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About Meals on Wheels
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Since 1971, Family Services' Meals on Wheels program has provided food and friendship to frail, homebound elderly and disabled individuals living throughout Western Montgomery County. Each weekday, our volunteers deliver a hot lunch and cold supper to an average of 165 individuals in Pottstown, Royersford and the Lower Perkiomen Valley, making Family Services' Meals on Wheels program the largest in Montgomery County.
This year over 85,000 meals were delivered to 375 seniors. With two-thirds of the recommended daily requirements provided each day, many clients find their health improves after being on the program for a short time.
At the core of the program is the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. In 2008, 225 loyal volunteers provided approximately 14,500 hours of service to Meals on Wheels. Not only do our volunteers pack and deliver meals, but they also greet each client with a smiling face and a kind word. In fact, for many of our clients, this program is often their only contact with the outside world and acts s a watchful eye to one of our most vulnerable populations.
For more information on Meals on Wheels, please call Family Services at 610-326-1610.
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