Spring Creek Health Cooperative, Inc.

10/29/2025

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits can be used to purchase ingredients for a variety of desserts, such as fruit salads, no-bake peanut butter oatmeal bars, and simple cakes made with pantry staples. These desserts are often easy to prepare and can be made with affordable ingredients.

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars are a healthy snack that tastes like a treat! They include just 6 ingredients and they take 10 minutes to make!

10/28/2025

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/usda-says-snap-benefits-will-expire-for-41-million-people-if-shutdown-persists-5935007?utm_source=rtnewsnoe&src_src=rtnewsnoe&utm_campaign=rtbreaking-2025-10-26-4&src_cmp=rtbreaking-2025-10-26-4&utm_medium=email&utm_content=access0&est=AP4GQE9CjC3RL0Z7sVk3NlGVH5OKyoi6WrgZuih79xaNKXOdpYzrbRhLahH%2BnMP8ZYt4u%2BMbfArFlA%3D%3D

Anywhere between 4.8 percent and 21.2 percent of each state’s population was on SNAP in 2024.

10/27/2025

10/26/2025

ATTENTION MILLER COUNTY SENIORS: Hope you will join us for a fun time eating, playing games, and a costume contest at the upcoming Miller County Senior Center HALLOWEEN PARTY AND LUNCHEON on Oct 31 @ 10:00 am. Spring Creek Health & SOWEGA Council on Aging is sponsoring the meal for the Halloween Party so come hungry. RSVP only if attending to Suzie @ 229.205.8211 or Brenda @ 229.254.8242.

10/14/2025

SW Georgia: FRIDAY, OCT 17, your invited to a Lunch and Learn, 12:00 - 1:00, to meet Dr. Desai and ask all you allergy questions while enjoying lunch. See flyer for details. See you there!

10/13/2025

Great read and lesson! I'm calling Daddy tonight just to say Hi!

“Why We Need More Connection When We Get Old”
When you’re young, your world feels loud, busy, and full.
People come and go, doors open constantly, and there’s always something waiting around the corner — new faces, new places, new beginnings.

But when you get older, the noise quiets down.
The phone rings less often.
The visits slow down.
The house that once echoed with laughter now holds more silence than sound.

And that’s when you start to realize — it’s not the years that make you feel old.
It’s the distance.

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When my mom turned 80, she moved into a smaller home.
A cozy place with a garden and a rocking chair by the window.
She told me, “I don’t need much anymore — just some peace.”

But a few months later, during one of my visits, I noticed something different in her eyes.
Not sadness exactly… more like stillness.

She told me she missed the little things — the sound of someone else’s footsteps in the hallway, the clinking of dishes while cooking together, even the arguments over silly things that didn’t matter.
Then she said something I’ll never forget:

“You don’t realize how much people fill your heart until the room goes quiet.”

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That night, I thought about it a lot.
About how, when we’re younger, we crave space.
We say things like, “I need time for myself,” or “I just want some peace and quiet.”

But when we’re older, it’s connection — not quiet — that keeps us alive.
It’s not just about conversation.
It’s about belonging.
Knowing that someone still thinks of you, still wants to hear your voice, still remembers your stories.

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Since then, I’ve made it a ritual.
Every Sunday afternoon, I visit Mom.
Sometimes we bake cookies. Sometimes we just sit in silence, watching the birds outside.
But every single time, before I leave, she holds my hand and says,

“You have no idea how much this means to me.”

And now that I’m older myself, I finally do understand.

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Human connection is the heartbeat of life — the quiet rhythm that reminds us we still matter.
We don’t outgrow love, friendship, or community; we grow into needing them more deeply.

Because as we age, it’s not our bodies that fade first — it’s the world around us that starts to shrink.
And every call, every visit, every shared moment stretches it open again, letting in a little more light.

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So call your parents.
Check on your neighbor.
Have coffee with that friend you’ve been “meaning to see.”
Because someday, we’ll all be at the stage where what we’ll treasure most…
is someone simply showing up.

✨ Moral:
When we’re young, connection feels optional.
When we’re old, it becomes essential.
Because love — given or received — is what keeps us feeling alive.

10/08/2025

ATTENTION MILLER COUNTY SENIORS:

09/29/2025

See you tonight at 5:00 for the GA Recovers Bus Tour at Colquitt State Theatre!

09/22/2025

https://youtu.be/R66PnZoAjQg

Going on a grocery run? See these 3 shopping tips for tasty and balanced eating. Registered dietitian Mallory Brown unpacks her easy-to-remember checklist fo...

09/19/2025

https://youtu.be/7Z0CaNLXxpo

Making small changes to everyday ingredients can lead to big improvements in heart health. Check out these smart, tasty swaps using Greek yogurt and more.The...