SeniorsPlus is scheduled to hold a breakfast to benefit its Meals on Wheels nutrition program.
The Fill the Plate Breakfast is planned for 7-9 a.m. Friday, March 10, at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch, 14 Great Falls Plaza in Auburn.
The breakfast will honor Auburn resident Eloise O’Neill with the 2023 Ikaria Award and feature a talk by former news anchor Kim Block, according to a news release from Corey LaFlamme, marketing and development assistant at SeniorsPlus.
Block, the five-time Emmy award-winning journalist who was the anchor at CBS affiliate WGME-TV for 39 years, stepped down after suffering from a traumatic brain injury in 2019. Unexpected open heart surgery followed in 2020.
Now back on her feet, she will share how life can change in a moment and how she has brought meaning to her new life in a talk, “Becoming the Story: A Maine Broadcast Journalist Shares How Surviving a Traumatic Brain Injury Changed Her Life.”
The event includes the presentation of the 2023 Ikaria Award — which recognizes an individual or organization for singular and outstanding contributions toward improving the lives of older adults — to O’Neill, who was the executive director of SeniorsPlus from 1981 to 2003.
Ikaria is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is considered one of the world’s five “Blue Zones” — places where an estimated one in three members of the population regularly lives an active life into their 90s.
The breakfast is presented in conjunction with March for Meals, a national campaign of Meals on Wheels America.
Seats are limited, and advance registration is recommended.
Tickets, which cost $25 per person or $30 at the door, are available online at seniorsplus.org or by calling 207-795-4010.