Part of a continuing series on local United Way agencies Diane Woodrum finds herself a member of an increasingly crowded club. Economic woes have hit hard for the nation’s older citizens — Woodrum among them — resulting in about 9 percent of seniors living in poverty, approximately 27 percent of them alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For Woodrum, though, a bleak situation has been made brighter, she said.
Woman thankful for senior center
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