Mayors For Meals
AUSTIN MAYOR LEE LEFFINGWELL SET TO DELIVER MEALS TO MEALS ON WHEELS CLIENTS AS PART OF NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
AUSTIN, TX— On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell will spend his lunch hour delivering hot, nutritious meals to several Meals on Wheels and More clients.
Mayor Leffingwell is just one of hundreds of mayors from across the country, taking part in the annual Mayors for Meals event. This campaign is designed to highlight the mission of Meals on
Wheels programs to provide food and other services to elderly or disabled people who are homebound.
In 2011, Meals on Wheels and More distributed close to 1 million meals to individuals suffering from hunger who have no way of accessing food on their own. Demands for our services continue to grow at a rapid rate as our population ages, and more people move into Central Texas. By 2020, it is expected that 214,000 residents of Central Texas will be 65 or older.
“Mayor Leffingwell truly cares about the most vulnerable members of our community,” said Dan Pruett, CEO and President of Meals on Wheels and More. “We are so grateful to him for shining a light on the need that exists in our city.”
Members of the media are invited to follow Mayor Leffingwell on his route.
What: Annual Mayors for Meals National Event
When: Wednesday, March 23, 2012
Mayor Leffingwell is scheduled to arrive at Meals on Wheels and More at 11:45 a.m. and depart on his route shortly after.
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Why: Mayor Leffingwell will be one of hundreds of mayors across the country to hand deliver meals and support the mission of Meals on Wheels.
Where: Meals On Wheels And More
Central Kitchen Headquarters
3227 E. 5th Street, Austin
Contact: Thad Rosenfeld
trosenfeld@mealsonwheelsandmore.org
Cell: 512-689-3177
Austin Restaurant Week
The City’s most anticipated culinary experience, Austin Restaurant Week is back, March 25th-28th and April 1st-4th. This celebration of local dining provides the community with an experience that directly connects Austinites’ family, friends, and neighbors to our city’s culinary craft, passion and identity.
Participants are given the opportunity to dine at the finest establishments throughout the city, ranging from $11 – $16 for lunch and $26 – $36 for dinner for a three-course pre-fixe menu. Peruse the Austin Restuarant Week site: http://restaurantweekaustin.com/ to find the stellar list of restaurants, and start making your plans for Austin Restaurant Week today!
Make your reservations here: http://restaurantweekaustin.com/ to begin your Austin Restaurant Week experience for both lunch and for dinner.
Each reservation through this site or the ARW app will result in a donation to our non-profit beneficiary this year, Meals on Wheels and More!
Be sure to download the ARW app for exclusive updates on participating restaurants, and to have first dibs at reservations!
CHANGE IN MEAL PRICING TO PROVIDE MORE BENEFIT TO MOWAM
This Spring, Austin Restaurant Week meals increased $1, providing another way to support donations to MOWAM. Lunches increased from $10 or $15 to $11 or $16 and dinners from $25 or $35 to $26 or $36. Brunch increased from $15 to $16 dollars. This $1 from every meal enjoyed during Austin Restaurant Week Spring will go direct to supporting the mission of MOWAM.
Walgreens Donation Drive
Meals on Wheels and More donation drive for the month of February at participating Walgreens! All donated items will go to homebound clients of Meals on Wheels and More.
- Shampoo and Conditioner
- Body wash and/or conditioner
- Toothpaste
- Deodorant
- Laundry Soap
- Dish Soap
- Household Cleaners
- Ensure Nutrition Drinks (or generic brands)
PAWS For Health
Join in the fun on Sunday Febuary 26, 2012 from 11a to 1p at Mueller Lake Park. (rain or shine)
* Mueller Lake Park is an ON-LEASH park - all dogs must be on leash at all times *
The cost is $20 for a participant and dog and $15 for a participant only. (And the fair market value for this event is $20.)
There is a 100 participant limit (whether with dog or without).
Please fill out release form and bring it with you at event. http://www.fitdogaustin.com/images/release.form.pdf
PAWS for Health is a 2 hour boot camp fitness training class for humans & their pets! Funds raised will go to provide emergency medical funds for the pets of Meals on Wheels and More clients. The instructor is a representative of Fit Dog Austin
Meals on Wheels and More is excited to announce the partnership with it’s program P.A.L.S. and the Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation. PAWS for Health is the kick-off event for the partnership. Funds raised on this day will go towards funding the purpose of strengthening the human animal bond by ensuring health and welfare of animals belonging to people who are homebound, elderly, and disabled. This program will provide free veterinary care for selected clients of the Pets Assisting the Lives of Seniors (P.A.L.S.) program at Meals on Wheels and More. It is made possible by the partnership of Meals on Wheels and More and Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation
Thanksgiving 2011 Media Coverage
We received some great media coverage of our Thanksgiving Day meal delivery. You can click on the links below to watch the stories from KVUE, Fox 7, KEYE and KXAN. Special thanks to HEB and the many wonderful volunteers in our community who made this day possible.
HIV/AIDS and Aging Symposium
November 4, 2011 – 2011 HIV/AIDS and Aging Symposium
The HIV/AIDS and Aging Symposium is a grassroots community collaborative organized to bring awareness to the impact of HIV/AIDS on the aging community (50+) in Central Texas. The Symposium specifically targets professionals working in both the aging and HIV/AIDS communities, but is open to anyone interested in learning more in the areas of prevention, education, and treatment.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Masten
James Masten, Ph.D., LCSW , has worked in the field of HIV/AIDS for over twenty years. He is on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty at New York University School of Social Work, and has been a clinical research consultant for Yale University School of Medicine, Duke University, and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Masten has a private practice in psychotherapy in New York City. Most recently, Dr. Masten has published Aging with HIV: A Gay Man’s Guide.
Symposium topics include:
• HIV 101 Seminar presented by Jennifer Herrera y Nava (AIDS Services of Austin)
• Aging 101 Seminar presented by Annette Juba, LCSW (AGE)
• Demographics/Emerging Population Trends in Central Texans with HIV/AIDS presented by Justin Irving (Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services)
Save the Date for the 2011 Symposium:
Friday, November 4, 2011, 8am-2pm at
Meals on Wheels and More (3227 East 5th Street, 2nd floor)
Registration: $10 or $15 for social worker CEUs (lunch included).
Online registration: www.hivandaging.wordpress.com
Meals On Two Wheels Brave Extreme Heat
On the hottest day of the summer so far, more than a dozen first-time Meals on Wheels volunteers delivered meals…on bicycles. See full coverage on links below.
http://www.austinpost.org/content/cycling-city-bike-deliveries-help-social-cycling-and-meals-wheels
June 2011 Newsletter - The Meal Times
Summer 2011 Volunteer Needs
Currently 40 routes lack drivers and more volunteer cancellations are expected
Meals on Wheels and More currently has 40 open routes across Central Texas and, with summer approaching, more volunteer cancellations are expected in the coming weeks.
Open routes are routes that do not have a volunteer driver assigned to them. When routes cannot be covered by volunteers, Meals on Wheels and More must rely on paid staff drivers, which in turn increases administrative and gas costs.
Seasonally, this is a time of year when MOWAM sees one of the highest rates of volunteer turnover, as people cancel their service commitments due to summer vacations and heat concerns. Meals on Wheels and More relies on volunteers to deliver 90 percent of the 1 million meals it distributes annually.
“The summer season is always a challenge for us,” said Dan Pruett, CEO & President of Meals on Wheels and More. “We’re lucky to have fantastic volunteer support here in Austin, because without it we wouldn’t be able to serve as many people as we do. Right now, we need more members of the community to come forward and volunteer to help their neighbors. ”
Meals on Wheels and More is looking for both regular and substitute meal-delivery drivers this summer. Drivers are most needed in North Austin and in areas East of I-35.
A FULL LIST OF CURRENT OPENINGS
For more information, please contact Sarah Andrews at 512-476-6325 x. 131 or sandrews@mealsonwheelsandmore.org.
Gas Prices Could Create a $25,000 Budget Shortfall for MOWAM
As gas prices inch toward $4 a gallon in Central Texas, we at Meals on Wheels and More are expecting to see a budget impact of close to $25,000 this year.
Recently, we entered a contract with the City of Austin to provide congregate meals for seven different senior congregate meal centers, which has necessitated the addition of two new vehicles to our operations and will create an additional 100 miles of travel for our drivers each day.
Currently, Meals on Wheels and More maintains a fleet of 19 vans, which are deployed daily to deliver meals to our 14 meal-distribution sites across the city, seven city congregate meal sites, five county congregate meal sites, and provide meals through our Country Wheels program to individuals living in rural areas of Bastrop, Travis, Lee, Fayette, Caldwell, Hays, and Williamson counties.
Altogether, Meals on Wheels and More vehicles log an average of 4,300 miles each week.
Currently, we rely on volunteers to deliver 90 percent of the meals we provide through our home delivered meal program. Without adequate volunteer support, delivery of meals would fall to staff drivers and further increase our gas costs.
We know that all of our volunteers are affected by the rising costs, and we are thankful to all volunteers who continue to deliver meals despite gas prices.
May and June are also high months of volunteer turnover and cancellations, as people take leave for summer vacations and the heat.
For more information, please call Sarah Andrews at 512-476-6325 x. 131.
MOWAM Waiting List Doubles in Size
April 19, 2011 - The waiting list for homebound individuals in need of food assistance from Meals on Wheels and More has grown to almost 300 people, doubling in size since it was first created nine months ago.
