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Meals On Wheels at a Glance

• Meals On Wheels of San Francisco was established in 1970
• We purchased our building in 1995 in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco.  It houses our offices and kitchen.

Our Services

• Home Delivered Meals - 2 meals per day city wide seven days a week – We offer low sodium, diabetic, and mechanically softened meals to seniors with special dietary needs. 

• Dorrwin B. Jones Senior Center is our Congregate Meal Site at Trinity Episcopal Church at 1668 Bush Street, San Francisco. We serve a hot meal to an average of 150 seniors each weekday

• We provide 1,010 hours of Nutrition Counseling each year

• We provide Social Work assessment and referrals for all clients

• We provide intensive Case Management  to over 200 clients per year

• More than 400 Volunteers support our program by grocery shopping for clients, providing friendly visits, running errands for seniors and assisting with special events

• Our PetPal Program currently serves 71 seniors with pets, providing food and supplies donated by PETCO

• The Home Safety Program provides grab bars, railings, smoke detectors, and other items to improve safety in the home

• Emergency Client Needs Program provides items such as microwaves, bath mats, shower chairs, bath mats, medicine organizers and bed linens

Our Clients

• We currently serve over 1,400 homebound seniors
• 62% live alone
• 63% are on modified diets – low sodium, diabetic, or mechanically softened

• Income — Over 60% or our clients are considered low income and live on fixed incomes.

Our Meals

• We serve 15,900 home-delivered meals per week
• Last fiscal year 2006-2007, we served 723,391 meals to 2,000 unduplicated clients

The Budget

• Approximately $5.6 million operating budget
• ½  of our budget is funded by City of San Francisco contracts
• ½ of our budget is raised from individuals, corporations, and foundations
• 82% of MOW income dollars goes directly to meal delivery & services for clients
• The cost of providing meals for one senior per year is $3,650 - approximately the cost of a one day stay in the hospital