At the OAKS, we make aging fun, safe, and healthy.

Programs & Clinics

• Meals on Wheels
• Senior Center Dining
• Distance Dining
• Home Delivered Hot Meals
• Bingo
• Entertainment
• Indoor Walking Track
• Exercise Room
• Library
• Puzzles
• Games & activities
• Knitting Classes

Meals & Activities

Every Senior Is Special

• American Home Care
  
• Pleural Mesothelioma
  

About Us

• Silver Haired Legislature               
  
• Aging Matters 
• Visiting Nurses Association 
• Heritage Nursing Center
• National HealthCare Corp.
• St. Francis Park by Americare
• Grace Health Services
• Legacy Hospice
• Genesis  Home Care
• Dunklin County Health Dept.

• Health Screenings by local Agencies
• Foot Clinic
• Guest Speakers on Subjects that Interest Seniors
• Fraud Alert Programs
• Nutritional Programs
• Miracle Ear screenings

Dorothy Riggs

​Administrative Assistant

​Dorothy scans and greets seniors/guests as they come into the center to eat, keeps up with events, and appointments for the foot clinic, and manages kitchen paperwork that includes food inventory.  She works in the office with the administrator.

Mary Emery

Head Cook

Mary has been with the Kennett Senior Center for 24 years, and she definitely knows her way around the kitchen.

Lori Montgomery

Second Cook
Lori assists Mary, and she keeps the food orders straight, along with everyone else. She has been with the center for 17 years.

Resources

​Alice Blocker

​​Administrative Assistant

​Alice updates congregate files, makes copies, distributes important materials to seniors, and works in the office with the administrator.

At the Kennett OAKS Senior Nutrition Center, our staff and volunteers do all they can to make sure our congregate and home bound seniors are safe and well cared for.

Our mission is to provide nutritious meals, beneficial supportive services, and social interaction to area seniors.

​Kennett O.A.K.S.

(Older Adults Keep Serving)