Meal Drivers and Deliverers
Meal delivery takes place Monday through Friday beginning at 10:15 am. Delivery generally takes about 1 hour to complete. A route sheet is provided with directions to each client. Routes average 15 clients and are located in defined areas of the community. Drivers use their own cars. The deliverer reads the directions to the driver and delivers the meals.
- Corporate Volunteers
- Retired Volunteers
- Families
- Students
Substitute Drivers
Meals on Wheels desperately needs qualified volunteers who are willing to substitute for absent full-time volunteers. Substitutes can stipulate what times they are available to work.
CareCaller
Volunteers telephone clients on non-delivery days to check on their well being. These volunteers are utilized mostly during the winter months when bad weather conditions make delivery impossible.
Friendship Meals
- Assist Site Manager in serving the lunch
- Serve as the Meal Site Host/Hostess
- Help prepare the meal site
- Help clean up
Projects for Kids
Decorate placemats, make holiday crafts and personalize birthday cards for seniors who appreciate your creativity.
Invite your school choir or drama class to perform for seniors at a center near you.
Special Event Coordinators and Committee Members
Volunteer to help with Sumptuous Settings, Meals on Wheels annual special event, held the first week-end in May. Volunteers are needed for the following activities:
- Committee members for the following committees
- Auction
- Evening event
- Exhibits
- Tearoom
- Promotion
- Volunteers are needed to be hostesses, greeters, and tearoom waitresses during the event.
Seniors helping Seniors
Assistance is needed in some community high-rise apartments to deliver meals. Meals are delivered to the apartment building by MOW and volunteers deliver them to residents.
Board of Trustees Committees
The following committees of the Board of Trustees meet monthly for approximately one hour:
- Development
- Finance
- Friendship Meals Advisory Council (meets quarterly)
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