use limited bingo tickets and add 50/50 raffles, door prizes, a quarter auction and food available for donations, making it a practical way to raise money for the senior center while drawing a wide crowd.

The center’s early June schedule is just as concrete. Daybreak Adult Day Care meets Monday through Thursday, and the week includes exercise bingo, games, another bingo stop and a Thursday activity with Samuel. The bulletin also lays out a full week of meals for the center, ending Friday with egg salad, pickled beets, bread and cake, giving older residents and caregivers a day-by-day plan for lunches and activities.

That regular schedule matters in a county where transportation, nutrition and social contact can be hard to piece together. Vinton County Senior Citizens says its main goal is to help residents over 60 stay in their homes independently as long as possible, and the organization backs that up with non-emergency transportation and home-delivered meals. Rhoda Toon-Price serves as director, and the center is listed at 31935 State Route 93 in McArthur, with the main number 740-596-4706.

Daybreak Adult Day Care and Daybreak Transportation are listed at the same McArthur address, with the adult day care number 740-596-2303. That overlap underscores how the senior center’s daily operations and its caregiver support network are tied together. Earlier public posts also showed the center reopening with lunch and activities on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and local reporting noted a parking-lot expansion effort along with a $10,000 grant through Daybreak Adult Daycare, all signs that the program has had to keep building capacity as demand grows.

For many families, the value of the senior center is not just a meal or a game of bingo. It is a weekly point of contact, a ride, a lunch table and a reason to check in. In rural Vinton County, those pieces help keep older adults connected, fed and at home.