Joswald's Blog

A law that takes effect June 1 this year may affect you. If you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) you will be able to apply for CalFresh and possibly receive extra money for your groceries. Since 1974, low-income Californians who qualified for SSI have not been able to receive food stamps (now called CalFresh.) CalFresh […]

We wish John, a Meals on Wheels recipient, a Happy 100th Birthday! His daughter tells us he spent the day at the Bayview Senior Center where staff threw a party for him. Former SF Mayor Willie Brown even made a surprise appearance to celebrate with him. Later that night, John and his daughter enjoyed dinner […]

On Thursday, March 21, over 40 Meals on Wheels SF(MOWSF) volunteers delivered 150 disaster preparedness kits to homebound seniors in the Tenderloin as part of the annual, nationwide senior hunger awareness campaign known as March for Meals. Meals on Wheels America started the March for Meals campaign 17 years ago to raise awareness around the […]

Antoinette greets me from the third floor of her apartment building in Visitacion Valley. I look up at her from the sidewalk as she says hello and beckons for me to enter the complex. It’s hard to hear her over the roar of traffic entering and exiting the highway just across the street. “There are […]

Meals and Wheels and Home Depot Keep the Music Alive for a Navy Vet. In 1989, James travelled from Santa Monica to San Francisco looking for a fresh start, a new group of friends to hang out with, and the pursuit of the Bay Area’s burgeoning post-psychedelic music scene. While he couldn’t afford to go […]