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Like any morning at  the elderly were playing games, creating crafts and demonstrating out front. Their protest? Could it be lack of affordable health care? Perhaps mishandling of their retirement funds? No, the quagmire of the day is the lack of free donuts.

The center receives on average around 16 cases of donated baked goods, however as of late they have been discarding these sweet treats as they are not healthy for the seniors. Putnam County decided that they were setting a bad example by providing these unhealthy treats. The seniors, in turn, decided to protest with sandwich board signs stating "Give Us Our Just Desserts" and "They're Carbs, Not Contraband".

The center does provide lunch everyday for a suggested donation of $1.50, and there's nothing stopping the seniors from going to the doughnut shop or anywhere else they desire. Free is free, but the seniors don't like the idea that the center implied that they were gorging themselves on jelly donuts and were too senile to make good choices for themselves. The center offers coffee, tea, bagels and rolls in the morning, but donut are no longer on the menu.

You're going to die when you're going to die, I don't think one more free doughnut is going to tip the scales...let them have their cake and eat it too! What is the center going to do with all those extra donuts? Go home and give them to their kids? "Wez in ur centar eatin ur donut!"