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- 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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Monday through Friday, we deliver nourishment, connection, & safety checks to homebound neighbors.
On Monday, volunteer Lisa Woodley was delivering meals at Starling Village when she saw that a fire had started near the apartment of an elderly resident we serve. She leaped into action to help that resident, and others, to safety. Thank you WAVY TV 10 for sharing her story of courage and service.
Volunteers like Lisa inspire us while demonstrating the importance of our work! It's more than a meal: it's a caring neighbor at the door, and a daily safety check that sometimes saves lives! We cannot serve our community without our community. This is a team effort!
To find out more about how you can help, visit our website, linked in the comments below.Lisa Woodley was delivering meals in Chesapeake when she noticed smoke coming out of a resident’s window.
Woodley has been delivering meals with Meals on Wheels for six years now. On Monday, she was making deliveries to residents at Starling Village apartments, a 55+ community off South Military Highway. That’s when she noticed a fire that had started in a resident’s apartment.
Read more here: www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/meals-on-wheels-volunteer-helps-residents-get-to-safety-d…
More Than a Meal: The Power of Human Connection 💚
For many of the older adults we serve, a Meals on Wheels volunteer may be the only person they see all day—or even all week.
That friendly conversation, wellness check, and familiar smile can mean just as much as the meal itself.
One participant shared:
"They make me feel like someone cares."
As Social Wellness Month comes to a close, we're reflecting on why human connection is essential to healthy aging and how our volunteers help older adults remain nourished, safe, connected, and never alone.
Read our newest blog to learn how Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake is helping address loneliness through compassionate care, innovative programs, and the power of community.
🔗 Read more: mealsonwheelschesapeake.com/more-than-a-meal-the-power-of-human-connection/
💚 Looking for a meaningful way to make a difference? Become a Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake volunteer and help remind a neighbor they are seen, valued, and never alone.
Welcome to Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake! 💚
Every day, we help older adults and disabled neighbors throughout our community remain nourished, safe, connected, and independent in their own homes.
Whether you're here to volunteer, donate, request services, or learn more about our mission, we're grateful you're here.
Learn more, get involved, or make a difference today: mealsonwheelschesapeake.org
Everyday essentials can make an extraordinary difference. 💚
One simple way to support Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake is by shopping our Amazon Wish List. Whether you choose to donate one item or several, every item on our list helps us care for older adults throughout our community.
Visit our Amazon Wish List here: www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/3D6DNAAM07XBI
Thank you for being part of our mission and helping us make a difference, one neighbor at a time!
