OCTOBER 26, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
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Meals on Wheels needs drivers
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
“Todd’s an angel. You’ve
probably noticed his halo,”
Adam Wiktorek, a Meals on
Wheels driver, says about
Todd Putnam, another vol-
unteer, while the two men
wait for food to arrive at the
Keizer Elks Lodge.
Both Wiktorek and Put-
nam have been delivering
food to people in Keizer
through Meals on Wheels for
so long that they no longer
count the years.
Putnam’s mom used to
rely on Meals on Wheels vol-
unteers to get fed.
“Because someone was
delivering meals to her I
thought I’d get involved,”
Putnam said. “That’s how I
started. That’s probably about
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Meals on Wheels drivers meet Monday through Friday at the Keizer Elks Lodge at 10:30 a.m. to deliver food to people in need.
15 years ago, I’m guessing.
Now that we’re retired, it get
us out of the house and gives
us something to do. It keeps
us busy.”
Wiktorek saw volunteers
deliver meals to his neighbors
back in the 1990s when one
day he thought he’d see what
the program was all about.
He filled out an application
to become a driver, thinking
he would volunteer for about
a month.
“The thing is they nev-
er fire anybody,” Wiktorek
joked. “I think we all love it.
I look forward to it.”
Along with serving meals,
volunteers are also there for
people when they need them
most.
Elks hosting Trunk or Treat
Keizer Elks Lodge is host-
ing a Halloween event with
Trunk and Treats and a haunt-
ed house on Saturday, Oct. 27
from 1 to 3 p.m.
Trunk or Treats is free but
entry to the haunted house is
canned food or a cash dona-
tion.
The haunted house is open
to all ages is non-contact.
All donations gathered
during the haunted house
will go towards the Christmas
Charities program.
Wiktorek was deliver-
ing food to a retired postal
worker in Keizer who’d had
a stroke when he found the
man on the ground in the
garage. He’d been laying
there all morning. Wiktorek
called 911, saving the man’s
life.
“It’s a great honor to do
this and help our people,”
Wiktorek said.
Volunteers gather Monday
through Friday beginning
at 10:30 a.m. at the Keizer
Elks Lodge to pick up food
for their routes. On a typical
day, 70 meals are delivered
through seven routes.
All of the cooking is done
at Center 50 plus in Salem.
Steve Morton, the kitch-
en director, has a team of
10 people, half of which are
chefs.
“We’re always looking for
drivers,” Morton said. “We’re
coming out of probably our
driest recruiting time of
year.”
To volunteer with Meals
on Wheels, call 503-364-
2856, visit marionpolkfood-
share.org/programs/meals-
on-wheels/driver or pick up
an application at the Keizer
Elks Lodge.
Few boundary changes
expected at Keizer schools
A Boundary Review Task
Force has been formed and has
started to review boundaries in
all Salem-Keizer high school
feeder systems.
Boundary adjustments are
needed to fully utilize the ad-
ditional capacity being built in
the 2018 bond program and to
balance enrollments across the
district.
All school boundaries are
being reviewed in the process,
however not all boundaries will
be adjusted.
Comparatively few changes
are expected for the McNary
and West Salem High School
feeder systems, with more
changes expected for the McK-
ay, North Salem, South Salem
and Sprague feeder systems.
The Task Force is working
to prepare a recommendation
for boundary adjustments that
will be presented to the Su-
perintendent at the Dec. 11
School Board meeting.
The Task Force will hold
Boundary Open House events
to receive feedback from the
community on Tuesday, Oct.
30 at Judson Middle School,
Waldo Middle School and
CTEC. from 6 to 8 p.m. on
Tuesday, Oct. 30.
Additional opportunities to
share feedback on boundary
adjustments will be announced
soon.
For more information on
the Boundary Review Task
Force or the Boundary Open
House events, please visit the
boundary adjustment page on
the district website, https://
salkeiz.k12.or.us.
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