Meals-on-wheels rolls out campaign

Meals-On-Wheels of Greenwich, entering its 58th year, has undertaken a fundraising campaign that includes a letter from Brian J. Maher, the organization”™s president, which was sent to its mailing list. 

“The drivers not only deliver food but provide critical personal contact to a population that is often isolated,” Maher wrote in the letter. “We have clients that look forward to the visit from their volunteer driver, sometimes this is the only person they”™ll see that day and it provides a layer of security in addition to a home-cooked meal at an affordable price,”
he said. 

Clients in the program typically are unable to shop or cook for themselves. This past year, 75 volunteer drivers provided home delivery of more than 22,000 meals at a low cost to those in need.  

Client payments cover just over 50 percent of operating costs and Meals-On-Wheels said it is determined to maintain a low client fee knowing that an increased charge would be a hardship to many.  

Director of Operations Lynne Stewart can be contacted by phone at 203-869-1312 or by email greenwichmow@optonline.net. The web address is mealsonwheelsofgreenwich.org.