McCarty Senior Center is located east of Hwy 83 on Hwy 54 in Wheatland,
various services for anyone over the age of 60:
• Hot meals served from 11 am-1 pm Monday-Friday
• Home-delivered meals to homebound seniors
• Education & Advocacy Services
• Health & Wellness Programs
• Transportation Services
• In-Home Services
• Legal and Tax Assistance
• Information & Assistance Services
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Care Management Services including Family Caregiver Programs
• Recreation opportunities such as card games, bingo, pool, and dances
We also rent the building for special events to the community.
The Hickory County Senior Center was founded in
the late 1970s by a group of senior citizens
committed to providing services to Hickory County.
By the late 1980s, they had partnered with the
Hickory County Economic Development Council,
the Wheatland Volunteer Fire Department, and the
Wheatland School System to form a community
coalition dedicated to bettering Hickory County. By
the middle of the 1990s, the building that housed
the senior center was in need of major repairs.
Area resident Mr. Ward McCarty had just received
word from his doctor that he had just weeks to live.
He contacted the center to make arrangements to
leave a trust to the senior citizens of Hickory County
for the purpose of building a new center. He made
three requests: 1) There would be a small memorial
garden for his Aunt Mae who raised him; 2) The
senior citizens of Hickory County would be the sole
owners of the building; 3) It would be an impressive
building that would catch the eyes of those driving
past on the highway. He lived long enough to
approve the site, see the architectural plans, and
pick out the bricks, but he never got to see the
building that bears his name.
Mr. McCarty left a legacy to the seniors of Hickory
County and they will be eternally grateful. The spark
he ignited in the community burst their passion into
to make the McCarty Building the center of all
activity in the county. For more information, contact
417-282-6100.
wide variety of services and be willing to meet the
needs of a wide variety of people. Exercise of all
week. Classes and activities will need to be scheduled in the
evenings and on weekends to accommodate seniors that are still
several choices each day.
There will need to be low-fat and carb-smart choices as well as
favorites that people like, whether they are healthy or not. The
professional, someone trained in nutrition, an information and
referral specialist, as well as an activity director.
At the McCarty Center, we like to think that we are well on our way
to being this center. It has been, and always will be our goal to make
the McCarty Center the premier center in the state. Come visit and
suggestions on what we need to do to better serve the seniors of
Hickory County and beyond.
Mulberry School, Jan. 22, 1920.
Mulberry School was located in the NE
part of Hickory County, NE of Jordan.
(Photo credit: Submitted by Charesa
Hester on mogenweb)