A dramatic increase in the need for home delivered meal services in the Austin community necessitated Meals on Wheels and More to create a waiting list for meal services last summer. Reductions in state funding this year are expected to further impact the waiting list.
“We are getting many calls from people who are finding themselves in desperate situations with nowhere to turn,” said Dan Pruett, CEO and President of Meals on Wheels and More. “So many people in our community are suffering alone and in silence, and we need more people to step up to the plate and make a commitment to help their neighbors who are struggling with hunger.”
MOWAM case workers actively monitor the conditions of those on the waiting list to ensure that those most in need are the first to receive services.
This is the first time in over seven years that MOWAM has had a waiting list for services. Currently, MOWAM distributes more than 1 million meals to homebound elderly and disabled individuals in Central Texas.
Meals on Wheels and More is seeking support from the community in order to move people off the waiting list faster and sustain services to existing clients.
More information about our waiting list.
Spring 2011 Meal Times
Keep It In My Backyard
We’re excited to partner with kiimby (aka, “keep it in my backyard”), a new and fun way for Austinites to support both Meals on Wheels and More and the local Austin business community during this holiday season. When you shop at any participating local business and show your kiimby card, the business will donate a percentage of qualified sales to Meals on Wheels and More while you’ll earn kiimby reward points.
If you’re looking for holiday gifts for others, pampering for yourself or great food from local businesses, the following businesses (more to come) will give back to MOW&M when you shop with your kiimby card:
• Apparel & Accessories: Bettysport , The Dress Shop, Estilo, Girl Next Door, Plain Ivey Jane
• Food, Groceries & Catering: Jo’s Coffee on 2nd St., Greenling, Dish-a-licious, Max Parfait Catering
• Gifts: Authenticity on Congress, Beyond Tradition on 2nd St., IF+D on Colorado, Marigold on S. Lamar
• Services/Events: EcoClean on Guadalupe, Barr Mansion
• Salons and/or Spas: Bella Salon on 6th, Propaganda Hair on 5th
Click here to sign up & order your kiimby card to start supporting MOW&M in a new and fun way and earn kiimby reward points for yourself!
MOWAM & H-E-B to deliver highest number of Thanksgiving meals yet to Austin’s homebound
DATE: Monday, November 22, 2010
Meals on Wheels and More & H-E-B will deliver highest number of meals yet to Austin’s homebound this Thanksgiving Day
With the help of more than 56 volunteers, we will distribute 564 meals to individuals in
“We had an overwhelming response from our clients wanting the Thanksgiving meal this year,” said Dan Pruett, CEO and President of Meals on Wheels and More. “We are just grateful that with the help of sponsors like H-E-B we will be able to brighten the holiday for so many individuals who would otherwise be alone.”
Meal preparations will begin in our kitchen before 7 a.m., with staff and volunteers arriving at or right after 10 a.m. Training for new volunteers will be held at 10:15 a.m.; meal delivery will begin at 10:45 a.m. Returning volunteers do not need to arrive until 10:30 a.m.
Meals on Wheels and More is the only organization in
Members of the media are welcome to cover the event on Thanksgiving and film at our headquarters any time after 7 a.m. Please call Sarah Andrews at 512-476-6325 x. 131 for more information.
WHAT: MOWAM to prepare and deliver Thanksgiving meals in
WHEN: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010; kitchen staff starts around 7 a.m., volunteers begin arriving at 10:15 a.m.
WHERE:
About Meals on Wheels and More:
Meals on Wheels and More is one of the largest meal-delivery organizations in
About H-E-B:
H-E-B, with sales of more than $16 billion, operates 329 stores in
CONTACT:
Sarah Andrews
Office: 512-476-6325, ext. 131
Fax: 512-476-6478
sandrews@mealsonwheelsandmore.org
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Creative Ways To Help
In a challenging economy, people are finding economical and creative ways to help Meals on Wheels and More. Here are a few fun ways people are helping that you can do too!
Spring cleaning?
Consign your used items for Meals on Wheels and More at Next to New resale shop. Be sure to use our account number: #10277 to designate proceeds to MOWAM.
Next to New gives their net proceeds to local charities in $10,000.00 block grants each year. Help us gain a $10,000.00 grant in the process!
McKinley Chiropractic of Austin a local family run and owned business has a special compassion for Meals on Wheels and More and with an ongoing partnership they offer deals to patients around their special events to generate funds to help those we serve. Here’s was their recent promotion:
Grand Opening Celebration:
Existing Patients: $20 donation to Meals on Wheels for Therapies & Adjustment if necessary
NEW Patients: $20 donation to Meals on Wheels for Consultation, Exam & Necessary X-Rays
Help with realty(pdf)
Give Realty is a unique realty firm that pledges 25% of every commission they make to the home buyer’s or seller’s charity of choice. Tell your Give Realtor agent that you want your commission to support Meals on Wheels and More! Call Give Realty at 338-GIVE or go to www.giverealtyaustin.com.
Great Hills Country Club has designated Meals on Wheels and More, plus 2 other local non-profits to benefit from member donations. The incentive gives folks a chance to earn up to 80% off the standard Initiation Fee! To learn more and to take advantage of a special trial offer, please contact Nina Sligar at (512) 527-2717 office, (512) 845-1035 cell, or email nina@greathillscc.org
Help While Shopping :
Give as you Get was created to use the power of the internet to bring together the wants of donors and the needs of non-profits. Feel good about making a difference with every purchase you make through this site. Give as you Get gives you an easy way to buy the items you want with a percentage going to your favorite organization. You’ll continue to use your established shopping carts on some of the web’s most popular stores. Now you can get what you want AND give to your favorite organization at the same time. The only difference you’ll notice is a warm feeling in your heart.
So, if you’re going to buy something anyway, why not giveasyouget Click here to start shopping and giving.
Shop local and support Meals on Wheels with your kiimby card. When you shop at any participating local business and show your kiimby card, the business will donate a portion of sales to Meals on Wheels and you’ll earn kiimby reward points.
Help With Art
“Generous Art envisions art purchases as community-oriented transactions — rejecting the idea that art collection is a selfish endeavor, an isolated event; ... a sustainable and socially responsible purchase.” Generous Art
When you purchase artwork from this gallery, 40% of your money supports the artist, 40% supports a nonprofit of your choice and the community that nonprofit serves, and 20% of your money supports the mission of Generous Art. http://www.generousart.org/press/
Help with social media
Local business http://PromoCodeShare.com is donating $1 for each and every person that “likes” their website through our special link. http://promocodeshare.com/mowam
Meals on Wheels and More employee Connie Evers used her social network on Facebook to raise awareness and money for Meals on Wheels and More.
When her birthday was approaching, she sent out a message to all of her friends asking for donations to Meals on Wheels and More in lieu of birthday gifts. “As a Social Worker, I see firsthand the impact that Meals on Wheels makes for our clients. I have clients that this is the only nutritious meal they will have for the day,” she said. “I wanted my birthday to focus on the needs of others rather than on myself and thought Facebook would be an easy way to let my friends know about this important cause.”
Join the Meals on Wheels and More Facebook cause today!
The American Whiskey Fest
Golf 4 Meals
Golf 4 Meals
Statesman Cap 10K April 11, 2010
Thank you volunteers, walkers & runners!
Pet Fair 2010
Volunteers Needed & Pet Carriers of All Sizes Needed
Please contact Melissa Holman at mholman@mealsonwheelsandmore.org or 628-8160.
For the third year, Meals on Wheels and More, Town Lake Animal Center, Emancipet, and Blue Dog Rescue will work together to provide free veterinary services to the pets of the homebound Meals on Wheels and More clients.
The Pet Wellness Fair will take place on:
Saturday, April 17 at Emancipet in East Austin.
A brief mandatory volunteer orientation will be held ahead of time at Meals on Wheels and More on either Wednesday April 7th at 6:30 or on Saturday April 10th at 12pm.
Volunteers participating in this event must be able to travel using their vehicles to a homebound clients’ home to pick up their pet, take the pet in their crates in your own car to the Emancipet stationary clinic, check them in for surgery or preventative services as indicated, and then return the pets after their surgery or wellness appointment back to their homes.
For pets in need of spaying or neutering services, volunteers will drop the animal off at the clinic at 8am and will return to pick the pet up at 6pm.
For pets in need of preventative services only, appointment times will be staggered throughout the day. The total time spent driving to the client’s home, then to Emancipet’s clinic and waiting with the pet while preventative services are administered, and returning the pet to its home should take no more than 3 hrs.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Melissa Holman at mholman@mealsonwheelsandmore.org or 628-8160.
*Monetary donations graciously given ahead of time will be utilized in an effort to provide flea preventative medications to the pets. Donations can be made at https://secure.mealsonwheelsandmore.org/online-donation/ Please write Pet Fair in the comment section.
*We could also use donations of small pet carriers.
Dear Mrs. Parks
Austin Community Keepsake 2010
Meals on Wheels and More will honor two of Austin’s best-known news journalists, Judy Maggio and Ron Oliveira of CBS KEYE with the coveted Austin Community Keepsake Award on February 28, 2010.
