by Marie J. Nedich | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
July 18, 2017 In a press conference at our Bayview headquarters last Wednesday, Mayor Ed Lee announced his proposed commitment of $19.2 million to home-delivered meal programs over the next two years; an increase that sets a bold standard for the way our city will...
by Marie J. Nedich | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
June 8, 2017 Salesforce & Meals on Wheels Kick Off Milestone Partnership for Residents of the Rene Cazenave Apartments in SoMa Meals on Wheels San Francisco is thrilled to announce a milestone in our two year-old Adopt-a-Building campaign. Beginning on Monday,...
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...
