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DEERFIELD BEACH — John Offerdahl sits on the couch beside 93-year-old Barbara Munday, who turns to hug him and says, “Aren’t you handsome!”

The former Miami Dolphins linebacker laughs. “This is why I like to come see her.”

“Be still my heart,’’ says Mundy.

For the next half-hour, they talk about things big and small at her Deerfield Beach apartment with Offerdahl’s wife, Lynn and their friend and co-worker, Ellen Crane. Only as they’re about to leave does the reason for their visit come up.

“Should I put the food in the refrigerator?” Offerdahl asks of the 10, prepackaged meals of fresh food brought from Offerdahl’s Off-the-Grill restaurant in Lighthouse Point.

Mundy is one of the more than 450 seniors across Broward receiving these weekly

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