Carefully prepared hot meals for lunch await delivery by volunteers.
SANATOGA PA – The Pottstown area Meals on Wheels program, which is operated from the Sanatoga village offices of Family Services of Montgomery County, needs volunteers to pack and locally deliver meals to home-bound elderly and disabled individuals, agency Marketing and Communications Director Karen Konnick reports.
Meals on Wheels provides two meals – a hot lunch, and a cold supper to refrigerate – Mondays through Fridays to an average of 160 residences in Pottstown, Royersford and the Lower Perkiomen Valley. That’s more than 81,000 meals a year, Konnick notes, and it’s more than nourishment, too: many recipients find the brief human contact with volunteers to be an uplifting part of their day.
Two shifts of volunteer workers pack meals each weekday from 8-10:15 a.m., and again from 10:30 a.m. to Noon at the office, 1976 E. High St., Pottstown PA. Then volunteer drivers set off on their rounds from 10:30 a.m. for about an hour, dropping off meals at specified locations.
Most volunteers commit to packing or delivering meals once a week, Konnick says, while others volunteer on a substitute basis. Training is provided. Drivers must have a valid driver’s license, insurance and their own reliable vehicle.
For more information, call Ruth Hood at 610-326-1610, Ext. 226 or e-mail her.
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