Lowe's helps upgrade ML Senior Center

MOSES LAKE - Moses Lake Senior Center officials got a couple of improvement projects knocked off their "to-do" list thanks to a group of Lowe's Home Improvement volunteers.

Senior Center General Manager Carry Liles said a handful of Lowe's employees and their families spent a couple of days this month working on various projects around the center.

They installed a new roll-up kitchen window in the senior center's meeting room, an electric door on one of the building's entrances and a second door just inside the building, she said. The projects were all tasks Liles had been wanting to get done, but couldn't because of a lack of funding.

Liles said she saw the chance to get one of the projects taken care of when Lowe's approached her earlier this year and asked if there was anything they needed done around the center.

"We told them there were three projects we had on our list, and to pick one," she said. "We said they were all important projects so whichever one they could do would be very much appreciated."

However, much to Liles' surprise, Lowe's decided to take care of all three projects.

"They did it all, we thought they were going to do one project, but they did it all," she said.

Liles said the center can better accommodate their patrons now that the projects are complete.

The new roll-up window benefits those who use the center's Birch Room, she said. Various groups hold lunch meetings in that room and it's also where visitors play Bingo and do other activities. Before the roll-up window, people had to get up and walk back to the main dining area to get their food or drinks.

"It's an inconvenience and it's not easy for people who use walkers or are in wheelchairs," she said.

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Lowe's helps upgrade ML Senior Center