For about three weeks, Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack Jr.’s mother received a daily phone call from his office to see whether she was all right.

Mack’s mother wasn’t receiving special treatment, she was testing out the “Are You OK?” program. The new service, which will be open to the public starting Monday, allows senior citizens, the physically challenged and others to receive an automated daily telephone call from the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office checking on their well-being.

“She is not homebound but she doesn’t get out very much,” Mack said about his mother. “It was kind of convenient and I know I could get some feed back.”

It is free.

Service set to begin