At the Senior Center, finally, lunch is served

Last March 12, the Boulder-Basin Senior Center served what would turn out to be its last lunch for more than a year. (For the record, the menu that day featured oven herbed chicken with brown rice, steamed broccoli, garden salad, and fruit medley.) The COVID-19 pandemic had just hit Montana, and seniors were judged to be at high risk.

On May 4, 418 days later, the Senior Center reopened its doors. Cook Debbie Larson prepared a meal of Montana pasties, diced beets, broccoli spears, and sweet peaches. Seven residents had RSVPed.

The lunch service is offered by the Rocky Mountain Development Council, a non-profit agency based in Helena that provides community services primarily to Jefferson, Broadwater, and Lewis & Clark counties. Known locally as “Rocky,” the Council decided to restart lunches in conjunction with the Jefferson County Health Department.