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Send a Little Message. Spread a Little Love.

Our micro-volunteering experience Messages of Love couldn’t be simpler or more heartwarming. Using our turnkey toolkit, you invite employees to handcraft cards filled with encouragement and kindness for seniors who face hunger, loneliness and isolation. Then, local Meals on Wheels providers deliver your team’s cards alongside nutritious meals, reminding homebound seniors that they are not alone.

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More than 50,000 cards have been made by employees at leading companies:

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Why Messages of Love?

Our turnkey tools make it easy to spotlight your team’s community spirit internally and externally, drive engagement with contests and friendly competition and share your impact with stakeholders.

  • It’s perfect for onsite, hybrid and remote staff, making it easy to unite employees across offices, job sites and home workspaces in one shared experience.
  • You align with Meals on Wheels, a brand 90% of U.S. adults know, plus nearly all who know our brand favor it.
  • Whether you have 20 participants or thousands, Messages of Love is easily scalable and “light touch,” enabling your employees to make a real difference with just a few minutes of their time.
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Here’s How It Works

Step 1:
Get started.

Complete our interest form and a member of our team will connect with you to guide you through the options and logistics. Together, we’ll set a card target and participation goal that aligns with your team’s size, schedule and objectives.

Step 2:
Write from the heart.

Using our ready-to-use toolkit — packed with templates, contest ideas and activation guides — your employees can create heartfelt cards to accompany meals delivered to seniors in your community.

Step 3:
Celebrate the Impact.

Once your cards are complete, ship them to Meals on Wheels America. Our network’s local providers will deliver your messages alongside nutritious meals. Then share your team’s impact with employees and customers using our customizable celebration templates.

Why Connection Matters

Isolation Is a Health Risk

Over 1 million Meals on Wheels clients live alone,1 leaving them especially vulnerable to the effects of isolation — depression,2 cognitive decline3 and even heart disease.4

That’s why Meals on Wheels America supports a nationwide network of local providers that deliver both nutritious meals and meaningful connection.

When your team participates in Messages of Love, you’re helping strengthen that connection. A handwritten note becomes more than paper and ink — it becomes encouragement, reassurance and dignity delivered alongside a meal.

Together, meals and messages remind seniors that they are not forgotten — and that their community cares.

Bring Messages of Love to Your Team

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Messages of Love

We’d love to discuss how your employees can unite to brighten life for homebound seniors. Please fill out the form below and we will get in contact with you for next steps.

Citations

  1. Meals on Wheels America analysis of Administration for Community Living, 2023 National Survey of Older Americans Act Nutrition Program Participants. Frequency tables. Accessed at the ACL AGing, Independence, and Disability (AGID) Program Data Portal at: https://agid.acl.gov/. 2023 obtained through ACL email request.
  2. Robins LM, Hill KD, Finch CF, Clemson L, Haines T. “The association between physical activity and social isolation in community-dwelling older adults.” Aging & Mental Health. 2018;22(2):175-182.
  3. Bassuk SS, Glass TA, Berkman LF. “Social disengagement and incident cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly persons.” Annals of Internal Medicine. 1999;131(3):165-173.
  4. Barth J, Schneider S, von Känel R. “Lack of social support in the etiology and the prognosis of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and metaanalysis.” Psychosomatic Medicine. 2010;72(3):229-238.

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