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We are excited to participate in a brand-new partnership alongside Meals on Wheels programs across the U.S. that can save YOU $$ on your next oil change or other vehicle services while helping homebound seniors at the same time! Jiffy Lube’s Drive To Do More campaign will support Meals on Wheels programs, including ours, by […]

Buying groceries. It’s routine. But sometimes, the errand is more than just getting bread and toothpaste. Sometimes it changes lives. That’s the case with father and son team Joe and Joey, volunteers in the Meals on Wheels San Francisco Grocery Shopper program. “It doesn’t just help her,” Joe said of Theresa, a Meals on Wheels […]

In honor of Grandparents’ Day on September 11, we are celebrating and honoring the wisdom and joy our grandparents bring to our lives. Now through the end of the year, we are collecting YOUR stories about favorite memories of meals and recipes you’ve enjoyed with your grandparents! Tell us what made the meal or recipe […]

Every day, many meal delivery drivers for our organization get up at the crack of dawn to begin their day. They pack and load up hundreds of pounds of bagged meals daily and navigate city streets to ensure that every homebound senior on their delivery route receives their meals. Ken Leaf is one such colleague […]

She’s inspiring, inspirational, speaks seven languages, is 83 years young, and has the dearest, most contagious laugh. Carmen’s story started halfway around the world. It’s a story of envisioning a better life, working extraordinarily hard, moving her family to the United States, and giving of herself! TOUGH IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT “I was born in the […]

Ashley C. McCumber, who has served as Meals on Wheels San Francisco’s (MOWSF) Executive Director and CEO since August of 2007, will depart the organization in mid-October of 2022 to return home to his native North Carolina to become the President and CEO of Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. Mr. McCumber is […]