St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre was pleased to participate in the first Mayors for Meals Campaign on Wednesday, March 18th. Special thanks to Councillor Norm Kelly who showed his support for the community’s seniors by assisting kitchen staff with packaging and delivering meals on wheels to our clients in Scarborough.
To raise awareness of seniors’ nutrition and dietary needs, Mayors for Meals offered 150 free meals to community clients and meal plan residents. There was also a marketplace where fresh fruit and vegetables were sold in bunches for $1 or $2. As March is Nutrition Month, health promotion staff and dietitians organized a healthy eating/nutrition display.
Mayors for Meals is a national campaign, initiated by Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), which seeks to raise awareness of senior hunger and nutrition and to encourage action on the part of the local community. Senior nutrition programs across the United States and Canada promote Meals on Wheels in their local communities through public events, volunteer recruitment and fundraising initiatives.
St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre has 250 meals on wheels clients and serves 15,000 meals a year. The agency’s Meals on Wheels/Nutrition Awareness Campaign, funded by the Central East LHIN Aging at Home Strategy, delivers nutritious meals and culturally appropriate meals to clients upon request. It also provides information on diet and nutrition by making referrals to registered dietitians and offering healthy eating workshops. Meals-on-wheels friendly visitors deliver meals and monitor the health and well being of clients. All meals on wheels are healthy choice meals that are low in salt and sugar. Special dietary needs can be accommodated, such as diabetic and pureed meals etc. We also offer meals for different ethnic communities, e.g. Chinese and Greek.
For more information on Meals on Wheels or volunteering, please call 416-493-3333.
