Meals on Wheels’ waiting list hits high point
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association volunteers Virginia Hart, left, and Leslie McNamara load their car while preparing to deliver Meals on Wheels on Jan. 29. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Nearly 3,000 people are on the waiting list for the local meal program, and every day more people are being added.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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