BRINNON — The threat of closing Brinnon’s senior nutrition program has been lifted, the Olympic Community Action Programs’ executive director said.
“They’re off of red alert,” Tim Hockett said Monday.
“We’re still trying to keep attendance up and deliver meals.”
The nutrition program, which began the summer with the threat of ending in July, now is averaging 15 to 17 people a day, he said.
The program’s goal is to have at least 20 people a day.
In June, Brinnon’s nutrition program was serving an average of only 12 people daily, and had served as few as six a day.
The program had the lowest attendance of any on the North Olympic Peninsula, Hockett said then.
Recent attendance has been bolstered by a popular “Third Thursday” dinner, a monthly community gathering at the Brinnon Community Center on the first floor of the Bayshore Motel, he said.
The motel, on U.S. Highway 101 in Brinnon, is owned by Jefferson County and operated by OlyCAP.
