Needed: cheery volunteers for meals' delivery

SANATOGA PA – Montgomery County’s Meals on Wheels program, operated by Family Services at 1976 E. High St., Sanatoga, needs volunteers to pack and deliver meals to home-bound elderly and disabled individuals in the greater Pottstown area, the agency said Friday (Jan. 6, 2012.)

Meals on Wheels provides two meals – a hot lunch and a cold supper to refrigerate – each weekday to an average of 160 individuals in Pottstown, Royersford and the Lower Perkiomen Valley. Volunteers personally deliver more than 81,000 meals a year.

Volunteers gather weekdays in two shifts, 8-10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to noon, for packing. Volunteers who deliver meals meet weekdays at 10:30 a.m. Most delivery routes take about 1-1/2 hours to complete. Drivers must have a valid driver’s license, current insurance and their own reliable vehicle.

Many volunteers commit to packing or delivering meals once a week; others volunteer on a substitute basis. Training is provided.

For more information, call Case Manager Alicia Adams at 610-326-1610, Ext. 228.

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