The award salutes those who have contributed to the positive momentum and future direction of Austin through their work, voice, and vision. Judy and Ron have used their experience as journalists to improve the Austin community. They have helped bring to light many important issues that would otherwise go unnoticed. On countless occasions they have demonstrated their compassion for nonprofits and the clients they serve. Both Judy and Ron are great examples of the spirit of valuing everyone in our community.
One Peace at a Time Screening
Monday, December 7 - the Arbor Cinema online ticket link
Join us for a special screening of Turk Pipkin’s inspiring new film, One Peace at a Time, on Monday, December 7 (7p & 9p) at The Arbor Cinema.
The film looks at the possibility of providing basic rights - water, nutrition, healthcare, education and more - to every child. Turk filmed in 20 countries on 5 continents, and the food and nutrition segment includes a look at Meals on Wheels and More, including and a summary from Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai that one of the most important things in life is to “serve.”
Following the screening, director Turk Pipkin will join Austin’s Meals on Wheels and More team for the film and a Q & A about the issues that interest us.
Tickets are $9.50 adults/$6.50 seniors, and will be available two weeks in advance at the Arbor Cinema Box Office, (512) 231-9742 or an online link at www.nobelity.org. You can also watch the film’s trailer at www.nobelity.org.
Across from the theatre, Manuel’s Arboretum Restaurant is supporting The Nobelity Project’s education work. Show your ticket stub at the restaurant before or after a screening and Manuel’s will donate 5% of your total tab to help build Mahiga Hope High School in Kenya.
Meals on Wheels to deliver millionth meal of the year
This growth in meal distribution is attributed to a rapidly-growing client base. In 2008, MOWAM added an average of 30 new clients per month to our services. This year, that average has grown to 100 new clients per month.
“The fact that we will prepare and distribute 1 million meals this year is a true testament to the need that exists in our city, and it speaks volumes about how many elderly and disabled men, women, and children in Central Texas have little to no access to healthy food,” said
This is the millionth meal of Meals on Wheels and More’s fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.
Mayor Pro Tem Mike
Longtime MOWAM volunteer Rufus Woody, who has been volunteering since 1984, will deliver the millionth meal along with Reetu Jain, a Meals on Wheels Board Member who has been volunteering for one year. Media is invited to attend and follow along on the route.
For more information about our millionth meal event, please contact Sarah Andrews at 512-476-6325 x. 131 or 617-921-2092.
AGENDA
WHAT: Meals on Wheels and More delivers its millionth meal of the year for the first time ever.
WHERE: MOWAM Central Kitchen,
WHEN: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 –
10:30 a.m. – Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez arrives to meal manage. Members of the media are invited to come and set up during this time period, as well.
10:45 a.m. – Volunteers Rufus Woody and Reetu Jain arrive. They will drive a route together and deliver the millionth meal. Members of the media are invited to follow along on this route.
10:45 a.m. – MOWAM CEO Dan Pruett will be on hand to say a few words and thank volunteers who are delivering that day.
In December 2008, MOWAM broke ground on a building expansion project that will allow us to expand our kitchen and Client Services department. Based on population projections from city demographers, we expect that we will need to prepare and distribute 2.1 million meals by the year 2020. To accommodate the growing demand, we must expand our facilities now. To learn more about the building project, visit www.compassionbuilds.org.
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Wisdom Circle advice column
Meals on Wheels and More announces the launch of our new advice column featuring pearls of wisdom from a handful of our senior clients, as well as our wittiest (and wisest) local celebrity supporter Gladys Hardy, whom you may know from her frequent appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres show!
We have so much we can learn from our elders, so don’t let this valuable resource go to waste. If you’re seeking an answer to one of life’s burning questions or are simply curious about a historical event, just ask the Wisdom Circle by sending an email to wisdom@mealsonwheelsandmore.org or sending them “snail mail” to Meals on Wheels and More, Attn: Wisdom Circle, 3227 East 5th Street, Austin, TX 78702.
You can also submit questions to the Wisdom Circle simply by commenting on this blog or contact us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/mealsonwheelsandmore) and Twitter (@mealsonwheels) through @ reply or direct message (use the hashtag #wcmow).
Hear what Gladys Hardy has to say
Read Responses from other Wisdom Circle columnists
Q: In friendship, what is the most important quality to have and look for in someone else and how can I recognize this?
Dee Clair: Friends need to be dependable and people you can trust. For example, when one makes plans to meet with a friend, don’t be a “no-show”. Call first and let your friend know you have to cancel.
Grannie Pat: Look for someone who cares about people! Someone who is clean in mind and spirit and adventuresome! Some friends will be there for life, others are just friends in certain situations. As the saying goes, “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other’s gold.” Your friends may be people of a different race or religion, but if they are dedicated to you they will be a good friend. And remember, don’t be afraid to make the first move.
Granny C: Look for people you can trust. Listen to them as you get to know them and practice trust in your own self.
Q: In choosing my college major and career, should I focus on finding a job that I love or a job that makes money?
Grannie Pat: It would be nice if they were one in the same. I was lucky in that I was able to make an adequate living in a field that I loved and felt useful. Go for the major that you love and minor in making a living - they may turn out to be the same! Do not have fear. Venture out! Don’t think you have to do the same thing all of your life. Our interests change. Times move fast!
Lil C: My knee-jerk response is go for the money! But my final thought is to focus on a career that you love and are passionate about. You will be more productive that way and have a wonderful adventure.
Q: What do you think about today’s music?
Grannie Pat: Some of the music today is fine, just like when I was growing up and Elvis was coming on the scene. Some songs are better than others and easier to listen to. Don’t care for heavy metal, myself! I think that songs with obscenities should be banned, as well as songs that demean women. I do, however, like some rap and break dancing. Those genres have a lot of stories to tell and are very athletic. I also think the Jonas Brothers have helped to bring some civility to the teen scene, along with Christian rock.
Granny C: Some of today’s music is very hard to understand. Some of it you probably wouldn’t want to understand.
Texas Triathlon Series
the Austin Tri Sept 7, 2009!
Contriubtion is based on Volunteer participation.
Volunteers needed! Email lisa.scanlan@us.tel.com or rob.murphy@us.tel.com to sign up!
We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to participate and help out!
Time: Volunteers will need to show up anywhere from 5:30am to 7:30am, depending on duties.
Location: Auditorium Shores (Town Lake)
Volunteer Registration: Sign up using the following link and also send an email to Lisa Scanlan and/or Rob Murphy, so that we make sure MOWAM gets credit.
http://www.theaustintriathlon.com/volunteer.asp
Volunteer Check-in: A site map, which includes the volunteer tent, can be found at the following link: http://www.theaustintriathlon.com/images/austin-tri-site-plan.jpg
Volunteer Duties: Check-in, Body Marking, Transition, Swim Entry/Exit, Bike Course, Run Course, Finish Line, Parking, Food Line
It is super fun to volunteer at these events!
Below is a calendar of triathlons benefiting MOWAM which we will be recruiting volunteers.
| Date | Event | Location |
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7-Sep-09 |
The Austin Triathlon |
Austin |
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18-Oct-09 |
Longhorn Triathlon Festival |
Austin |
* Must be 13 years of age or older to volunteer for this event. Minors must be accompanied by adult or guardian.
Nathaniel Ashe
PALS program
HOPE Program
Medi Wheels Program
Comassion Builds PSA
Video by Rob Lee, Editing by Mike Prochoroff, Music by Amy Atchley
The Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival
MOWAM Responds to Swine Flu
In response to the incidences of Swine Flu in Texas and across the country, Meals on Wheels and More has taken action to ensure that our clients, volunteers, and staff members stay safe and healthy…
In response to the incidences of Swine Flu in Texas and across the country, Meals on Wheels and More has taken action to ensure that our clients, volunteers, and staff members stay safe and healthy.
In addition to monitoring state and local information about Swine Flu, we are also closely monitoring our client and volunteer population. We are sending letters to all of our volunteers and clients asking them to alert us if they become ill so that we can make other arrangements for meal delivery. We are also distributing flu-prevention resources to them.
We do not foresee any closure of our facilities or interruption of services and have not received any reports of Swine Flu infection from staff members, clients, or volunteers.
In the event that the situation changes, we will provide updated information on our web site.
Swine Flu Resources:
Centers for Disease Control:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habits.htm
State of Texas:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/swineflu/swineflu.pdf
City of Austin:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/health/disease_surveillance_swineflu.htm
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/oem/default.htm
Compassion Builds PSA
Enviro Media Earth Day
EnviroMedia Social Marketing staff will deliver meals, energy efficient light bulbs and tips
A hot meal isn’t the only thing Meals on Wheels volunteers will deliver this Earth Day. Staffers from a local environmental firm will take and install energy efficient lights at local apartment complexes. The house calls include the compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) installations, walking through the home targeting areas where energy can be saved, and providing a tip card about energy conservation.
EnviroMedia Social Marketing is partnering with Meals on Wheels to assist the residents about ways to be energy efficient and save money.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, if every home in America replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, it would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year and save more than $600 million in annual energy costs. It would also prevent greenhouse gases, which contribute to climate change, equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars. The EPA-recommended bulbs are also designed to last longer than traditional bulbs - more than seven years.
EnviroMedia employees, who regularly participate in environmental and public health initiatives, are passionate about educating others, especially on Earth Day. Past EnviroMedia Earth Day activities have included educating consumers about “vampire electricity,” when appliances suck energy by being plugged in but not in use; removing invasive plant species from the Austin Greenbelt; and distributing litterbags to passing motorists at City Hall. The key is to arm consumers with easy-to-do changes that save money and help the environment.
