TheWHEELER Metro Meals on Wheels Newsletter — Annual Report 2018 report WHEN A FRIENDLY VISIT BECOMES A LIFE-SAVING VISIT Look inside for our Annual Report Imagine if you lived alone and ‘Thank you for saving my aunt’s weren’t able to get out of the house life’ We’re excited to share with you everything that you helped much anymore. How would it make The volunteer knocked on Lorraine’s you feel if you knew that you could accomplish over the last year for door and she said, “I’m coming.” He Meals on Wheels! count on someone to come to your waited 3 or 4 minutes. He knocked door every weekday to chat for a few again and Lorraine said “I’m Over the past year, we minutes? coming, I’m coming, I’m coming.” celebrated the first anniversary This is the scenario for many people The volunteer said it sounded like of the Kitchen of Opportunities, who get Meals on Wheels. And it’s she was going away from the door the first kitchen dedicated why the volunteers who deliver the because her voice was becoming to serving Meals on Wheels meal bring much more than just faint. recipients in the Twin Cities. food. Then he went down to the front desk Thanks to your support, this On a regular basis, our volunteers to get help. When they went back project has greatly improved are providing a social outlet that to her apartment, they found her access to the program for local meal recipients might otherwise be dazed and confused and called 911. seniors and has allowed us to missing. Just the few minutes they Lorraine’s niece called Shawnda serve the food that we know spend at someone’s door can make later that evening to thank them seniors want. a big difference. for saving her Aunt’s life. She had There’s plenty more great But on certain occasions, that experienced a stroke and was being news to share about what our social lifeline can literally save a cared for at the hospital. volunteers and supporters life. Shawnda Hobson coordinates The volunteer knew something helped accomplish over the past meal deliveries for the Community wasn’t right year. We hope you’ll take a look! Emergency Services (CES) Meals Judith is a 91 and has been on Wheels neighborhood program receiving meals since 2006. She in Minneapolis. She shared some usually would wait patiently at her recent examples of when a volunteer front door for her driver to deliver stepped up to helped someone in her meals, but on one day in April, need. she was not at the door and she The recipients’ names have been did not answer her phone when the changes to protect their privacy. volunteer called. Continued on back cover Meals on Wheels Annual Report: How the community supported this work: DONATING FUNDRAISING FY2018 (April 1, 2017–March 31, 2018) individuals and foundations What you helped us accomplish last year: made fi nancial contributions 7,663 to Meals on Wheels! 225 In all, our member programs delivered people joined us for the ATTENDING EVENTS Walk to End Hunger on Thanksgiving and raised 7,194 record-breaking attendance for Meals on Heels, the for Meals local seniors received Meals on Wheels 1,179,593 $ big summer cocktail party to 23,268 on Wheels. MEALS 435= support Meals on Wheels! We celebrated the fi rst year of the Meals on Wheels Kitchen of Opportunities! Why your support matters Demand from the community is In all, the new kitchen served Each day, the Twin Cities growing rapidly! The kitchen served welcomes 76 new seniors, and that number is growing. $ $ 500 MEALS/DAY Twin Cities senior 6/MEAL VS. 216/AVERAGE DAY 190,667 IN A NURSING HOME March 1, 2017 meals last year! population projections 1,400 MEALS/DAY What Meals on Wheels recipients say: March 1, 2018 say it improves their health Volunteer power makes it possible: 81% say it enables them to The cost of 1 year of Meals 92% remain living at home 14,149 10,200 on Wheels is approximately equal to one day in the hospital. volunteers delivered meals to their neighbors. emergency meals were packed by volunteers in one day during the Blizzard Box Blitz. say it makes them 90% feel safe and secure NEW VOLUNTEERS AT THE KITCHEN OF OPPORTUNITIES MADE ITS RAPID GROWTH POSSIBLE! FY2018 IRS Form 990, Audit Reports and full list of donors can be viewed at meals-on-wheels.com/about/reports Meals on Wheels Annual Report: How the community supported this work: DONATING FUNDRAISING FY2018 (April 1, 2017–March 31, 2018) individuals and foundations What you helped us accomplish last year: made fi nancial contributions 7,663 to Meals on Wheels! 