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Homeward Bound
by krobillard | October 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
June 2018 Over a year has gone by since Dan was bouncing between shelters and the street, but he remembers the stress all too vividly. He recalls, as if it were yesterday, the panicky feeling he would get when the sun began to creep towards the horizon. It was in those waning moments of daylight […]

A Summer for Seniors
by krobillard | October 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
June 2018 Victor, a Riordan High School student, learns all about Meals on Wheels from inside and outside. I first spotted Victor on a breezy summer afternoon, crouched on his hands and knees under a tall snake plant. He was spreading mulch on the tiny strip of greenery just outside our kitchen. I yelled in […]

Homeward Bound
by krobillard | October 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
June 2018 Over a year has gone by since Dan was bouncing between shelters and the street, but he remembers the stress all too vividly. He recalls, as if it were yesterday, the panicky feeling he would get when the sun began to creep towards the horizon. It was in those waning moments of daylight […]

A Summer for Seniors
by krobillard | October 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
June 2018 Victor, a Riordan High School student, learns all about Meals on Wheels from inside and outside. I first spotted Victor on a breezy summer afternoon, crouched on his hands and knees under a tall snake plant. He was spreading mulch on the tiny strip of greenery just outside our kitchen. I yelled in […]

Tales of Survival: Rosalie's experience growing up during World War II
by krobillard | October 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
July 2018 Throngs of people crowded the muggy streets of Paris in August of 1944. No one knew if the Americans had persevered in their fight to liberate France or if the country would remain under control of Nazi occupied Germany. A distant roar rumbled through the streets, followed by an eerie silence. “It was […]

A World of Difference
by krobillard | October 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
July 2018 From her hometown on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia to the parking lot at #MealsOnWheels, our volunteer Nicole brings a world of enthusiasm and energy to our #HomeDeliveredGrocery program. Today, we caught up with Nicole as she placed the last of 40 bags of groceries in her small hatchback car with surgical precision […]

Home for a Lifetime
by krobillard | October 12, 2018 | 0 Comments
August 2018 “I don’t think I could make it without Meals on Wheels. It’s a blessing. My social worker – she’s like a daughter to me.” -Maggie, 92 years old These were some of the last words Maggie shared with us before she died last month. One of her final wishes was to pass away […]
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