Call 512-476-6325 x. 131 for more information.
aahsa forum
To listen to a recording of the Austin Area Human Services Association’s Mayoral candidate forum, held on Thursday, April 9, 2009, please download the MP3. (*Note: The file will take a few moments to download.)
Pet Wellness Fair 2009
The cute, cuddly, and, some might say, life-saving pets of dozens of homebound Meals on Wheels and More clients will receive free spay and neuter services and health checks this Saturday, April 4th at the 2nd Annual Pet Wellness Fair.
This year the fair will help 131 pets - almost three times more than the number helped last year!
The Pet Wellness Fair is sponsored each year by Meals on Wheels and More, Emancipet, Blue Dog Rescue, and Town Lake Animal Center. Volunteers offer to transport clients’ pets from their homes to Emancipet where the pets are examined and treated.
“Pets provide such valuable companionship for our clients, who are isolated, alone and not mobile enough to get their pets the healthcare they need,” said Dan Pruett, CEO & President of Meals on Wheels and More. “We want to make sure these pets stay healthy so they can continue to bring joy to the lives of our clients. The sheer growth of this program in just one year is testament to the need that exists in our community.”
Many medical studies show that pets improve the health of their owners by decreasing incidences of stress and depression. The MOWAM clients served through this program are at high risk for both because of their isolation.
Members of the media are invited to cover the fair and even ride along with a volunteer on a pet pick-up. *** PLEASE NOTE: Pick-up times for client pets will vary. Please call in advance to schedule a time to interview a client if you are interested.
WHAT: 2nd Annual Pet Wellness Fair sponsored by Meals on Wheels and More, Emancipet, Blue Dog Rescue, and Town Lake Animal Center
WHERE: Emancipet, 7201 Levander Loop, Building J
WHEN: SATURDAY, April 4th
7:30 a.m. - volunteers begin picking up pets
8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Spay/neuter pets begin arriving at Emancipet
10 a.m. - Pets begin arriving for wellness checks*
10:30 a.m. to 11: 30 a.m. - MOWAM CEO DAN PRUETT will be available for interviews at Emancipet.
- Wellness checks will continue until 3 p.m.; pets return home between 5 and 6 p.m.
CONTACT:
Sarah E. Andrews
Office: 512-476-6325, ext. 131
Mobile: 617-921-2092
Fax: 512-476-6478
sandrews@mealsonwheelsandmore.org
Cap10k Map
Wisdom In Their Own Words 2
Meals on Wheels and More Time Warner Cable, Texas Crew and Dan Rather teamed up to help tell the life stories of seven MOWAM clients, who have lived through some of the most trying times of the past century and whose words provide a unique and important perspective on the history of Austin and the importance of services like Meals on Wheels and More in so many people’s lives.
Recently, the film was awarded 2 Telly Awards for documentary and editing.
Below meet some of the wonderful people who helped bring this project to life!
Dedicated in memory of Hervey Lazenby and George Strawsser
Ann White Born April 14, 1931
“Momma” White is a remarkable woman whose life’s work was predestined by the death of her mother at a very young age. She was separated from her brothers after the death of her mother and went to live with her “aunties.” She recalls that they treated her like a slave and she fiercely missed her brothers. She couldn’t wait to be reunited with them. When the family was reunited a year later, Ann was determined to always keep them together.
As an adult with children of her own, Momma White knew all to well about the heartache of separation from family based on her childhood. She reached out and opened her arms and her home to other children who needed a stable force in their lives. Momma White and Daddy White raised 220 foster children. When her birth children asked if their foster brothers and sisters could stay with them, Momma White replied, “we do the best we can for the children, and then we send them on their way.” The children in the neighborhood still come to Momma White’s door and ask if she will play horseshoes or red light, green light with them in the backyard. At age 78, she is still devoting her life to the children in her neighborhood.
Frances Simnacher Born 8/14/1911
Frances has lived along side the Colorado River all of her life. In her youth, she learned how to swim in the river. She was a superior swimmer and could out swim all her peers.
Frances said that her family was considered “well-off.” Her parents owned a home and acres of land in southeast Austin where she is currently living. Her grandfather owned a mercantile business in Austin and helped his children and grandchild survive through the Great Depression. Her grandparents parceled out land for disenfranchised blacks even though many of their neighbors did not like the idea.
Frances walks slowly across the family’s homestead admiring her surroundings and watching the flow of the river. She uses a cane for support. Looking at this scenic view is like stepping back in time because little has changed over the past 98 years except for the growth of a few more trees. When asked how it feels to walk this land again, she comments, “it feels like home.”
Mitchell Mays Born May 31, 1912
A war hero, a husband, a father, a musician, a cook, a friend, a distinguished man, Mr. Mitchell Mays has faced an array of challenges as well as triumphs and at age 97, he has a story to tell. Here is a small piece of that story…
Mitchell Mays was born in 1912 in Round Rock, Texas, 20 miles north east of Austin, and moved to Austin a few years later. Three major floods hit Austin in the 1930’s, and Mitchell learned first-hand why the region was known as “Flash Flood Alley.” The first job he held was “the worst job” of his entire life… At the age of 16, he asked the Mayor of Austin for a job. The Mayor charged Mitchell with retrieving salvage from rushing floodwaters. Even though he didn’t know how to swim and was afraid of water, it was the Great Depression and times were tough, so he had no choice but to take the job. He saved his money and bought his first car in 1931. It was unimaginable: “no black boys had cars”, but he did. He fought in World War II and the Korean War. Mitchell was also a blues musician in Austin, playing the “Southern Circuit.”
Hervey Lazenby Born 1919
Mr. Lazenby lived through many important historical and social events during his life, including World War I, World War II, Vietnam, desegregation, and the Iraq War. Throughout his life, he was a champion for civil rights and for God. “I would like to see a time when we can really forget about race and gender ... God created us all,” he said. “Why some are one color and some another, I don’t know. But I think there is a purpose for it as he saw it ... he created us in his image, but right now I do not think we have a clear image of who he is. That’s our doing, not his.”
Mr. Lazenby passed away in 2007, but said during the making of the film that he’d led a great life. “I am just gkad I’ve lived these 88 years,” he said. “There have been so many changes in my lifetime, and I believe they’ve all been for the best.”
George Strawsser Born 1923
During WWII, George Strawser served in the National Guard and paid a big price. After being shot in the leg in Africa, Strawser was captured and held as a POW in Germany for three years. He almost didn’t make it. After initially being shot, he had to march for three days on a wounded leg. He credits his friend Murray with getting him through it.
“He saved my life, there’s no doubt about that ... he lent me his shoulder for a long, long time, for three days,” he said. “I could hardly walk and if you fell out of line they just simply shot you ... I don’t know how he carried me that far, but he did.”
Active with other WWII Veterans in the Austin-area, Mr. Strawser has fought to keep his story alive.
1House At A Time
Date: Saturday March 7
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Northeast Austin. Actual location provided upon registration.
Cost : Early Bird Registration Class Fee is $100 until March 1, 2009. Fee is $150 after March 1st.
Attendees will learn how to:
• Implement energy efficiency & conservation strategies in their own homes
• Perform a load analysis for a home or business
• Identify system components: wire, disconnects, and over-current protection
• Learn advantages/disadvantages of installing a solar photovoltaic system
• Perform site & cost benefit analysis including what are your available financial incentives
*Fee includes the course workbooks as well as drinks and snacks. Please pack a lunch.
REGISTRATION: Go to www.1houseatatime.org or contact Effie Burnson at effie@1houseatatime.org or 512-577-9296.
Eagle Scouts Assemble 1st Aid Kits
Recently, members of Austin’s Eagle Scout Troop 197 worked together to complete a service project in honor of MOWAM. Led by Scout Leader Stephen Yacktman the troop assembled 100 First Aid kits for MOWAM clients! The project began in October 2008 and Yacktman dropped off the finished kits in January 2009. The kits were distributed to MOWAM clients in need. Troop 197 of the Boy Scouts of America would like to thank friends from the Shoal Creek Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Yacktman Asset Company, and their friends and family for their support and help with this project.
MOWAM thanks Troop 197 for helping us keep our homebound clients safe!
Charity Navigator 2009
AUSTIN, TX- Charity Navigator, the nation’s premier charity evaluator, awarded Meals on Wheels and More its coveted 4-star rating for fiscal management last week. This news marks the fourth year in a row that Meals on Wheels and More has received this organization’s top honor, putting MOWAM in an elite category of nonprofits across the country.
Only 7 percent of all charities evaluated by Charity Navigator have received four consecutive 4-star ratings.
“[This rating] indicates that Meals on Wheels and More consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way and outperforms most charities in America,” Ken Berger, President & CEO of Charity Navigator, said. “This ‘exceptional’ designation from Charity Navigator differentiates Meals on Wheels and More from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust.”
Meals on Wheels and More spends 83 percent of our budget directly on clients. Each day, MOWAM distributes more than 4,000 hot meals to homebound elderly and disabled persons and other people in need throughout the Austin area.
Charity Navigator’s evaluation methods have been widely recognized in many mainstream media outlets, and the organization evaluates more charities than any of its competitors to give donors essential information about the charities to which they contribute.
Click here to review Charity Navigator’s favorable review of Meals on Wheels and More.
