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California
Association of Nutrition Directors for the
Elderly
Providing Quality Nutrition Services to
California Seniors
for over 25 years
Dear Colleague:
My name is Paul Downey and I am the new
President of the California Association of
Nutrition Directors for the Elderly (CANDE).
My “day job” is running Senior Community
Centers in San Diego. We provide more than
350,000 meals annually to low-income seniors
along with housing and an array of social
and healthcare services.
I am involved with CANDE because of its
direct impact on the growth and success of
Senior Community Centers. At the Annual
Conference and through newsletter updates,
my staff gets the cutting-edge information
they need to produce tasty and nutritious
meals for our seniors. CANDE’s advocacy
efforts have directly helped my agency’s
bottom-line by focusing on increased funding
from the State and Federal levels. There is
also a wonderful camaraderie that emerges
through interaction with others doing what
you do every day. Sometimes it is nice to
know you are not alone!
CANDE has been in existence since 1974 and
we are the only statewide organization
devoted to senior nutrition issues. Our
member agencies serve over 20 million
congregate and home delivered meals annually
to more than 220,000 elderly and disabled
persons across the State.
All of us in the aging field are acutely
aware of the demographic and funding
challenges ahead. We can only meet those
challenges by banding together and speaking
with a collective voice. Please consider
renewing your membership or joining CANDE
today!
Some of the other membership benefits of
CANDE include: weekly emails from
GrantStation Insider regarding upcoming
funding opportunities; workshops;
conferences; newsletters; periodic advocacy
alerts; and our ongoing web presence. In
addition, members can obtain information
such as census and demographic data,
legislative updates, and most importantly,
CANDE provides a mechanism for sharing with
your peers.
I urge you to consider the value of the
collaborative voice that CANDE represents
and the added benefits we can offer. Please
join today!
Respectfully,
Paul Downey
President
P.S. Please feel free to copy (and/or PDF)
this packet and forward to any of your
colleagues who you think may be interested
in joining CANDE.
P.P.S. I look
forward to meeting each of you at our Annual
Conference next May 28-30 in Sacramento!
The mailing
address & all inquiries for CANDE is
c/o Meals on Wheels West
1823 A Michigan Ave. Santa Monica CA 90404
310.394.5133 email:
mealznwheelz@aol.com contact: Kevin
McNulty
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