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- Call us: 757-312-6458
- Email us: mealsonwheelschesapeake@gmail.com
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How We Make a Difference
We Deliver Joy
You can hear it in Ada’s voice: Meals on Wheels delivers joy to seniors who were hungry and isolated before joining our community. During this time of rising senior need, donate today to improve quality of life for disabled seniors who cannot leave their homes.
Your support
- provides meals and safety checks, as well as social programming like pet care, birthday gifts, and hospital visits
- increases food-security, nutrition, and social well-being
- lowers isolation, hunger, hospitalization, and the risk of falling
- allows seniors like Ada to age in place affordably, with dignity and independence
HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
We Deliver More Than Meals
Since 1977, Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake (MOWC) has provided nutritious home-delivered meals, safety checks, social connection, and care coordination for older and disabled homebound residents who live alone, cannot grocery shop or cook healthy meals, and have no assistance with meal prep.
Success Stories
Your being here to support me (I live alone) has greatly enhanced my confidence that I am not alone, and were I to need outside help, MOW staff would be there! Seriously! I do not naturally trust many folks, and I do not ask for anything. That said, you all have supported me during my time down to an extent far greater than what I signed on for…easily as healing and welcome as the food.
The volunteers are great and so cheerful. Having new faces is a blessing and the cards, candy, gifts are really nice. Thank you for working to provide seniors with food because some would go hungry without it!
Meals on Wheels has helped regulate my diet and has helped with medical conditions. I am very thankful for ALL they do! All of the volunteers are always a delight to see and talk to! I am very thankful for all the staff at Meals on Wheels. Thank you so much!
Our Partners
- Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
- Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia
- United Way of South Hampton Roads
- Jewish Family Services
- Buffalow Family & Friends Community Days
- Meals on Wheels America
- Chesapeake Health Department
- Chesapeake Task Force on Aging
- Chesapeake Thrives
- Golden Paws House Calls
- Healthy Chesapeake
- SilverTree Seniors
- Unite Us
- Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
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Meals On Wheels of Chesapeake Inc.
Monday through Friday, we deliver nourishment, connection, & safety checks to homebound neighbors.
Today, we celebrate the older adults who have spent a lifetime building families, strengthening communities, sharing wisdom, and caring for others. 💚
On National Senior Citizens Day, we're especially grateful for the neighbors we have the privilege of serving each day.
Every meal delivered is an opportunity to remind someone that they are valued, cared for, and an important part of our community.
Help us celebrate! What's one lesson, story, or piece of advice you've received from an older adult in your life? Share it below. 👇💚
Every detail matters. 💚
Our friends from Everyday Angels are helping disinfect bulk meal boxes before they head out for delivery.
From preparing meal boxes to delivering meals, thank you, Everyday Angels, for showing up and helping us provide the very best experience for the neighbors we serve! 💚
We love this idea!💡👏In Hampton Roads, adults aged 55 and older make up roughly a third of the region’s homeless population, as fixed incomes struggle to keep pace with rising costs for rent and groceries.
To help combat this growing crisis along with a statewide shortage of affordable rental homes, local organizations such as The Planning Council and Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia are exploring a home-sharing model underway in Oregon.
The project matches older homeowners who have empty bedrooms with seniors needing affordable housing, providing mutual financial relief and companionship.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/53nfs855
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