DT V conversion
The upcoming DTV conversion on Feb. 17, 2009 may be a blip on the radar for the scores of cable-subscribing residents in Austin, but for homebound individuals living in poverty it threatens to have far-reaching effects.
Because of the government shortage in converter box coupons, MOWAM is asking the community for donations of any extra coupons that people do not plan to use.
Most MOWAM clients live in isolation, and television is their main means of getting information from the outside world. Because most also live on fixed incomes, they cannot afford cable.
Due to a lack of technology, many of our clients have found applying for the coupons difficult and confusing. Now, with the transition deadline looming and the government lacking resources, countless homebound men and women find themselves without a coupon and unable to afford the full cost of the converter box.
If you have a coupon that you do not plan to use, please contact MOWAM at 476-6325. MOWAM case workers plan to work with clients to purchase and install boxes for those in need.
blog
Meals on Wheels and More is proud to announce the launch of its brand new blog on Jan. 5, 2009!
The blog will be hosted on our website www.mealsonwheelsandmore.org and entries will focus on both institutional information about Meals on Wheels and More, as well as the social issues that affect our homebound elderly and disabled clients, such as hunger, depression, and nutrition, to name a few.
“We are so excited about this blog and hope it will allow us to better communicate with the Austin community. We want this forum to be a lively exchange with those who care about our mission, as well as the larger, collective missions of all basic needs organizations—to improve the lives of those in great need,” said Dan Pruett, CEO & President of Meals on Wheels and More.
To start reading the blog, go directly to www.mealsonwheelsandmore.org/blog.
christmas
With the help of volunteers and the generous sponsorship from Kershner Trading Group, Meals on Wheels and More will prepare and deliver about 500 meals to the homebound elderly and disabled this Christmas Day.
This is the third year that Meals and Wheels and More is offering this service to our clients in Central Austin.
Meal preparations will begin in our kitchen slightly before 7 a.m. Staff will arrive at 10 a.m., with training for new volunteers beginning at 10:15 a.m; meal delivery will begin 10:45 a.m.
We plan to serve about 500 clients this year and have almost 50 volunteers signed up to drive a route.
Meals and Wheels and More meal delivery is unique because we are the only organization who home-delivers meals on Christmas Day. It's also a time when we see new volunteers come out to lend a hand. Meals on Wheels and More is grateful for the support of the Austin community, our volunteers, and our bighearted sponsor Kershner Trading Group.
thanksgiving
The number of people in our community who spend Thanksgiving Day hungry and alone is astounding.
This year, Meals on Wheels and More, in partnership with our sponsor HEB, is proud to continue our tradition and enter into our third year of delivering holiday meals to homebound individuals in Central Austin on Thanksgiving Day.
We will serve more than 500 meals this year with the help of 46 community volunteers.
Meal preparations will begin in our kitchen before 7 a.m., with staff and volunteers arriving at or right after 10 a.m. Training for new volunteers will be held at 10:15 a.m.; meal delivery will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Meals on Wheels and More is the only organization in Austin that home-delivers meals to the hungry in our community on Thanksgiving Day. This population is mostly homebound and would have no other way to get food without this service.
thanksgiving
The number of people in our community who spend Thanksgiving Day hungry and alone is astounding.
This year, Meals on Wheels and More, in partnership with our sponsor HEB, is proud to continue our tradition and enter into our third year of delivering holiday meals to homebound individuals in Central Austin on Thanksgiving Day.
We will serve more than 500 meals this year with the help of 46 community volunteers.
Meal preparations will begin in our kitchen before 7 a.m., with staff and volunteers arriving at or right after 10 a.m. Training for new volunteers will be held at 10:15 a.m.; meal delivery will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Meals on Wheels and More is the only organization in Austin that home-delivers meals to the hungry in our community on Thanksgiving Day. This population is mostly homebound and would have no other way to get food without this service.
documentary premiere
At the age of 96, Meals on Wheels and More client Fannie Simnacher is finally a movie star.
On Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, Meals on Wheels and More, in partnership with Dan Rather, Time Warner Cable, and Texas Crew, will debut "Wisdom in Their Own Words," a documentary profiling the lives of several MOWAM clients.
In telling the stories of these great citizens, "Wisdom in Their Own Words" also narrates the history of the city of Austin and our country. Through segregation, World War II, and the civil rights movement, the people profiled lived through it all.
The film's premiere will be held at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the stars of the show will arrive by limousine at 6:30 p.m. for a red carpet entry.
"Wisdom in Their Own Words" is narrated by Meals on Wheels and More supporter Dan Rather. It was edited by Time Warner Cable and filmed by Texas Crew. In 2008, "Wisdom in Their Own Words" won two Telly awards in the documentary and editing categories.
Media is invited to attend the premiere, as well as interview the clients profiled.
mangia
It's going to take 1,124 pounds of dough, mozzarella and tomato sauce.
But the owners of Mangia Pizza are determined to cook up this massive quantity of raw materials and shatter the Guinness World Record for the longest line of pizzas.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 - just four days after the Austin restaurant celebrates its 20th birthday and two days after International Guinness World Records Day - the proprietors of Mangia Pizza, in partnership with Meals on Wheels and More, will descend on Zilker Park in Austin, Texas armed with 1,050 piping-hot cheese and pepperoni pies to create the longest line of pizzas ever assembled.
Mangia's goal is to destroy the existing record of 725 feet by piecing together over 1,000 feet of pizzas. To qualify, the pizzas must be touching crust to crust.
After the pizzas are lined up and measured by an official Guinness World Record adjudicator, employees from Mangia and Meals on Wheels and More will distribute the pizzas by van to the local Salvation Army.
"We at Mangia are so proud to be celebrating 20 years of business in Austin. And while we want to commemorate this event in a big way by setting a world record, we also want to give back to the community that has made us what we are today," said Mangia Founder and Co-Owner Jeff Sayers. "That's why we are excited to work with our longtime partners at Meals on Wheels and More and to provide more than 1,000 pizzas to the homeless men and women served by the Salvation Army."
"Mangia Pizza has been a great supporter and partner to us throughout the years, and we are thrilled to be part of this event," said Dan Pruett, the CEO and President of Meals on Wheels and More. "As a basic needs organization in Austin, we know how far-reaching the plight of hunger is in this community. We applaud Mangia's decision to celebrate their 20th anniversary by helping those in Austin who are most in need, and we are delighted to help distribute this food."
The lining up and measuring of the pizzas is expected to take place within an hour, after which the pizzas will be re-boxed and kept warm until they reach the kitchens at the Salvation Army.
Rays of Hope
If energy bills have you swooning, imagine what it's like for thousands of low-income residents in East Austin who live in older, less-efficient homes.
This Saturday, Oct. 18th, Rays of Hope (formerly known as One House at a Time), in collaboration with Meals on Wheels and More, will work to help one resident reduce his carbon footprint and his monthly bills by making energy-saving improvements to his home. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to Noon.
The volunteer-driven Rays of Hope project identifies Meals on Wheels and More clients who regularly have to choose between paying their energy bills and putting food on the table. The project aims to ease their financial burden by making their homes more efficient through repairs and new appliances, making Austin greener in the process.
Tomorrow, volunteers will work on the home of one MOWAM client, replacing existing air conditioning units, installing a water retention system, and rerouting the plumbing, among several other modifications.
Freescale Semiconductor will be sponsoring the costs for the materials, as well as providing volunteers.
Have Fun While Benefiting MOWAM
Boomerang's
During the month of January, Boomerang's veggie & meat pies will conduct a charity pie drive at its location on 3110 Guadalupe. A portion of the sale of their pies will be donated to Meals on Wheels and More. On Saturday, January 24th, the actual anniversary date, Boomerang's will collect funds which will also go to Meals on Wheels. For more info, please visit www.BoomerangsPies.com.
The Statesman Capitol 10,000
Cap 10K Raises $140K for MOWAM!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Statesman Capitol 10,000 race was a raging success with 18,000 runners and picture-perfect weather! Not to mention, it brought in $140,000 to help support Meals on Wheels and More. This money will help us finish the construction of a 21,000-square-foot building addition so we can keep up with the rising demand for our services in our aging community.
We’d like to extend the deepest thanks to the Austin-American Statesman and all who ran, volunteered, sponsored, spectated and helped in any way! Being the beneficiary of the Cap 10K is a terrific and fun experience, and best of all it all goes to help the thousands of homebound people in our community who are hungry and isolated. This population is one of the fastest growing in Austin. Based on projections, MOWAM expects to prepare and distribute 2.1 million meals
each year to people in need by 2020!
blog action day
Poverty has more than one face, and the faces of poverty we see most frequently at Meals on Wheels and More are perhaps not the most recognizable.
They're the faces you won't see on your trip to the corner store, when you go out to eat downtown, or when you pick your child up from school. They're the faces of the elderly and disabled individuals who are homebound, isolated, and all but invisible to most members of our community.
Recently, the Meals on Wheels Association of America surveyed people and asked what they first thought about when they heard the word hunger. Most said they thought of children or people living in Third World countries.
When told that 1 out of every 9 seniors in the U.S. were at risk for hunger, the response was one of shock. That's not uncommon. Most seniors living in poverty aren't a vocal part of their community. They are often times homebound or disabled. They lack adequate Social Security benefits, full access to medical care, and a strong family support system.
