By Elaine Markowitz, Times correspondent
Thursday, November 3, 2011
PALM HARBOR
Deborah Landis, manager of the Shoppe Around the Corner, is surrounded by things fragrant and beautiful.
The shop is filled with candles, clocks, signed pottery and glass pieces, tea sets and trays. A vast array of scarves and jewelry crowd shelves and countertops in appealing displays.
But this is a store with a purpose beyond providing gifts for friends and family. The business aims to raise money for hot meals for needy seniors in the Meals on Wheels program.
The meals program is but one of a number of programs run by the nonprofit Neighborly Care Network. Its other programs include adult day care, home health care and nutritional services.
"We were the first federally funded Meals on Wheels program in the nation," said group spokeswoman Sandy Narron. The local program began in 1968.
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