For many people, the holiday<\/span>s<\/span> <\/span>are<\/span> a time of great expectations \u2013 <\/span>much anticipated visits with friends and family traveling back home for the season; surprise gifts received from family and friends. <\/span>For others, <\/span>however, <\/span>the holidays can be a time of <\/span>intense <\/span>loneliness, magnified even more when compared <\/span>with<\/span> the backdrop of <\/span>seemingly non-stop <\/span>festivities and parties enjoyed by everyone else. For the<\/span>se people, <\/span>the greatest gift they can receive is <\/span>that of friendship <\/span>— <\/span>a <\/span>comforting <\/span>hand, a <\/span>reassuring voice, a <\/span>friendly face<\/span>. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n This year, Gregory\u2019s Fresh Market, a division of Diana Gregory Outreach Services, <\/span>once again <\/span>recruited volunteers and <\/span>sponsors <\/span>to <\/span>bring <\/span>healthy <\/span>food and friend<\/span>ship <\/span>to seniors <\/span>living <\/span>in the greater Phoenix <\/span>area <\/span>through <\/span>its fifth annual \u201cGift of Nutrition\u201d program. <\/span>In <\/span>the program, seniors receive fresh fruits and vegetables delivered by volunteers who also spend time with the<\/span>m, <\/span>offering companionship, entertainment and holiday greetings. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe holidays can be a<\/span> tough and lonely <\/span>time<\/span>, especially for seniors,\u201d<\/span>\u201d said Diana Gregory, president and founder of Gregory\u2019s Fresh Market. \u201cWe are so grateful to the volunteers who give their time to visit the seniors and to the sponsors who have enabled us to reach more than 7,000 seniors since <\/span>we started <\/span>Gift of Nutrition.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Added Gregory: <\/span>\u201c<\/span>I want to <\/span>say <\/span>a special <\/span>t<\/span>hank <\/span>you to <\/span>Angela Curley and the volunteers from<\/span> the<\/span> Henkel Corporation for their community service and donation<\/span>, <\/span>to<\/span> <\/span>ONECare<\/span> by Care1st<\/span> Health Plan Arizona Inc.<\/span>, <\/span>the p<\/span>resenting sponsor of the Gift of Nutrition holiday program, and <\/span>to <\/span>th<\/span>e<\/span> <\/span>other <\/span>supporters who generously partner<\/span>ed<\/span> with us to expand healthy eating options to more seniors in the Greater Phoenix area.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n D<\/span>iana Gregory Outreach Services is <\/span>committed to fulfilling its mission to improve the lives of seniors in the Greater Phoenix area<\/span> through healthy eating choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For many people, the holidays are a time of great expectations \u2013 much anticipated visits with friends and family traveling back home for the season; surprise gifts received from family and friends. For others, however, the holidays can be a time of intense loneliness, magnified even more when compared with the backdrop of seemingly non-stop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" For many people, the holiday<\/span>s<\/span> <\/span>are<\/span> a time of great expectations \u2013 <\/span>much anticipated visits with friends and family traveling back home for the season; surprise gifts received from family and friends. <\/span>For others, <\/span>however, <\/span>the holidays can be a time of <\/span>intense <\/span>loneliness, magnified even more when compared <\/span>with<\/span> the backdrop of <\/span>seemingly non-stop <\/span>festivities and parties enjoyed by everyone else. For the<\/span>se people, <\/span>the greatest gift they can receive is <\/span>that of friendship <\/span>-- <\/span>a <\/span>comforting <\/span>hand, a <\/span>reassuring voice, a <\/span>friendly face<\/span>. <\/span> <\/span><\/p> This year, Gregory\u2019s Fresh Market, a division of Diana Gregory Outreach Services, <\/span>once again <\/span>recruited volunteers and <\/span>sponsors <\/span>to <\/span>bring <\/span>healthy <\/span>food and friend<\/span>ship <\/span>to seniors <\/span>living <\/span>in the greater Phoenix <\/span>area <\/span>through <\/span>its fifth annual \u201cGift of Nutrition\u201d program. <\/span>In <\/span>the program, seniors receive fresh fruits and vegetables delivered by volunteers who also spend time with the<\/span>m, <\/span>offering companionship, entertainment and holiday greetings. <\/span><\/p> \u201cThe holidays can be a<\/span> tough and lonely <\/span>time<\/span>, especially for seniors,\u201d<\/span>\u201d said Diana Gregory, president and founder of Gregory\u2019s Fresh Market. \u201cWe are so grateful to the volunteers who give their time to visit the seniors and to the sponsors who have enabled us to reach more than 7,000 seniors since <\/span>we started <\/span>Gift of Nutrition.