{"id":2756,"date":"2016-01-15T12:53:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T19:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/fullerton\/?page_id=2756"},"modified":"2022-05-02T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:36:11","slug":"meals-on-wheels-of-fullerton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/fullerton\/philanthropic-programs-2-2\/meals-on-wheels-of-fullerton\/","title":{"rendered":"Meals on Wheels of Fullerton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"http:\/\/mowfullerton.org\/\"><strong>Meals on Wheels of Fullerton<\/strong><\/a> is an independent nonprofit volunteer organization incorporated in the state of California in 1991 that provides meals to people who are physically unable to shop for and prepare their own meals. They are the homebound, the frail, elderly, disabled or convalescing individuals. Meals on Wheels is located at<strong> 223 West Amerige Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832<\/strong> in Assistance League of Fullerton Philanthropy Building. Our email is <a class=\"m_335719341038101683moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:office@mowfullerton.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>office@mowfullerton.org<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>The telephone number is<strong> (714) 871-2200<\/strong>.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/mowfullerton.org\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> for more information.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6086&#8243; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1651525289846{margin-top: -50px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8001 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/fullerton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Empty-Bowls-Notice-Save-the-Date.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/fullerton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Empty-Bowls-Notice-Save-the-Date.png 620w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/fullerton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Empty-Bowls-Notice-Save-the-Date-400x271.png 400w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/fullerton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/Empty-Bowls-Notice-Save-the-Date-590x400.png 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Empty Bowls is an international grass roots effort to fight hunger. Our event typically draws more than 150 people raising funds to defray the cost of meals for low-income clients. Fullerton&#8217;s top restaurants prepare and donate soup and bread. Local craftspeople and student potters create and donate handcrafted bowls. Attendees select and keep a bowl as an artistic reminder that they have helped to feed a low income home bound resident of Fullerton.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;acc-override&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"cq-accordion \" style=\"width:;\" data-displayfirst=\"on\"><ul><li><input type=\"checkbox\" checked><i class=\"red\"><\/i><h4 style=\"color:#22387d;font-size:;padding:;\">History<\/h4><div class=\"accordion-content\" style=\"background-color:;color:#666666;font-size:;\">In 1973, Fullerton Community Hospital approached the Volunteer Center of Orange County North and offered to help develop a &#8220;Meals on Wheels&#8221; program. National Charity League, The Ebell Club and the Red Cross were interested. The Volunteer Center coordinated these groups and on February 25th, 1974, the first meal was delivered. There were ten clients. In the 1980&#8217;s, Assistance League of Fullerton began contributing to the Meals on Wheels program by funding their office rent and utilities. In 1995, Meals on Wheels moved into the Assistance League of Fullerton philanthropy building to share space with our Operation School Bell<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> program. In 2020-21, 200 volunteers gave 4,078 hours delivering 37,446 meals. Since 1974 Meals on Wheels of Fullerton has delivered <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1,755,764<\/span> <span style=\"color: red;\">meals<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/li><li><input type=\"checkbox\" checked><i class=\"red\"><\/i><h4 style=\"color:#22387d;font-size:;padding:;\">Volunteers<\/h4><div class=\"accordion-content\" style=\"background-color:;color:#666666;font-size:;\">There are now 200 volunteers serving and delivering to upwards of 80 clients on 7 routes. \u00a0Volunteers are always needed. \u00a0Most volunteers deliver meals once a month. \u00a0Many volunteers deliver as a pair going out with a friend, neighbor, or another volunteer. Volunteers can choose to be a driver or a rider.. \u00a0Delivery time takes less than 2 hours. \u00a0Please call the Meals on Wheels of Fullerton office if you are interested in delivering meals. \u00a0The telephone number is <b>(714) 871-2200.<\/b><\/div><\/li><li><input type=\"checkbox\" checked><i class=\"red\"><\/i><h4 style=\"color:#22387d;font-size:;padding:;\">Benefits of the Program<\/h4><div class=\"accordion-content\" style=\"background-color:;color:#666666;font-size:;\">An important benefit of the program is the daily contact that the volunteers have with the clients. Besides discovering emergency situations, the program&#8217;s meal deliveries provide many clients the opportunity of staying in their own home; thus enabling the clients to be independent rather than being institutionalized.<\/div><\/li><li><input type=\"checkbox\" checked><i class=\"red\"><\/i><h4 style=\"color:#22387d;font-size:;padding:;\">Food Sources<\/h4><div class=\"accordion-content\" style=\"background-color:;color:#666666;font-size:;\">Meals on Wheels has two food sources where meals are prepared: Providence St. Jude Medical Center and Community SeniorServ, a federal meal program for low-income seniors funded by the Older Americans Act.<\/div><\/li><li><input type=\"checkbox\" checked><i class=\"red\"><\/i><h4 style=\"color:#22387d;font-size:;padding:;\">Diets and Cost<\/h4><div class=\"accordion-content\" style=\"background-color:;color:#666666;font-size:;\">Regular and special diets are available, such as controlled calorie count, dialysis and low cholesterol diets. The cost of meals is under $10 per day. Subsidies may be available for low income residents depending upon grant money received and number of qualified clients. Please call the Meals on Wheels of Fullerton office for more information.<\/div><\/li><li><input type=\"checkbox\" checked><i class=\"red\"><\/i><h4 style=\"color:#22387d;font-size:;padding:;\">Delivery of Meals<\/h4><div class=\"accordion-content\" style=\"background-color:;color:#666666;font-size:;\">Meals are delivered at noon five days a week, Monday through Friday. Clients receive two nutritionally balanced meals each day.<\/div><\/li><li><input type=\"checkbox\" checked><i class=\"red\"><\/i><h4 style=\"color:#22387d;font-size:;padding:;\">Donations and Subsidies<\/h4><div class=\"accordion-content\" style=\"background-color:;color:#666666;font-size:;\">Meals on Wheels depends on the donations of businesses, individuals and charity organizations. National Charity League and Assistance League of Fullerton are major contributors and supporters. National Charity League provides Meals on Wheels with volunteer delivery of meals in addition to financial support. The subsidies are funded by Meals on Wheels and the City of Fullerton through the Community Development Block Grant program.<br \/>\nMail donations to Meals on Wheels of Fullerton, 223 W. Amerige Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832. \u00a0Online donations to Meals on Wheels of Fullerton may be made using <a href=\"http:\/\/mowfullerton.org\"><strong>mowfullerton.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2961&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8002&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8003&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Meals on Wheels of Fullerton is an independent nonprofit volunteer organization incorporated in the state of California in 1991 that provides meals to people who are physically unable to shop for and prepare their own meals. 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