Farm market vouchers will be available to eligible older adults in Schuylkill County. Diakon Community Services is once again administering the 2024 Senior Farm Market Nutrition Program in the county for the state Department of Agriculture.

Vouchers are available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through July 11 at the Mahanoy City Senior Community Center, 138 W. Centre St., Mahanoy City; Pottsville Senior Community Center, 201 N. Centre St., Pottsville; Schuylkill Haven Senior Community Center, 340 Haven St., Schuylkill Haven, and Tremont Senior Community Center, 139 Clay St., Tremont.

Additional distributions are scheduled:

• June 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at the West Penn Borough Building, 27 Municipal Road, New Ringgold;

• June 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the McAdoo Borough Building, 23 Hancock St., McAdoo;

• July 3 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital, 100 Paramount Blvd., Orwigsburg, and;

• July 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Zukovich’s Farm, 432 Fairview St., Tamaqua.

Applicants must turn 60 before Dec. 31 of this year and be Schuylkill County residents to be eligible. Income guidelines for eligibility are $27,861 for a single-person household and $37,814 for a two-person household, including investment interest, wages, Social Security, unemployment and similar distributions.

The voucher program does not include older adults living in nursing care centers or other residential facilities in which meals are provided.

For those unable to attend a distribution, seniors may have someone else pick up vouchers on their behalf. Proxies are needed if they are picking up the vouchers for someone else, with four proxies maximum per person.

For more information, contact Diakon Community Services at 570-624-3016 or email herbd@diakon.org.