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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, older African Americans die of COVID-19 five times as often as whites.

At 70 years of age, Victoria is riding out the pandemic with a feline named MaMa.

Meals on Wheels San Francisco staff are busy delivering meals and hope for individuals and families impacted by the pandemic. 

With a surge in new Coronavirus cases sweeping the country and the world, forgoing large, out-of-household family gatherings, social distancing, and masks are all a part of the new holiday plans this year.

In the late 1960s, a small group of citizens formed a grass-roots movement to look after their elderly neighbors, some of who were unable to shop for food or prepare meals for themselves due to economic hardships, health constraints, or both. 

Sheltering-in-place during a global pandemic can be hard for anyone but it is particulalry hard for older adults with limited mobility and resources.

When you close your eyes and listen to Jazz singing legend Pat Yankee belt out "Miss Lulu White" or "You Gotta See Your Mama Every Night" you cannot help but be transported back in time. 

I can't breathe.

Those now-famous words continue to reverberate and resonate with all of us today and cause us to look at and acknowledge the raw side of racial inequality and its devastating effects in black and brown communities. 

Meals on Wheels CEO, Ashley McCumber, Joins Nonprofit Leaders to Discuss Food Insecurity in a COVID-19 World.

Today, one of our drivers, Jim, shared a beautiful story with us.

Our goal at Meals on Wheels is to ensure that homebound seniors are fed and kept safe, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic.  One of the clients on his route –Tricia and her husband who both receive meals from us daily – left a special gift for him.