By Julie Piper Finley | Director of Marketing & Communicatoins
For older adults who dine at our Elm Court Center in downtown Portland, the meal they receive from us is often their only food of the day. Many of those who dine with us live in residence hotels or studio apartments with limited or no cooking facilities.Others struggle with disabilities, addiction or mental illness and are incapable of preparing their own meals. Without Meals on Wheels People, most of these seniors would go hungry. As it is, the meal we serve them provides about 1/3 of the RDA for an adult. Most rely on us as their source of fresh fruit and vegetables. Dining at the Elm Court Center allows many of these marginalized seniors to remain independent and living on their own.
Between Nov. 1, 2018 and Jan. 15, 2019, we served and delivered 18,000 meals to 675 older adults for a cost of $133,020.
We recently received a letter in the mail with a silver dollar taped to it and this note: Thank you for all you do for seniors and refugees. You are making a difference.
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