Project Report
| Feb 6, 2012
Elm Court Weekend Meals: Help Feed Hungry Seniors
By Julie Piper Finley | Director of Marketing & Communications
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A Typical Client
The Weekend Meal Program is an ongoing project for Loaves & Fishes Centers, the Meals-on-Wheels People. It operates out of our Elm Court Center in downtown Portland, Ore., and serves the lowest income and most isolated seniors in our service area. Without the hot meals we provide on Saturdays and Sundays, these seniors would have no access to food on the weekends. Many of them live in older, studio apartments with no access to cooking facilities.
Our weekend meal program has seen a marked increase in the number of seniors requesting meals. While the need for Meals-On-Wheels is motivated primarily by a physical need (unable to shop or cook), the need for meals in our centers is primarily driven by economic need. We have also seen a dramatic increase in the number of younger seniors (age 60 to 69) during the past six months. This reflects a national trend of recent retirees who are seeking ways to stretch their food dollar. The seniors who receive Weekend Meals deeply appreciate the generosity of GlobalGiving donors, and Loaves & Fishes thanks you for helping us reach our vision that no senior will go hungry or experience social isolation.
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Aug 11, 2011
Elm Court Weekend Meal Update - August 2011
By Julie Piper Finley | Director of Marekting & Communications
The Elm Court Weekend Meal Program is an ongoing program for Loaves & Fishes Center. It operates out of our Elm Court Center in downtown Portland, Ore., which serves the lowest income and most isolated seniors. Without the hot meals we provide on Saturdays and Sundays, these seniors would have no access to food on the weekends. Many of them lice in hotels or in one-room apartments with no access to cooking facilities.
Between Feb. 1 and July 31, 2011, we served 24,787 meals to 848 seniors. The senior population continues to explode and we see more seniors than ever before visiting our centers for meals. Much of it is driven by economic need, but it is often a desire to dine with others. Many of our seniors live alone and coming into one of our meal sites allows them to dine with others and have a conversation. The need for socialization is often as important as the need for food. Our vision is that no senior will go hungry or experience social isolation and we are helping that become a reality for seniors who live in downtown Portland.
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May 6, 2011
Elm Court Weekend Meal Update -- May 2011
By Julie Piper Finley | Director of Marketing & Communications
The Elm Court Weekend Meal Program is an ongoing program for Loaves & Fishes Centers. It operates out of our Elm Court Center in downtown Portland, Ore.,which serves the lowest income and most isolated seniors. Without the hot meals we provide on Saturdays and Sundays, these seniors would have no access to food on the weekends. Many of them live in hotels or in one-room apartments with no access to cooking facilities. Between Feb. 1 and April 30, 2011, we served 11,718 meals to 658 seniors at the Elm Court Center. About 3,000 of these meals were served during the weekend. The senior population in the Pacific Northwest is expected to double by the year 2020 and we anticipate that the numbers of seniors we serve will steadily increase. Federal funding does not cover our costs for service on weekends, so we rely wholly on donations from charitable foundations, corporations and individuals to sustain this very necessary service to seniors. We are very grateful to each and every donor who makes a gift to this program through the Global Giving portal.
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