Our Wholesome Neighborhood serves meals to senior residents across the space and says inflation has taken a toll on the Meals on Wheels program.
BENTON COUNTY, Ark — Our Wholesome Neighborhood says its Meals on Wheels Program is going through monetary hardships as the value of fuel rises and the nation continues to face provide chain points.
This system serves Benton, Carroll and Madison Counties by its six senior facilities. They serve 750 shoppers by the applications, which give a day by day sizzling meal for every individual. For shoppers who’re farther from the middle, this system offers frozen meals.
“We’ve some very devoted drivers they get very near the people who they ship meals to and the folks on their routes get near them,” stated chief development officer, Rita Sullins. “They rely on them being there daily they usually generally that is the one individual they see is that driver”
“The meal that we ship will be the just one they’ve that day,” stated CEO Susan Moore.
Moore defined that their fuel prices went up from round $60 for a van a day to now $125. She provides that with provide chain points, a few of their objects might not be out there. She says that having a senior’s favourite meal is essential to make sure they’re consuming.
Based on Moore, this system receives federal and state funding however depends closely on grants and donations.
“It doesn’t even cowl 50% of what our bills are and that was throughout a great time,” Moore stated. “With the bills of gasoline and meals going up it actually would not even cowl that.”
Though prices have gone up, the management at Our Wholesome Neighborhood says they’re going to proceed serving their shoppers.
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