Hello, Friends,

 

I have exciting news—we’re a finalist in this year’s GBU Foundation Community Grant! With your help, we can win a $10,000 grant to support our Veterans in Need Meal Program.

📢 How to Vote:
✔ Find us under the Hometown Hero Support category
✔ Vote here: https://gbu.org/foundation/
✔ Deadline: February 28 at 11:59 PM ET

🗳 Voting Rules:

• You can vote for one organization per category and up to four organizations per vote
• One vote per email address
• Winners announced March 2025

While you're there, please also support Second Harvest Food Bank of NWPA in the Charitable Giving category!

 

The GBU Foundation Community Grant recognizes outstanding nonprofits nominated by GBU members nationwide. We’re honored to be in the running! Learn more here: https://gbu.org/foundation/

Every vote counts! 🙌

 

Thank you for being such an integral part of our mission. Together, we’ll continue to make a difference, one meal and one smile at a time. Here’s to another year of compassion and connection!

 

Warmest Wishes,

Jennifer

The Meals on Wheels Erie office will be closed on Monday, 02/17, for the Presidents' Day holiday. Meals for Monday will be delivered on the Friday prior, 01/17, along with the weekend meals.   

There will be NO GROCERY SHOPPING ORDERS taken on Monday, 02/17. Grocery orders will resume on Tuesday, 02/18 and deliveries will be as usual. 

Over 200 Bags Distributed! 

Every year, Meals on Wheels Erie distributes an insulated bag to our meal clients, filled with nonperishable food and other goodies. These items are to ensure that they have food in the house should the weather prohibit us from delivering. The insulated bags are helpful for times when they cannot be home for delivery, especially during Summer - with a frozen ice pack, we can leave the meals safely. 

Thank you, VFW Post 470, for sponsoring the bags and part of the contents this year, the Sunshine Group of Erie for the homemade coasters and bookmarks, the Hands All Around Quilting Guild for the placemats, and to all who donated nonperishables to help us stuff the bags!

*pictured on the right, Volunteers: Ken T. & Dennis T.

Special thanks to all the volunteers who came to the office to stuff bags - it got so crazy, we forgot to take more photos!

 

Friday drivers, you will have 4 days of meals to deliver on February 14th, you lucky Valentines!

Monday drivers, enjoy a day off! 

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CHEERFUL VOLUNTEERS!

 

You might be amazed at how much good you can do with just 2 hours a week…whether you’re interested in driving a meal delivery route or grocery shopping for individual clients, we’d love to have you!

 

For more information about volunteering, please call us at 814-452-6930 or email: kathleen@mealsonwheelserie.org

At Meals on Wheels Erie, we enable people to age at home with dignity by providing a compassionate check-in, nutritious meals, and grocery delivery. If you know someone who could benefit from our services or would like to learn more about what we do, we encourage you to share this newsletter with them. Your support helps us reach those who need us most.

We are always grateful for your support.

Your gift helps us continue our work in the following ways:

Nutritious Home Delivered Meal Program - for seniors, veterans, and the disabled

Grocery Shopping and Delivery Program

Blizzard Bags – shelf stable food delivered once, every winter, to every participant in an insulated bag

Monday - Thursday
8am - 4pm

 

Friday

8am - Noon

(814) 452-6930

 

4408 Peach Street
Suite 102

Erie, PA 16509