There are 7 article(s) tagged Meals on Wheels:

• February 2025

  • Meals on Wheels’ waiting list hits high point

    Nearly 3,000 people are on the waiting list for the local meal program, and every day more people are being added.

    By Jane Roberts February 09, 2025

• June 2022

  • Meals on Wheels delivery drivers carjacked, second car stolen

    As a result, MIFA is taking steps to make volunteer drivers more visible with fluorescent vests and car magnets.

    By Jane Roberts June 30, 2022

• April 2020

  • At MIFA, ‘We had to get the meals out’

    How could we continue to deliver MIFA Meals on Wheels, a service that, by design, is face-to-face, during social isolation? Our answer stretched our imaginations and our capacity.

    By Sally Jones Heinz April 17, 2020

• March 2020

  • Virus throws a wrench in MIFA’s senior meal delivery system

    We will soon stop daily deliveries to protect both our clients and our volunteers and staff. That’s why we’re working now to get as many frozen and shelf-stable meals into seniors’ homes as we can, in case a day comes when we can’t deliver at all.

    By Sally Jones Heinz March 23, 2020

• December 2019

  • With Meals on Wheels, results are real

    For many of the 1,200 homebound seniors served by MIFA each weekday, the volunteer who delivers the meal is the client’s only human contact in a day.

    By Sally Jones Heinz December 24, 2019

  • Meals on Wheels with music: Yes, he takes requests

    Volunteer MIFA driver keeps a song in his pocket.

    By Jill Johnson Piper December 24, 2019

• August 2019

  • 34% of Memphians volunteer; Volunteer Odyssey has ideas for the other 66%

    'Many of us have been taught that volunteerism and philanthropy should be completely selfless. I would argue that volunteering needs to be positive for the organization AND for the volunteer.'

    By Sarah Petschonek August 05, 2019