In Texas, 12.4 percent of people living in poverty are elderly. Here in Austin, 80 percent of clients who receive services from Meals on Wheels and More live below 150 percent of the poverty line. Half of our clients live alone without family to depend on, and 68 percent are over the age of 65.
Residents of Austin care deeply about many things - the environment, fitness, culture, sports. But one thing we don't talk about enough is poverty - poverty that exists right here in Austin, tucked away and hidden in our neighborhoods.
The idea that the greatness of a city or nation is judged by the way it treats its poor is an important one. When we think about poverty today, let's also think about what it means for a city, a community, or a nation to truly be "livable" for all its people. Is Austin a "livable" city? Are we as great as we can be?
meals on two wheels
The rewards of volunteering for Meals on Wheels and More in Austin, Texas just tripled.
Now, some volunteers will be able to improve the environment, get a workout, and deliver food to some of the most fragile members of our community in just one hour.
On September 15th, Meals on Wheels and More will launch the "Meals on Two Wheels" program, through which interested volunteers can elect to bike one of 12 preselected routes instead of driving, cutting down on gas costs, gas emissions, and improving their fitness.
In the program's initial phase, Meals on Wheels and More will keep a fleet of three specially-designed bicycles and cooler-holding carts at our headquarters on East Fifth Street. Volunteers assigned to one of our bike-approved routes will be able to utilize the bikes, in lieu of their cars, if they choose. Volunteers on these routes would also be able to use their own bikes and carts if they prefer.
Meals on Wheels and More has so far identified and tested 12 bike-safe routes in downtown Austin. Delivery of the meals on these routes can be completed in under an hour, in order to maintain ideal food temperatures. Successful temperature tests have been performed on the routes throughout the summer.
"Meals on Two Wheels" is made possible through the support of an anonymous technology company.
"The Meals on Two Wheels program is an exciting venture for us," said CEO and President Dan Pruett. "It's a program that is truly unique to Austin in so many ways. It's a testament to this city's passion for the environment and to our passion for serving both our clients and volunteers in a holistic way. We are committed to sustainability - of both the frail members in our community and the environment. Through Meals on Two Wheels we achieve both goals in an innovative way."
While this is the first institutional Meals on Wheels bicycle program, Meals on Wheels and More volunteers have a proud tradition of serving the homebound via bikes. Currently, employees of Capital Pedicab deliver meals once a week to clients living in downtown Austin.
Call 476-6325 or email us for more information about the program!
Capitol 10K
AUSTIN, TEXAS - (September 3, 2008) Today officials from Meals on Wheels and More and the Statesman Capitol 10,000 announced that MOWAM will be the beneficiary of the 2009 race, which will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2009.
This is the first time MOWAM has been selected to receive sponsorship proceeds from the Statesman Cap 10. MOWAM plans to allocate the funding toward the expansion of their facilities in East Austin. In their current facility, MOWAM distributes close to one million meals annually. An addition of 21,000 square feet will be used to house new kitchen equipment and allow for MOWAM to more than double the number of meals in the coming decade.
"The growing need for our services, due to the increase in elderly residents in Austin, is a stark reality, and we must expand our kitchen and production capacity if we want to continue serving the homebound elderly and disabled individuals in our community," said CEO and President Dan Pruett. "Now, through the generous help from the Austin American-Statesman and the race's presenting sponsor Guaranty Bank, MOWAM will be much closer to reaching our fundraising goal for this important project."
"Meals on Wheels and More clearly serves some of our most vulnerable citizens-the homebound, the elderly and often, the disabled. In many cases, their volunteers provide the only contact with the outside world as well as the main source for hot, nutritious meals. With this segment of our population projected to grow rapidly in the next decade, we are pleased to name this vibrant organization the recipient of our 32nd race," said Michael Vivio, associate publisher of the Austin American-Statesman.
According to the Austin City Demographer, by 2020 there will be 214,000 individuals over the age of 65 living in Travis County and a significant portion of this population is expected to be either living in poverty or living with a disability severe enough to affect daily activities or both. By this time, MOWAM expects to be preparing 2.1 million meals each year - more than twice the number of annual meals we prepare now.
Currently, MOWAM distributes 4,000 meals and reaches 3,100 clients each business day. MOWAM is one of the premiere Meals on Wheels organization in the country, and operates 10 programs in addition to our meal delivery program, which allows us to serve clients more holistically.
In addition to providing a hot meal each weekday, MOWAM offers the following services to our clients:
Care Calls: Volunteer "phone friends" call isolated, homebound clients at least twice a week to check in on their welfare.
Medi Wheels: Provides rides to and from regular medical appointments for clients lacking much-needed transportation.
Groceries-to-Go: Volunteers grocery shop for clients who are unable to get to the store, but can still prepare some food.
Handy Wheels: Volunteers provide minor home repairs for homebound clients.
H.O.P.E.: Volunteers deliver an extra 20-pound bag of non-perishable groceries - provided by the Capital Area Food Bank -- to clients in need of extra food.
P.A.L.S.: Provides free pet food and periodic health screenings to pets of homebound clients.
Meals for Kids: Provides hot, afternoon meals every weekday and monthly nutrition education to over 300 low-income children in after-school programs across the city.
Country Wheels: Provides 7 frozen meals to homebound clients living in isolated, rural areas.
Client Assistance Program: Provides financial support, when available, to clients unable to purchase necessary household items or afford utility bills or rent.
Second & Seventh Meals: Provides extra shelf-stable meals to clients either daily or on the weekends.
The Statesman Cap 10 began in 1978 and is the largest 10K in Texas and the fifth largest in the country. The Austin American-Statesman, presenting sponsor Guaranty Bank and other event sponsors will present a sponsorship proceeds check to Meals on Wheels and More at 8 a.m. on race day at the starting line on Congress Avenue at Barton Springs Road. Since race sponsorships became available in 1993, more than $2 million has been given to 11 Austin-area non-profit organizations.
For more race information contact Renet Presas at 512-445-3596 or visit statesman.com/cap10k. Registration for the 2009 event will be available on the race Web site beginning October 1, 2008.
For press inquiries, please contact Sarah Andrews at 512-628-8131 or sandrews@mealsonwheelsandmore.org.
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Wisdom in Their Own Words
A Star Studded, ... Sold-out Event
On Monday November 17, 2008 Meals on Wheels and More honored their clients featured in the documentary
Wisdom In Their Own Words with a premiere at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum.
The stars of the show really seemed to enjoy their time in the spotlight. One memorable moment was seeing their faces beam with joy as they were wheeled down the red carpet. After the showing of the documentary, Mrs. Brown proclaimed that she couldn't wait to tell her daughter that she was in a movie! Overall the event was a success.
A huge thank you the event sponsors:
Platinum
Time Warner Cable
Dan Rather
Texas Crew
Gold
Winstead P.C.
Valley Services, Inc.
Texas Capital Bank
Service Group
Austin Film Festival
Fosforus
Silver
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Judy Kostura
Bronze
Joel & Beverly Seffel
Dr. Namkee Choi
Rebecca Pokluda- Kidworks
Cynthia's Manhattan Limousines
Seton Family of Hospitals
Brian Tuerff
Anonymous
Dr. BJ Friedman
Film Description
Meals on Wheels and More Time Warner Cable, Texas Crew and Dan Rather teamed up to help tell the life stories of seven MOWAM clients, who have lived through some of the most trying times of the past century and whose words provide a unique and important perspective on the history of Austin and the importance of services like Meals on Wheels and More in so many people's lives.
Recently, the film was awarded 2 Telly Awards for documentary and editing.
Below meet some of the wonderful people who helped bring this project to life!
Dedicated in memory of Hervey Lazenby and George Strawsser
Hervey Lazenby
Mr. Lazenby lived through many important historical and social events during his life, including World War I, World War II, Vietnam, desegregation, and the Iraq War. Throughout his life, he was a champion for civil rights and for God. "I would like to see a time when we can really forget about race and gender ... God created us all," he said. "Why some are one color and some another, I don't know. But I think there is a purpose for it as he saw it ... he created us in his image, but right now I do not think we have a clear image of who he is. That's our doing, not his."
Mr. Lazenby passed away in 2007, but said during the making of the film that he'd led a great life. "I am just gkad I've lived these 88 years," he said. "There have been so many changes in my lifetime, and I believe they've all been for the best."
George Strawser
During WWII, George Strawser served in the National Guard and paid a big price. After being shot in the leg in Africa, Strawser was captured and held as a POW in Germany for three years. He almost didn't make it. After initially being shot, he had to march for three days on a wounded leg. He credits his friend Murray with getting him through it.
"He saved my life, there's no doubt about that ... he lent me his shoulder for a long, long time, for three days," he said. "I could hardly walk and if you fell out of line they just simply shot you ... I don't know how he carried me that far, but he did."
Active with other WWII Veterans in the Austin-area, Mr. Strawser has fought to keep his story alive.
Charity Navigator Gives Meals on Wheels and More 4-Star Rating for Fiscal Management
Austin, TX -- Charity Navigator, the nation's premiere charity evaluator, awarded Meals on Wheels and More its coveted 4-Star Rating for fiscal management in 2007. This marks the second year in a row that Meals on Wheels and More has received this rating, which is the organization's top honor.
Meals on Wheels and More earned the 4-Star rating because it has shown an exceptional ability to grow and manage its finances, said Trent Stamp, the executive director of Charity Navigator.
