Martha Dykstra.is the coordinator at the Knoxville Senior Citizen Center. According to Dykstra volunteers are always needed to deliver meals. Churches and various civic organizations and individuals have helped over the years, but help is getting more difficult to find she said.

According to Dykstra the Senior Center serves on average 75 home delivered meals per day. Meals are also served at the Senior Center, where roughly another 15 are served congregate meals at 11:30 each day.

The menus are posted around town, Hy-Vee, Knoxville Clinic and in Pella as well as at the radio station, where it is broadcasted.

Seniors are considered to be those individuals age 60 and above. The cost of a senior meal is a suggested contribution of $5 whether the meal is delivered to the home or served at the Senior Citizen Center. For those individuals under the age of 60, the price for a meal is $8.65.

Hours at the Senior Citizen Center are from 8 a,m. until 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday.