In 1975, Gerald Ford was president, the country was reeling from Watergate and the Philadelphia Flyers were in their Stanley Cup glory days.

In Wayne, civic engagement was high but there was a “dearth in services” for older adults. Community leaders saw a generation being left behind and took action.

During Wayne Week that year, the Radnor Nutrition Program was launched. It was a collaboration between the Neighborhood League Nursing Service, Wayne’s Retired Senior Volunteer Program, a retired IBM executive, the principal of Ithan Elementary School, Radnor Township personnel and representatives from a newly formed Valley Forge chapter of AARP.

The center continues:

“Wayne Senior Center was truly born out of community,” says its current Executive Director Katie Mahon.

The first meals we

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