Northwest City Meals-on-Wheels, which just started rolling on February 2, 1976; still has room and is inviting more folks to GET ON BOARD!
Home-bound persons who need the service should get in touch with the People’s Clinic at 721-5577 (or have a friend call…or call for a friend). An interviewer will then come to the home to make final arrangements for meal delivery. There is no age limit, and no income limit for this service, and those needing the service may pay all or part of the cost of the meals.
There is also still room for volunteers. Drivers (your mileage is tax-deductible) and driver-helpers are especially needed. In return for two hours (11:00 – 1:00) once weekly, you will get to be a very important person to someone who is homebound, a contact point with the “world out there.” .
Home-delivered meals are an important tool in helping people who are infirm remain in their own homes, rather than nursing homes and institutions. The Northwest City Meals-onWheels program is the first time this service has been available for our area: we know that it is a needed service, but its success will depend upon the number of people who care enough about their neighbors to volunteer.
Hop on board…call any one of these numbers to volunteer: 535-5977, 367- 8173, 741-6317, or 361-0666: Or, you can call or drop by the People’s Clinic– 731-5577.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1976.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: The source gives the clinic number as 721-5577 near the beginning and 731-5577 at the end; both printed versions retained.
Original source: SD_Times1976_04.pdf, printed page(s) 3; PDF page(s) 3.
