UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Each month a different non-profit will be chosen by Speach Family Candy Shoppe to receive the benefits of their new Rock-ola 45 Bubbler Jukebox. For 25¢ customers can make a selection from 100 new and vintage 45 rpm vinyl records, enjoy the music as they browse the store, and also support a local non-profit that will receive 100% of all the proceeds from the jukebox. Larger donations can also be made should any customer want to donate more than a quarter at a time. This month Meals on Wheels of EOC is the chosen charity!
Read about this program from the Syracuse Woman Magazine - February 2024
Not in town? You can donate when you place your order on-line. Simply click the Quarter 4 Change logo on the checkout page and donate to the monthly organization from anywhere in the world.
SAVE THE DATES!
Bottle Drive 10/25
Dewitt Community Church Parking lot and Sno-Top in Manlius 9AM-1PM
*We also collect returnable/deposit containers throughout the year at our Fayetteville location at 7248 Highbridge Road
Written by Noah, 6th grader at FM School district
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Picture this: you’re elderly, and you get a letter in the mail asking you to come to a nursing home. It’s tiring having to make your own food and do other stuff, so it doesn’t seem like you have a choice… BUT WAIT!!! Meals on Wheels is an organization that delivers fresh meals right to your doorstep. They may even come inside and have a friendly chat! I believe that we should support Meals on Wheels because Meals on Wheels brings healthy meals and kindness to people who can’t make food themselves. We should donate $175 to Meals on Wheels because they need supplies and room to work. Many people believe that elderly people should go to a nursing home where they can have everything they need, but a lot of seniors want to stay in their own home, where they have made many memories.
Meals on Wheels provides friendship and healthy meals to people who are unable to make their own. Meals on Wheels has a huge menu that works with anyone’s diet, which must have taken a lot of time. But not only do they deliver food, they also chat with the clients, and according to their official website, 92% of senior citizens said it made them feel more independent and less lonely. The organization is still growing, and currently 2OO people volunteer to serve over 2OO clients! Delivering a total of 12O,OOO meals, EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
Our class should donate $175 to Meals on Wheels. Meals on Wheels needs lots of money for kitchen supplies and food, as they are always actively delivering all around 0nondaga County. Also, Meals on Wheels doesn’t have a very large space to work and cook their food, so a part of the donated money will go toward expanding their kitchen so they can be more efficient.
Some people may say it would be more helpful to put senior citizens in a nursing home, but Meals on Wheels says NO! People deserve to stay in their own home where they have lived their lives, so if they can’t make their own food or if they’re lonely, Meals on Wheels comes to save the day!
I believe we can make the world a better place by donating to Meals on Wheels. Meals on Wheels does an amazing thing for helping our community, and we should support them! People would rather live in their own homes than in some random nursing home, and Meals on Wheels helps make that happen! So from June 3rd to June 7th, we should donate $175 to Meals on Wheels, and they will continue making the world a better place!
NEWS
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CROP Hunger Walk 2020
The CROP Hunger Walk is Virtual this Year! Form a team and sign up today. Meals on Wheels of Eastern Onondaga County is one of the 10 local organizations supported by the Greater Syracuse CROP Walk.
Our newest and perhaps youngest donors!
Check out our new donors!
Today, a brother and sister arrived at our office with their donation. After helping their grandmother deliver meals, Graham and Maeve Hedges had decided to run a lemonade stand in their neighborhood to benefit MOWEOC. We thank them for their generous, giving spirits and their business success. Their families should be very proud, for we certainly are extremely grateful. THANK YOU!
What a Nice Surprise
Church Thanks MOWEOC Volunteers
The wonderful members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church have been supportive of our mission since our inception. What a lovely gesture this week, when our volunteers arrived to find several of these signs posted around the property.
Dunkin' Donuts Recognizes Volunteers
Sent with Gift Cards for our Volunteers, thank you Dunkin’
CNY Dunkin' Donuts Franchisees Send Thanks to Our Volunteers
A note of appreciation and gift cards arrived last week. What a nice surprise for our volunteers who have been very dedicated throughout this challenging time!
Our Volunteers are Everyday Heroes
A note to our followers,
I had to make the difficult decision this week to add another recommended virus precaution to our delivery protocol - drop off at the door. Starting Monday, volunteers are asked to drop off food at the door, ring or knock, stand 6 feet away, and share a hello and welfare check from a distance. We are joining other MOW programs in doing so and it may not seem like a big deal on the surface, but it's not that simple.
Let me share what many of the initial responses were from our core group of dedicated volunteers - what about Mrs X who can barely get around with her walker or Mr Z who is chair bound, how will they even get to the door? You get the picture.
Rest assured, we are working case by case to figure out ways to get these clients our meals, while keeping everyone as safe as possible. Believe me, we will not stop delivering to someone because they can’t get to the door.
But you know what I take away from this latest hurdle? The amazing capacity for caring for others before oneself that is so very evident in our volunteers and I will never underestimate the relationships that have been forged between our drivers and their delivery recipients. They are the best!
Take care everyone,
Mary Ellen