For over 50 years, food programs like Meals on Wheels have offered seniors a way to maintain their independence, aging in their place of choice, while staying connected to their communities. Your contributions to the Council on Aging help make it possible to provide more nutritious Meals-on-Wheels to those older adults who need our help most for another 50 years!
Just $50.00 funds an entire week of meals to a homebound or disabled senior.
FY2021 by the numbers:
100,000
Nutritious Meals on Wheels Meals delivered.
450+
Volunteers help prepare, pack and deliver food.
43%
Thats how much of our funding comes directly from donors like you.
Read how Meals on Wheels makes a difference
Last October, Mary Lembi of La Pine began receiving Meals on Wheels after her husband died. The deliveries four days a week offer the sustenance she needs — in two ways.
“I don’t have enough income to buy groceries,” Lembi said. “I appreciate the people who come here for all they do, the deliveries, their words of encouragement. They are very kind, very noble people. Because of them, I get a chance to see people once in a while.”
