Meals On Wheels

Kudos to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In todays paper they ran a story - on the front page of the local section titled 'Hungry For Volunteers' - promoting the Meals on Wheels organization and how they are in desperate need of volunteers.

"It's time for the next generation of Meals on Wheels drivers to step forward"

I know that I've mentioned Meals on Wheels in a previous post (Under Bill's Pantry) but I thought I would spotlight this organization this time; the least I could do given the front page treatment from the paper.

The article points out the growing problem in both the increase of those that need Meals On Wheels and the decrease in volunteer drivers to deliver those meals. In many cases, the drivers themselves - many who have been volunteering for 10 or more years - are getting to points in their lives where they now become the clients. When drivers are not available, people simply don't get their meal that they need.

Meals on Wheels delivers the lunch time meal, Monday through Friday, to senior citizens and other individuals that are temporarily or permanently home bound throughout the twin city metro area. They rely exclusively on volunteers to deliver these meals to those in need. Each route is set up to take about an hour and routes can and are often shared. This makes Meals On Wheels a great opportunity for businesses that want to be involved as well as Faith based organizations like a Church Small Group.

The key is simply having the desire to bring a hot nutritious meal to someone in need.

Please go to http://www.meals-on-wheels.com/ to find out more and to get a volunteer application.
Or call 612-789-5007.