Busy hands: Small core of volunteers keeps Gritman Senior Center serving Ritzville
From left: Cook Jason Peters, President Vicky Johnson and Treasurer Kathy Staley are among the small core of people who keep the H.E. Gritman Senior Center in Ritzville running. Peters is the only paid staffer; everyone else is a volunteer.
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The H.E. Gritman Senior Center serves more than 300 meals a month, more than 100 of which are eaten at the center. The pork roast these folks are enjoying is a popular offering, as are barbecued ribs and meatloaf.
The front room of the H.E. Gritman Senior Center is invitingly decorated, thanks to a volunteer who maintains it.
The H.E. Gritman Senior Center is located in Ritzville’s iconic Gritman Building, built in 1902.
RITZVILLE — A senior center is sort of like a grocery store or a bank: every town should have one. Big cities have extensive ones, and little towns like Ritzville, well, they plug along through lots of work from volunteers.
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