But plans are now to close it down on Friday because of financial difficulties.

Pam Noor with the Central Oregon Council on Aging is already looking at contingency plans for the seniors who get their meals at the Bend Community Center.

Noor says the seniors will get their meals -- either by contracting for them with another agency, offering restaurant vouchers or offering box lunches out of the Council on Aging building itself.

Short of a benefactor coming forward, the Bend Community Center is slated to close for good on Friday.