The Y is pleased to announce it has received a $10,000 grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and its Services for Elderly iFund grant program.  The grant will be used to assist in funding the Y’s Lincoln Park Senior Center Independent Living Program’s Wellness Initiative which will allow the Y to increase its level of service to the population that it serves.
Many Oklahoma City seniors spend their days at the Lincoln Park Senior Center, where they come together to enjoy a meal, learn computer basics, attend a group exercise class, play games, and talk. Funding from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation’s iFund Service for the Elderly grant will bring OK 5210 into the Lincoln Park Senior Center.  OK 5210 stands for 5 fruits and vegetables a day; 2 hours or less of screen time; 1 hour of physical activity; 0 sugary beverages.
“Exercise, peer support, nutrition education and access to fresh and vegetables is vital for health at any age,” said Angela Jones, Health and Wellness Director for the Y. “Funding will provide seniors with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to snack on or take home daily and the opportunity to grow their own garden just outside of the Center. As part of the OK 5210 initiative, nutritionists and YMCA staff members will provide ongoing OK 5210 wellness education and activities for seniors at the Center this year.”
The Y is one of the nation’s leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the Oklahoma City Metro, 12 Ys engage 160,000 men, women and children – regardless of age, income or background – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation’s health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored in more than 10,000 communities across the country, the Y has the long-standing relationships and physical presence not just to promise, but to deliver, lasting personal and social change.
Founded in 1969, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation works with donors and organizations to create endowments that address needs and opportunities within the community.  The Services for Elderly iFund grant program represents a compilation of contributions from donors who want to support grants to help keep senior citizens safe and living independently in their own homes.  For more information on the iFund grant program, please visit www.ifundokc.org.  For more information on the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, please visit www.occf.org.
For more information about the Y’s LINCOLN PARK SENIOR CENTER or the OK 5210 initiative, contact Angela Jones at AJones@ymcaokc.org or at 405 297 7737.

An east-central Oklahoma legislator has filed a measure that would allow Oklahoma car, truck, van and motorcycle owners to renew their motor vehicle registration for more than just one year.
House Bill 1091 by Rep. Donnie Condit, D-McAlester, was endorsed Thursday by the House Appropriations and Budget Committee, and earlier by its Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee. The bill has been placed on the legislative calendar for consideration by the full House sometime within the next two weeks.
HB 1091 provides that “at the owner’s discretion” he/she could renew a non-commercial motor vehicle’s registration annually, or for two years or three. The fees for multi-year registration “shall be equivalent to the total of fees that would otherwise be assessed … if the owner had elected to renew the registration on an annual basis,” the bill stipulates.
“I think there are some Oklahomans who, as a matter of convenience, would prefer to register their vehicles once every two or three years instead of every 12 months,” Condit explained.
While the option of multiple-year registrations might shift an indeterminate amount of revenue to another fiscal year, no change in total registration fees would occur, House staff concluded.
Almost 4,070,000 vehicles and trailers were registered with the Oklahoma Tax Commission in Fiscal Year 2014, generating $622.8 million, ledgers show. The vehicles included 2.96 million cars and pickups, nearly 151,000 farm trucks, more than 129,000 motorcycles, more than 16,000 motor homes, plus 72,500 travel trailers.