"Only 12 percent of the charities we've rated have received at least two consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Meals on Wheels and More outperforms most charities in America in its efforts to operate in the most fiscally-responsible way possible," Stamp said. "This 'exceptional' designation from Charity Navigator differentiates Meals on Wheels and More from its peers and demonstrates to the public that it is worthy of their trust."
In 2005, Meals on Wheels and More spent 82 percent of its $4.2 million budget directly on its clients. Each day, 3,000 of our volunteers deliver more than 2,000 hot meals to the homebound elderly and disabled individuals in the greater Austin community.
Charity Navigator's evaluation methods have been widely recognized in many mainstream media outlets for their reliability. The organization evaluates more charities than any of its competitors in an effort to give donors essential information about the charities to which they contribute.
To review Charity Navigator's favorable review of Meals on Wheels and More, visit www.charitynavigator.org.
Meals on Wheels and A Nurtured World Partner on “One House at a Time”
Austin, TX -- One House at a Time, a new collaborative project from A Nurtured World and Meals on Wheels and More, aims to make the homes of low-income Austin residents more energy efficient, thereby decreasing burdonsome utility bills for these residents and simultaneously improving the environment.
The project began in August 2007 and has succeeded in upgrading the homes of several Meals on Wheels and More clients. One House at a Time has been recognized by many civic leaders in Austin as an important and unique project. With the poverty rate at 15.7 percent in Austin, many residents must choose between paying their utility bills and buying food. One House at Time lowers maintenance costs through weatherization and the installation of energy-efficient appliances and rain-collection systems.
"Austinites pride themselves on having a strong environmental conscious," said Dan Pruett, the CEO and President of Meals on Wheels and More. "But what has yet to be discussed is the disconnect between poverty and the environment. Those living in substandard housing can barely afford groceries, much less the new technologies that help improve a home's efficiency, lower daily living costs, and have a positive impact on the environment."
In September, Mayor Will Wynn attended a One House at a Time work event to lend his support to the project.
"As Mayor, advancing energy efficiency has been one of my top priorities -- both for its environmental benefits and for the positive impact it has on housing affordability," Wynn said. "One House at a Time demonstrates a unique and important awareness in that the organizers recognized these dual benefits and are putting them to work for the people who need them most."
Texas Legislature Passes Measure to Better Fund Meal-Delivery Programs Statewide
Austin, TX -- In 2007, the 80th Texas Legislature passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Warren Chisum (R-Pampa) and Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) that will better fund nonprofit meal-delivery programs across the state. The bill took effect on September 1, 2007 and will be administered through the Texas Department of Agriculture. Meal-delivery programs are now able to apply for a partial reimbursement of their meal costs.
Called the "Odd Couple" by many for their differing political views, Rep. Chisum and Sen. Watson joined forces on sponsoring this bill because both men realized it was the right thing to do for Texas.
By assisting meal-delivery programs, like Meals on Wheels and More, in feeding the homebound elderly and disabled individuals in our communities, we are not only helping those in need, we are simultaneously saving taxpayer dollars, since the societal costs incurred from individuals in assisted living facilities are much greater than those associated with preparing and delivering a nutritional meal -- the one thing that many homebound persons need to remain living in their own homes.
The partnership between Rep. Chisum and Sen. Watson and the fact that they were able to push this legislation through the State House in just a few months is remarkable. Politics aside, Rep. Chisum and Sen. Watson recognize that we as Texans have a common interest in helping the most fragile members of our society and a common priority to be fiscally responsible.
On Oct. 9, 2007, Meals on Wheels and More held the "Eye2Eye Luncheon" at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin to recognize and celebrate these two men. Meals on Wheels and More is grateful for the dedication and support of both Rep. Chisum and Sen. Watson.
Donna Howard
Austin, TX - Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin) accompanied Meals on Wheels and More CEO Dan Pruett on a meal-delivery route Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 in Austin. Rep. Howard and Mr. Pruett visited and spoke with several of MOWAM's elderly and homebound clients on their route.
Rep. Howard has long been a supporter of MOWAM's mission, and we thank her for her grassroots support, especially during the holiday season when our clients are most in need.
Meals on Wheels and More delivers approximately 500 meals on Thanksgiving Day
Austin, TX -- With the help of several dozen volunteers and the generous sponsorshipp of HEB, Meals on Wheels and More prepared and delivered approximately 500 holiday meals to the homebound and disabled this past Thanksgiving Day.
This marks the second year that Meals on Wheels and More has overseen the preparation and delivery of these meals, which are cooked and packaged at our headquarters in East Austin. The service was offered to our 1,300 clients living in Central Austin. Meal preparations began before 7 a.m. and volunteers arrived to pick up meals around 10 a.m. Volunteers serviced 50 routes throughout Central Austin.
In 2006, Meals on Wheels and More assumed complete responsibility of this program, which was previously facilitated through a partnership with the Salvation Army. Last year, we served 450 clients on Thanksgiving and 350 clients on Christmas Day.
The Meals on Wheels and More holiday meal delivery is unique because we are the only organization in Austin that delivers hot meals to the front doors of the needy in our community. It's also a time when we see many new volunteers come out to lend a hand. Meals on Wheels and More is proud to offer this service to our clients, and we are grateful to the Austin community, our dedicated volunteers, and our bighearted sponsor HEB.
MOWAM Largest Recipient of a State Grant to Help Feed Homebound Texans
On Jan. 14, Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced that Meals on Wheels and More will receive $1.4 million through a state-wide grant program that aims to better serve and feed homebound Texans by better funding meal-delivery programs.
MOWAM received the largest grant awarded through the 'Texans Feeding Texans Act', a new piece of legislation spearheaded last year by Rep. Warren Chisum (R-Pampa) and Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin). Meal-delivery organizations in Texas are eligible to apply for the grant through the TDA.
This grant will help MOWAM further our mission of feeding homebound disabled and elderly individuals in the greater Austin area by enabling us to increase our meal production by 200,000 meals in the coming year. In 2007, we provided 876,000 meals to homebound individuals and low-income children.
While significant, MOWAM President and CEO Dan Pruett stresses that MOWAM is still in great need of community support. "This money will go a long way in helping us prepare more meals, but it will also mean more work for the organization," he said. "We are excited for the challenge and opportunity to reach more people in need, but still ask for help from our donors and volunteers."
Details of the grant were announced at a January press conference with Mr. Staples, Mr. Chisum and Mr. Watson.
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Meals on Wheels and More serves over 2,000 meals a day to those in need with the help of over 3,000 volunteers.
Kirk Watson Delivers for MOWAM Clients
This holiday season, Sen. Kirk Watson is spreading a little sugar and spice around.
On Friday, he plans to deliver tamales (hand made by two senate employees) to several homebound Meals on Wheels and More clients in Austin as a special treat with their regular meal. Meals on Wheels and More CEO Dan Pruett will join him.
This occasion is made extra special by the fact that earlier this year Sen. Watson co-sponsored House Bill 407 with Rep. Warren Chisum (R-Pampa). The bill authorizes additional state funding for Meals on Wheels organizations across the State of Texas.
"Meals on Wheels and More is so grateful to Sen. Watson for his legislative work on behalf of the elderly and disabled residents of our state," said Pruett. "And I know our clients here in Austin will be excited to receive some delicious homemade tamales with their Friday meal."
Media is welcome to accompany Sen. Watson on this route and interview clients.
Rep. Warren Chisum (R-Pampa) & Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) sponsored legislation in 2007 that provides more state funding to Meals on Wheels organizations across Texas.
Press Releases
- Meals on Wheels and More in Desperate Need of Summer Volunteers
Date: May 23, 2011 - Gas Prices Could Create $25K Budget Shortfall
Date: May 2, 2011 - MOWAM Waiting List Doubles in Size
Date: April 19, 2011 - Meals on Wheels and More & HEB to deliver record number of meals on Thanksgiving
Date: November 22, 2010 - Meals on Wheels and More: Statement on
Family Eldercare’s Decision Not to Merge - Meals on Wheels Shortage of Volunteers Date: May 17th, 2010
- Meals on Wheels to deliver millionth meal of the year!
Date: September 21, 2009 - Meals on Wheels to deliver millionth meal of the year!
Date: September 21, 2009MOWAM Responds to Swine Flu
Date: April 30, 2009 - Enviro Media helps MOWAM clients on Earth Day
Date: April 22, 2009 - 2nd Annual Pet Wellness Fair helps homebound pets
Date: April 1, 2009 - MOWAM Gets Charity Navigator's Top Rating!
Date: Feb. 9, 2009 - MOWAM Seeking DTV Converter Box Coupons
Jan. 14, 2009 - MOWAM Launches New Blog
Jan. 5, 2009 - MOWAM to deliver meals Christmas Day
Date: December 20, 2008 - MOWAM to deliver meals Thanksgiving Day
Date: November 20, 2008 - "Wisdom in Their Own Words" Premieres
Date: November 17, 2008 - MOWAM, Mangia create World's Longest Line of Pizzas
Date: November 15, 2008 - MOWAM partners with Rays of Hope
Date: October 19, 2008 - MOWAM launches Meals on Two Wheels!
Date: September 12, 2008 - MOWAM named beneficiary of 2009 Capitol 10K!
Date: September 3, 2008 - MOWAM wins Community Relations award from the Chamber of Commerce
Date: August 28, 2008 - MOWAM teams up with area agencies to offer free Senior Pet Fair!
