At the March 7 Tuckerton Borough Council meeting, Mayor Susan Marshall presented the proclamation of March 2022 as a month celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program.

According to Community Services Inc. of Ocean County, nearly one in five of New Jersey’s 2.01 million senior citizens face food insecurity each year, and 8% are living in poverty. In Ocean County, 63% of those served Meals on Wheels are at high nutritional risk and 85% are frail.