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After eleven months of operation the Northwest City Meals on Wheels has served over 7500 daily meals to elderly or homebound persons in the areas west of Kingshighway to the City limits, and north of Forest Park to Int. 70.
The Meals-on-Wheels program is staffed totally with volunteers from community, church, and neighborhood organizations and receives funding from various churches in the west end. These noontime meals are prepared according to government nutrition standards by a local restaurant. Volunteers transfer the meals to the Union Avenue Christian Church where the meals are distributed. Teams of Drivers and Drivers-helpers arrive at the distribution center and pick up a route sheet that has been prepared by the Day Chairperson.
The Day Chairperson is also responsible for making sure that the meals are packed in styrofoam containers according to the daily route sheet. A Driver and a Drivers-helper together gather their route sheet and one hot/one cold meal container, then they begin the delivery of meals. Their daily delivery takes approximately 1-2 hours.
The purpose of the Northwest City Meals-on-Wheels is to provide elderly and infirm persons with one nutrious meal per day. Secondly, we are interested in maintaining communication and fellowship with these persons who, by reason of age or prolonged illness, are not able to function in the community as they once could. We want to let them know that they have not been forgotten!
More volunteers for this type of caring service are always needed. Volunteers are expected to donate only 1-2 hours of their time between 11:00 – 1:00, one day per week. For a program of this type to remain successful new people and different neighborhood associations must rotate and share participation. If you think you have the time to spread a little sunshine for the Northwest City Meals-on Wheels program contact People’s Clinic 721-5577 or Henry Hall, 863-1992, Grace United Methodist Church.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1977.
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