Meals Citymeals-on-Wheels Provides

Weekend Meals

Citymeals contracts with local meal centers to prepare and deliver nutritious meals on Saturdays and Sundays as government funding only covers meals Monday through Friday and not on holidays.

Holiday Meals

Holidays are particularly lonely for our elderly neighbors who may have outlived spouses, friends and sometimes even their own children and yet these are days when government-funded programs used to remain closed. Citymeals funding allows many centers to remain open now on holidays for those who are able to walk in and volunteers deliver meals to the homebound. Citymeals funds holiday meals for Rosh Hashanah, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, New Year’s Day and Easter.

Holiday Food Boxes

When local meal centers must close throughout the year for holiday observances, we are there to guarantee that homebound clients have food. We provide boxes of shelf stable food and special treats such as canned tuna and chicken, shelf stable milk, cookie, crackers and juices. Citymeals provides holiday boxes for Labor Day, Season’s Greetings, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Passover, Memorial Day and Independence Day.

Emergency Food Packages

Citymeals-on-Wheels sends a large box of non-perishable food out to each homebound elderly client in late fall to provide security through the harsh winter months, when bitter winds and icy sidewalks can make getting to the corner nearly impossible. Not only do our frail aged have insurance in such emergencies, they also have treats they might not receive otherwise. Clients are encouraged to keep some food on hand in case a winter weather emergency keeps their regular meals deliverer from getting to them. The additional emergency food packages are sent quarterly to recipients on wait lists and/or second meals clients.