Expand<\/a>
\nHonoring our seniors<\/p>\nPennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary Jason Kavulich was helping prepare meals at the Meals-on-Wheels site before delivering them in Lackawanna County.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday is really about aging and community,\u201d he said. \u201cLook around you and you\u2019ll see partners from our Legislature, the United Way, Meals-on-Wheels, Friends of the Poor, all contributing with our Agency on Aging to feed older adults during the Thanksgiving holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n
The current state administration, he said, is supporting older adults so they can age with grace and dignity, provided with necessary services.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important for older adults to feel connected to their community and to be part of their community, knowing that their community respects them and wants them to age with dignity and grace,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re the backbone of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
State Reps. Kyle Mullins and Bridget Kosierowski were also on hand to assist with the effort.<\/p>\n
As Mullins looked around at a room full of volunteers, he was encouraged by the concern neighbors had for neighbors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know food insecurity affects every neighborhood in both cities and rural areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Recently, when SNAP benefits were threatened by the federal shutdown, organizations and individuals stepped up to help, he said.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s that spirit of generosity that defines our area, he said.<\/p>\n
Both Kavulich and Mullins pointed out the Shapiro administration\u2019s commitment to ensure all Pennsylvanians have access to food.<\/p>\n
Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s 2025-26 budget includes an $11 million increase for food security, including $5 million to Pennsylvania food banks and $2 million for a new State Food Bucks program to supplement SNAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON \u2014 Barry Snyder packed Thanksgiving packages for Meals-on-Wheels recipients on Tuesday morning, making sure each contained a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[182,139,178,180,179,181],"class_list":{"0":"post-44507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-local-news","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-scranton","11":"tag-scranton-headlines","12":"tag-scranton-news","13":"tag-top-stories-stt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Pennsylvania](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-MEALS-1126-04.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"State](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-MEALS-1126-01.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Employees](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-MEALS-1126-02-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Joan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/STT-L-FOODGIVEAWAY-1126-02.jpg\")
<\/p>\n