The cost of fuel is hurting some area Senior Nutrition Programs more than others. Some in West Virginia are getting by with their resources meanwhile one in Ohio has had to stop accepting new clients.

Friends and family threw Evelyn Clovis a 90th birthday party last November but besides family and friends, the woman who visits her five days a week was also there.

Janet Efaw, Pleasants Senior Nutrition deliverer, said "And we used to live down the street from Mrs. Clovis, you know so I've known her a long time but we really became good friends when I started delivering,"

It's called the Pleasants Senior Nutrition Program.

"I don't go out, I'm very crippled and they deliver my meals to me," said Evelyn Clovis a 90-year-old client.

Clients give donations in the amount their able to pay but they don't have to if they're unable to.

But with driving the 32 mile route and all the sudden start and stops, rising fuel prices are a concern.

"Governor Manchin and the Bureau of Senior Services had the foresight to make some extra money available to us back in December because I think they had an idea that fuel prices were going through the roof," said David Hoyt, director of Pleasants Senior Nutrition.

Plus they receive a discount on gas prices through an agreement with the City of Saint Marys so they haven't had to make any changes.

In Ohio though, the Washington and Morgan Counties Community Action Senior Nutrition Program isn't taking anymore clients because of the rise in food and fuel costs.

Plus a case manager from the Washington and Morgan Counties Community Action Senior Nutrition Program and Hoyt say the amount of federal funding under the Older Americans Act has stayed the same over the past several years.

"I know those of us, fellow directors I've talked to, are hoping gas prices will level off and will start coming back down because you know it will cause some real problems if they continue to rise," said Hoyt.

In the meantime, Wood, Washington, and Pleasants Counties are still serving meals and more each week day.

"We're all just a little family, whether they're on the route or they come into the center, it doesn't matter," said Efaw.

In Wood County, the Senior Citizens Association has made small changes to conserve gas but it hasn't affected their services.

They're actually looking into expanding their program to serve meals seven days a week instead of five days a week.