\u201d <\/span><\/p> Added Gregory: <\/span>\u201c<\/span>I want to <\/span>say <\/span>a special <\/span>t<\/span>hank <\/span>you to <\/span>Angela Curley and the volunteers from<\/span> the<\/span> Henkel Corporation for their community service and donation<\/span>, <\/span>to<\/span> <\/span>ONECare<\/span> by Care1st<\/span> Health Plan Arizona Inc.<\/span>, <\/span>the p<\/span>resenting sponsor of the Gift of Nutrition holiday program, and <\/span>to <\/span>th<\/span>e<\/span> <\/span>other <\/span>supporters who generously partner<\/span>ed<\/span> with us to expand healthy eating options to more seniors in the Greater Phoenix area.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p> Proceeds from the 4<\/span>th<\/span> Annual Senior Awards Luncheon help fund the holiday program. The lun<\/span>cheon sponsors are P<\/span>resenting Sponsor, <\/span>ONECare<\/span> by Care1st Health Plan Arizona Inc., Southwest Airlines, Walgreens, Henkel, Southwest Gas Corporation, Cox, Arizona Foundation for Women, Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus- Pine Council Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, <\/span>Majerle\u2019s<\/span> Sports Grill and the Arizona Informant.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div> D<\/span>iana Gregory Outreach Services is <\/span>committed to fulfilling its mission to improve the lives of seniors in the Greater Phoenix area<\/span> through healthy eating choices.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,7,105],"tags":[18,130,33],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151204_112511-2-1-1_resized_1-e1452212728248.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3hcyF-2gj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9743,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8699\/revisions\/9743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Gregory\u2019s](\"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151223_143508-1_resized-300x244.jpg\")
This year, <\/span>the <\/span>Gift of Nutritio<\/span>n program <\/span>ran from <\/span>November 16<\/span> to <\/span>December <\/span>23 and reached <\/span>more than 20 senior <\/span>locations<\/span> in the Greater Phoenix area. <\/span>In addition to healthy food and visitations, seniors <\/span>also <\/span>were treated to musical entertainment from Living Spirit, a <\/span>singing <\/span>group of ministers who perform spirit filled music<\/span>,<\/span> and <\/span>from <\/span>local singer Ivan Thompson. <\/span><\/p>\n![\"Maryvale](\"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maryvale-Christmas-2015-e1452269036894.jpg\")
Proceeds from the 4<\/span>th<\/span> Annual Senior Awards Luncheon help fund the holiday program. The lun<\/span>cheon sponsors are P<\/span>resenting Sponsor, <\/span>ONECare<\/span> by Care1st Health Plan Arizona Inc., Southwest Airlines, Walgreens, Henkel, Southwest Gas Corporation, Cox, Arizona Foundation for Women, Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus- Pine Council Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, <\/span>Majerle\u2019s<\/span> Sports Grill and the Arizona Informant.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThis year, <\/span>the <\/span>Gift of Nutritio<\/span>n program <\/span>ran from <\/span>November 16<\/span> to <\/span>December <\/span>23 and reached <\/span>more than 20 senior <\/span>locations<\/span> in the Greater Phoenix area. <\/span>In addition to healthy food and visitations, seniors <\/span>also <\/span>were treated to musical entertainment from Living Spirit, a <\/span>singing <\/span>group of ministers who perform spirit filled music<\/span>,<\/span> and <\/span>from <\/span>local singer Ivan Thompson. <\/span><\/p>