Meals For The Elderly

Philanthropic Fundraising ServicesTexas, United States11-50 Employees

Meals For The Elderly is a private, nonprofit charitable organization devoted to serving the homebound elderly of Tom Green County with one hot, nutritious, home-delivered meal each weekday, while ensuring their individual well-being through personal contact. In addition to the normal weekday meal, a sack lunch is provided on Friday of each week to assist the recipients in getting through the weekend. Frozen meals are also provided for evenings and weekends for recipients who depend solely on Meals For The Elderly for their meals. Good nutrition helps improve the health and well-being of the elderly, and improves their quality of life. It is our goal to enable the elderly to live independently, in their own homes, for as long as possible. The typical recipients are over seventy years of age, live alone, and are unable to prepare their own meals. There are no constraining guidelines on age or income. The service is provided to people who are homebound, disabled, or unable to care for themselves, including individuals released from the hospital needing help getting back on their feet. Today, Meals For The Elderly continues the mission that began 40 years ago. The program operates solely on contributions and receives no U.S. Government funding. Meals For The Elderly is not a United Way Agency. With the help of more than two thousand volunteers, it is able to deliver over 650 meals each weekday at the remarkably low cost of just over $3 per meal.

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