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HUFFINGTON POST: MEALS ON WHEELS IS WORKING FOR EVERYONE
Monday, Mar 20, 2017
On behalf of a network of some 5,000 local, community-based Meals on Wheels programs, we are extraordinarily heartened by the outpouring of support from the public and media over the merits of Meals on Wheels and the impact that budget cuts of any kind would have on our programs’ ability to provide nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety checks to our nation’s most vulnerable seniors. For more than four decades, Meals on Wheels programs in communities large and small, urban and rural, have worked tirelessly under the radar, trying to stretch already inadequate funds far enough to support older adults in the greatest social and economic need, enabling them to live out their lives healthier, and more safely and independently in their own homes — where they want to be. [READ]