Thank you to everyone who donated to CROSS Meals on Wheels as part of the Walk to End Hunger on Thanksgiving Day!
Your generosity will help provide fresh, hot meals each weekday to seniors, disabled, and home bound individuals in our community.
“Mom loves her lunches; she has more energy; her memory has improved and she’s been more socially active. In other words, we feel that we have my mom back!” – Daughter of CROSS Meals on Wheels recipient.
Each week, more than 200 hot and nutritious meals are delivered to individuals in the communities of Maple Grove, Osseo, Rogers, Corcoran, and Dayton as part of the CROSS Services Meals on Wheels program.
To make home delivered meals accessible for more people in the community, the CROSS Meals on Wheels program shifted to a sliding fee program earlier this year. On average, meals cost approximately $5.50 a piece, some of which are subsidized through different programs. With the new sliding fee program, the home delivered meal program is now open to more community members, the meal price determined on eligibility to pay and need.
“There is a group of people that fall into a category where they need assistance for health reasons, but don’t qualify through the county,” CROSS Meals on Wheels Coordinator Stephanie Lehman said. “We want to make sure the people needing help are getting it – so no senior goes hungry.”
For more information about CROSS Meals on Wheels, call 763-425-1050.