Editor’s note: One in a series of stories of volunteer opportunities in the Muskogee area.

Margaret Stewart cited one motivation that kept her helping out at a Muskogee Community Action nutrition site for the past six years.

“I enjoy helping people,” she said, after signing in lunchtime clients at Honor Heights Tower on Wednesday. “A lot of these people worked over years and years and contributed to society in general, and I’m trying to give them a little comfort in knowing I’m there for them.”

Muskogee Community Action Foundation is looking for other volunteers willing to be there for clients at their nutrition sites. The agency also needs volunteers for other tasks as well.

“We couldn’t make it without them,” said Vickie Tackett, manager of the Honor Heights Tower nutrition site, 220 N. 40th St.

She said AARP members and Department of Human Services employees are among those who help out at the site, but more volunteers are welcome.

The nutrition program offers transportation, nutrition and other services for the elderly and the physically challenged throughout Muskogee County.

The foundation operates seven nutrition sites in Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner and Okmulgee counties. Muskogee County has sites in Boynton, Haskell, Fort Gibson and Webbers Falls as well as Honor Heights Tower, Fair Haven Apartments and Douglas Community Center, said Erma Sallie, outreach coordinator for Muskogee County Community Action’s nutrition program. The agency also delivers meals to homebound clients, but is not the same as Meals on Wheels, she said.

Sallie said the nutrition program can use all sorts of volunteers.

“Volunteers come here to help with cooking meals, preparing meals, getting them out and cleaning up,” she said.

The Muskogee County Community Action Foundation receives funding from the Lake Area United Way.

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