Men’s Basketball Buckeyes Spend Time with Senior Citizens – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Members of the Ohio State men’s basketball team traveled to a LifeCare Alliance center in Columbus Friday to spend part of the day with senior citizens. While there, the players took a tour of the facility located on Harmon Ave., ate lunch in “Carrie’s Café” and then played board games, video games, cornhole and swapped dance moves with the older set of Buckeye fans.
Some of the highlights of the day included the junior forward Dallas Lauderdale-led serenade to the tune of “My Girl,” as well as the dance stylings of Lauderdale, junior guard David Lighty and senior guard P.J. Hill. Senior Danny Peters and sophomore William Buford played cards with a small group and everyone posed for photos and signed autographs until the last patron left smiling.
LifeCare Alliance, a program designed around “nourishing the human spirit,” is the largest Meals on Wheels provider in central Ohio. The group currently prepares and delivers approximately 6,000 meals a day, 365 days a year for older adults, and the chronically ill or disabled residents in local counties. The Harmon Ave. location opened in 2008 and is a distribution center for the area, as well as the location for wellness programs and Carrie’s Café, a public eating establishment.
About LifeCare Alliance: LifeCare Alliance is a not-for-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of health and nutrition services to residents of Central Ohio. LifeCare Alliance’s mission is to lead the community in identifying and delivering health and nutrition services to meet the community’s changing needs. Founded in 1898 as the Instructive District Nursing Association (IDNA), LifeCare Alliance was Columbus’ first in-home health care agency and Ohio’s first Visiting Nurse Association, services they proudly continue today.
