By Daily Press staff
If you are a hungry senior citizen, chances are good that the mayor will show up at your door next week with a hot meal.
Meals on Wheels West has announced that they will be holding “Mayors for Meals Day” on Wednesday, March 22 as a part of the national Meals on Wheels/March For Meals campaign.
To celebrate, Santa Monica Mayor Bob Holbrook and Malibu Mayor Andy Stern will demonstrate their support for the community’s senior population and Meals on Wheels West by accompanying volunteers on their meal delivery routes.
“We are excited about having our community’s mayors participate in this event,” said Rosemary Regalbuto, executive director of Meals on Wheels West. “With their help, we hope to educate people about Meals on Wheels West and raise awareness of senior hunger in our community.”
March For Meals is a national campaign to raise awareness of senior hunger, and to encourage action on the part of the local community. Senior nutrition programs across the United States promote March For Meals in their local communities through public events, partnerships with local businesses, volunteer recruitment and fundraising initiatives.
Meals on Wheels West delivers meals to homebound, disabled or elderly persons living in Santa Monica, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Topanga. Dedicated volunteers deliver two meals a day, every day, 365 days a year.
“Meals are very important and necessary; however, it is the daily social contact, the sharing and caring by the staff and volunteers that makes this program the lifeline to those who, without it, would be unable to remain living in their own homes independently with dignity,” Regalbuto said. Seniors go back to prom
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 14, 2006. Read the original PDF.