by Marie J. Nedich | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
Steve Bell first remembers Meals on Wheels from growing up in a little town in Pennsylvania. “My mom was a driver in the late ‘70s. At that time, it was a bunch of older ladies that made meals in somebody’s kitchen. My mom was one of five or six people that drove...
by Marie J. Nedich | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
May 5, 2017 Did you know that happy people live seven years longer than average? Or that it takes 76 muscles to smile? Well, those are the first things San Francisco District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell learned from Jerry, 62, when he arrived at Jerry’s supportive...
by Marie J. Nedich | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
“The show never stops.” Those were the first words Alex said to me during an interview with him, moments before he officially retired from Meals on Wheels San Francisco. I couldn’t have summarized his distinguished 30-year career as a driver any better. He vividly...
by Marie J. Nedich | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog
May 1, 2017 Yolanda and Alcide met as teenagers in the small city of Lafayette, Louisiana, along the banks of the Vermilion River. After getting married, Alcide enlisted in the Navy and the two of them moved together to his first post at the Alameda Naval Base. “We’ve...
by Marie J. Nedich | May 1, 2017 | Blog
May 1, 2017 This past March (and into April), we joined more than 250 other Meals on Wheels programs around the country to celebrate our 2nd annual #MarchForMeals campaign. March for Meals recognizes the historic achievement of the Older Americans Act, signed and...