Date: March 27, 2008 - MOWAM gets top rating from Charity Navigator for fiscal management
Date: Feb. 12, 2008 - MOWAM gets $1.4 million from Texas Department of Agriculture through 'Texans Feeding Texans' Act
Date: Jan. 14, 2008 - Sen. Kirk Watson delivers tamales to Meals on Wheels and More clients
Date: Dec. 14, 2007 - Meals on Wheels and More serves almost 500 homebound individuals on Thanksgiving Day
Date: Nov. 22, 2007 - Representative Donna Howard Delivers for Meals on Wheels
Date: Nov. 14, 2007 - Texas Legislature passes bill to better fund meal-delivery programs across Texas
Date: Sept. 2007 - Meals on Wheels and A Nurtured World introduce the One House at a Time project
Date: Aug. 2007 - Meals on Wheels and More receives Charity Navigator's highest rating for fiscal management
Date: Feb. 15, 2007
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Meals on Wheels and More in the News!
- Meals on Wheels and More Waiting List
Date: April 2011
FOX News
KEYE
KVUE - Senior Hunger in Central Texas
Date: March 2011
KUT - Austin American-Statesman's 2011 Season for Caring
Date: December 2010
Sands Family Profile
New Home for Sands Family
Monetary Donations Help Families - Be a Santa to a Senior
Date: December 2010
FOX
KUT
KXAN - Meals on Wheels and More on Global Humanitarian Discussions!
Date: December 12, 2010 - MOWAM named Top Workplace in Austin
Date: November 2010
Austin American-Statesman - Veteran's Day Coverage on KUT
Date: November 2010 - Meals on Wheels needs volunteers
Date: October 5, 2010
FOX News - Increased Needs in the Community Lead to MOWAM Waiting List
Date: July 2010
KEYE
KXAN
KVUE
Austin Business Journal
Austin American-Statesman
FOX News - Meals on Wheels and More Summer Volunteer Needs
Date: May 19, 2010
Fox Good Day Austin - Meals on Wheels and More Volunteer Shortage
Date: May 18, 2010
News 8
KUT
KLBJ - Meals on Wheels and More delivers Christmas meals
Date: Dec. 25, 2009
Austin Chronicle
News 8
KXAN
FOX - Austin American-Statesman selects MOWAM client for Season for Caring
Date: December 2009 - Meals on Wheels and More delivers Thanksgiving meals
Date: Nov. 30, 3009
KVUE
FOX
KEYE - Meals on Wheels and More serves one million meals in a year for first time ever
Date: Sept. 22, 2009
Statesman
Statesman Photo Story
KXAN
KVUE
News 8 Austin
Round Rock Leader
KUT - Austin Energy plan could effect poor, elderly
Date: Sept. 21, 2009 - Meals on Wheels needs volunteers in North Austin!
Date: August 2009
Community Impact Newspaper
KXAN
KVUE - Our CFO Larry Cosper named Best Nonprofit CFO in Austin
Date: June 22, 2009 - Emerson Process Management donates to MOWAM
Date: May 15, 2009 - Meals on Wheels and More needs summer volunteers!
Date: May 2009
KXAN
FOX 7
Austin-American Statesman
News 8 Austin - Senator John Cornyn visits Meals on Wheels and More
Date: April 6, 2009 - One House at a Time on FOX 7
Date: March 9, 2009 - MOWAM collecting converter boxes on KEYE
Date: Feb. 10, 2009 - MOWAM partners with Retrevo in the Statesman!
Date: Feb. 6, 2008 - PALS on FOX
Date: Jan 29, 2009 - TDA Award MOWAM $831,000
Date: Jan. 28, 3009 - Dan Pruett's Op-Ed in the Statesman
Date: Jan. 25, 2009 - MOWAM gets a mention on the Ellen Degeneres Show!
Date: Jan. 23, 2009 - PALS in the Statesman!
Date: Jan. 21, 2009 - MOWAM Accepting DTV Converter Boxes
Date: Jan. 14, 2009
KVUE
News 8
KUT - Care Calls in the Statesman!
Date: Jan. 11, 2009 - MOWAM & Dishola on FOX 7
Date: Jan. 9, 2009 - MOWAM Groundbreaking in the ABJ
Date: Dec. 11, 2008 - MOWAM Delivers Thanksgiving Meals!
Date: Nov. 27, 2008 - News 8's Season for Sharing
Date: Nov. 28, 2008 - MOWAM & Mangia Pizza create longest line of pizzas ever!
Date: Nov. 15, 2008 - MOWAM's Problem Solving Therapy Story on News 8!
Date: Nov. 6, 2008 - Meals on Two Wheels in the News!
Statesman
KXAN
Edible Austin - MOWAM to benefit from Statesman Capitol 10K
Date: September 2008 - Fox News covers MOWAM's volunteer needs!
Date: August 28, 2008 - News 8 talks to Dan about our building expansion
Date: August 10, 2008 - CEO Dan Pruett thanks our volunteers in the Statesman!
Date: July 24, 2008 - MOWAM in AARP Article
Date: July 2008 - See how gas prices are affecting Meals on Wheels organizations across the country!
- Read the Statesman Editorials that mention MOWAM!
Date: July 12, 2008
Date: July 14, 2008 - Read the Statesman story about volunteer and client relationships!
Date: May 31, 2008 - News 8 Story about MOWAM's volunteer needs
Date: May 21, 2008 - Watch a video about our recent Senior Pet Fair on KXAN!
Date: April 5, 2008 - Read Dan Pruett's letter to the Statesman about disparate giving patterns in Austin!
Date: March 28, 2008 - Meals on Wheels and More begins $5 million Building Expansion Project
February 2008 - Meals on Wheels and More gets $1.4 million from a statewide grant
Date: Jan. 15, 2007 - The Salazar family's Christmas featured in the Austin-American Statesman
Date: Dec. 28, 2007 - Dan Pruett talks about MOWAM's holiday needs
Date: Dec. 1, 2007 - Our clients the Salazar Family featured in Austin-American Statesman's Season for Caring
Date: Nov. 25, 2007 - MOWAM featured on KUT story about high gas prices
Date: Nov. 12, 2007 - MOWAM featured on News 8 story about food pantry shortages
Date: Nov. 10, 2007 - Dan Pruett in Austin-American Statesman story about funding changes at the United Way Capital Area
Date: Nov. 2, 2007 - MOWAM in Fox 7 story about summer heat
Date: Aug. 13, 2007 - MOWAM's gas troubles featured on local news stations
Date: May 8, 2007 - Our Care Calls volunteer June Griffith on News 8
Date: April 23, 2007 - Dan Pruett talks about MOWAM's mission on News 8
Date: April 1, 2007
Meals on Wheels and More is an important part of the Austin community, and we take our role seriously. Every day, through our many varied programs, our case workers and staff members are in contact with some of the city's frailest residents. Newsworthy issues such as health insurance, food security, nutrition, property taxes, childhood hunger and obesity, and poverty, just to name a few, affect our clients.
MOWAM is a trustworthy source in the community that can help lend perspective to many current issues. If you are a journalist interested in doing a story about MOWAM or need a source for a story, please send us an email or call 476-6325 x. 131.
ABC Bank Meals On Wheels Classic
Title sponsor
Presenting Sponsors
There is no better way to spend a spring day than playing golf while supporting a great cause!
March 31, 2008, once again at the beautiful Twin Creeks Country Club, some of Austin's savviest business mavericks did just that and helped Meals on Wheels and More raise over $40,000 to feed our homebound elderly & disabled neighbors!
The ABC Team: (from left to right) E. Powell Thompson, President; Brick Sudderth, Sr. Executive Vice President and Chief Lender; Mike Shaw, Sr. Vice President; Gary Ashby, Owner of UTX Capital
Many thanks to all of our sponsors
Anne Brennan in memory of Russ Brennan 
Lock Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Bob & Kym Wunsch 
The Anne Brennan Team: (from left to right) Phyllis Munson, Anne Brennan, Phyllis Biggar, Karen Neely
Please contact us to sign up for 2009!
News & Events
Austin Downtown Founder Lions Club
Sporting Clay Event June 19, 2012
Join the Lions Club at Capital City Trap & Skeet for a day of fun and prizes!
- 9:00 to 9:30 am - Registration
- 9:30 am - Required Safety Orientation
- 10:00 am - Shoot start
- 12:00 noon - Lunch
- 1:00 pm - Sporting Clay Awards Ceremony
For more info download registraion form.
8th Annual Meals on Wheels and More Golf Classic
Presented by Harden Healthcare
Thank you to all who sponsored, played, & participated in our golf event! Grand total raised to be annouced ....
Creative Ways To Help
Check out how people are mixing their passion with compassion!
Great Hills Country Club
... has designated Meals on Wheels and More, plus 2 other local non-profits to benefit from member donations. The incentive gives folks a chance to earn up to 80% off the standard Initiation Fee! To learn more and to take advantage of a special trial offer, please contact Nina Sligar at (512) 527-2717 office, (512) 845-1035 cell, or email nina@greathillscc.org
Host your own charitable Event
All inquiries are welcome. Email us for an application.
In the news...
Dan's New Year's message 2012:
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NEW - Annual Report FY 2010 is available
For media inquires, please contact Thad Rosenfeld, Communications Manager, at 628-8131
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