It's Time To End the Wait®

Every year, Meals on Wheels serves over 2 million seniors, but that’s only a fraction of those waiting for help. At Meals on Wheels America, we have a plan to End the Wait and ensure that every senior who needs Meals on Wheels, gets it. And we need your help.

Without more volunteers, millions of seniors could be left waiting, hungry and alone. When you volunteer for Meals on Wheels, you provide life-saving care to seniors in your community.

Volunteering

It's Time to Meet Your Match.

Meals on Wheels does more than connect seniors with meals. It connects volunteers with their neighbors to create fulfilling, meaningful and fun experiences that go both ways. You may even meet your match and find someone with interests, hobbies or a sense of humor that complements your own.

Donate to Help End the Wait

Did you know only 1% of philanthropic donations in the U.S. goes toward senior causes? Every day, seniors in your community struggle with hunger and isolation, but your gift can help change that. Donate and become part of the solution. 

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Advocate for Older Americans

Federal funding has not kept pace with the growing senior population or rising need. Funding cuts to essential programs like ours pose significant threats to Americans’ health and well-being, jeopardizing the support seniors rely on. Take action today and help programs like ours continue to provide vital support. 

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Volunteer to Help Seniors

From nutritious meals to moments of connection and more, great things happen when we help those in need in our local communities. Connecting with seniors through Meals on Wheels is about much more than delivering meals. It’s fulfilling and fun, for them and you.

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Our Strategic Plan to Serve More Seniors

Our Bold Plan

For more than 50 years, Meals on Wheels has remained the most effective and financially responsible solution to address senior hunger and isolation. However, we’re left waiting too — for more government funding, donations and volunteers. Explore our big, bold plan to End the Wait and ensure every senior who needs Meals on Wheels gets it.

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Seniors Are Waiting for Nutritious Meals and Moments of Connection

If current trends continue, the network will face mounting pressure. With rising demand and not enough volunteers, it will become increasingly difficult to get services to those who need them most. That’s why volunteering is so important — connecting willing volunteers with providers who need them most.

1 in 3 Meals on Wheels organizations has a waitlist

4 months is the average wait time

2 years is the wait time in some places

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Meals on Wheels volunteer Seth Malott sitting in front of delivery vehicle in South Dakota
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