Lynden senior center proud of its hot lunches

Each weekday morning, a core group of cribbage players stands outside Lynden Community/Senior Center waiting for the doors to open at 8. The men play for exactly two hours. Many of them have been keeping score for years. The women play later in the morning.

The cribbage ritual is but one of the unique attributes of the Lynden center. Unlike other senior centers in Whatcom County, Lynden doesn’t take federal money for its lunch program. As a result, the center serves its own homemade meals instead of the frozen ones required for centers that accept federal funds, says manager Cathi LeCocq.