Spectrum Generations has been awarded a $7000 grant from Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) and the Wal-Mart Foundation to support the agency’s Meals On Wheels program, which reaches 192 towns in Central Maine.
The funds received by Spectrum Generations will be used to deliver storm pack meals to 710 homebound seniors in the region.
This past year, many Meals On Wheels programs were forced to change or reduce their services due to severe operating constraints brought on by rising food and gas prices and the current economic crisis. The MOWAA/Wal-Mart Foundation Cure Grant is intended to alleviate these burdens for Spectrum Generations in providing the storm pack meals.
Each storm pack contains two meals and does not require refrigeration or heating for consumption. The packs are intended as emergency food stores and will be delivered to homebound seniors in Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Somerset, Knox and Waldo Counties to help assist seniors through the rest of this most challenging winter.
According to a groundbreaking national research study entitled, “The Causes, Consequences and Future of Senior Hunger in America,” one-in-nine seniors in America is at risk of hunger.
The fact that 11.4 percent of seniors in the country are at risk of hunger and the fact that the population is aging at an unprecedented rate put a significant strain on community-based Meals On Wheels programs’ ability to provide meals for those in need.
To find out more about having Meals on Wheels delivery, or about other services, please call 1-800-639-1553 or visit www.spectrumgenerations.org.
For more information about Meals On Wheels Association of America, visit www.mowaa.org.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and the Wal-Mart Foundation are proud to support the charitable causes. In 2007, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and the Wal-Mart Foundation gave $296 million to communities across the United States. To learn more, visit www.walmartfoundation.org.
