Older adults receive free lunches of chicken cordon bleu, bread, broccoli and butternut squash at one of Sunnyvale's senior nutrition programs. (Annalise Freimarck/San José Spotlight)

AMY AND GEORGE HSU look forward to an affordable lunch five days a week at Sunnyvale United Methodist Church. It’s where they socialize with dozens of older adults, listen to a lively jazz band play “Blueberry Hill” and get a meal with fresh fruit and vegetables they wouldn’t be able to budget for on a daily basis.

“Every morning, first thing … ‘Oh, we have lunch. We have to go,’” George Hsu told San José Spotlight with a smile. “So it moves you forward.”

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