225 In all, our member programs delivered people joined us for the ATTENDING EVENTS Walk to End Hunger on Thanksgiving and raised 7,194 record-breaking attendance for Meals on Heels, the for Meals local seniors received Meals on Wheels 1,179,593 $ big summer cocktail party to 23,268 on Wheels. MEALS 435= support Meals on Wheels! We celebrated the fi rst year of the Meals on Wheels Kitchen of Opportunities! Why your support matters Demand from the community is In all, the new kitchen served Each day, the Twin Cities growing rapidly! The kitchen served welcomes 76 new seniors, and that number is growing. $ $ 500 MEALS/DAY Twin Cities senior 6/MEAL VS. 216/AVERAGE DAY 190,667 IN A NURSING HOME March 1, 2017 meals last year! population projections 1,400 MEALS/DAY What Meals on Wheels recipients say: March 1, 2018 say it improves their health Volunteer power makes it possible: 81% say it enables them to The cost of 1 year of Meals 92% remain living at home 14,149 10,200 on Wheels is approximately equal to one day in the hospital. volunteers delivered meals to their neighbors. emergency meals were packed by volunteers in one day during the Blizzard Box Blitz. say it makes them 90% feel safe and secure NEW VOLUNTEERS AT THE KITCHEN OF OPPORTUNITIES MADE ITS RAPID GROWTH POSSIBLE! FY2018 IRS Form 990, Audit Reports and full list of donors can be viewed at meals-on-wheels.com/about/reports Continued from front Shawnda then called Judith’s son John to let him know. Clarence said was recently diagnosed with He immediately rushed over to his mother’s house. She ALS, which caused him to lose strength and balance. had fallen on the floor and had broken several ribs. Jim He also said when he fell this he wasn’t afraid because got there in time to get her to the hospital where they it was after 10 a.m. and he knew Meals on Wheels were able to help her back on the path to rehabilitation. would be coming any minute to deliver his meals. ‘I knew help was on the way’ Thank you to all of you who support Meals on Wheels This May, a volunteer knocked on Clarence’s door and whether it’s through volunteering, financial support or heard him say, “Help me.” The volunteer located a simply letting others know about this service. It’s stories maintenance worker in the hallway who was able to like these that prove that you truly are providing life- open Clarence’s door. He had fallen on the floor and saving support! could not get up on his own. Hot Links In addition to our Annual Report, we wanted to update you on a few other Meals on Wheels tidbits: Will you walk with us this Thanksgiving? Start celebrating Thanksgiving early by joining Meals on Wheels at the Walk to End Hunger on Thanksgiving morning at the Mall of America. Last year, 230 Meals on Wheels supporters joined us to give back before giving thanks. The Walk to End Hunger is a family-friendly event chalk-full of kid-friendly activities. Walkers go at their own pace and determine their own distance. Learn more about the Walk to End Hunger at meals-on-wheels.com/ walk. Meals on Wheels featured in MPR story on loneliness The key role our delivery volunteers play in the lives of meal recipients was recently highlighted in a great story on the health effects of loneliness from Minnesota Public Radio. Read the whole thing at meals-on-wheels.com/MPR. Thanks to all who joined us at the Meals on Wheels Food Truck Rally! More than 6,000 people joined us for the third annual Northeast Food Truck Rally, which raised $15,645 for Meals on Wheels. If you were among those who joined, thank you! See pictures from the event at facebook.com/MetroMOW. Metro Meals on Wheels Annual Report 2018 Donor List (Donations made 4/1/17 to 3/31/18) THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO MAKE MEALS ON WHEELS IN THE TWIN CITIES POSSIBLE! 3M Foundation Carla Albers Mary Ann Amelse Elwood Anderson Jenifer and John Aabel Dorothy Albers Jeanette Ames Evelyn Anderson Virginia Aamot Janet Albers Rick Ames Fern Anderson Lawrence Aanerud John Albers American Legion 3M Post 599 Franklin Anderson Philip Aaron Charlotte Alberti John and Jeanne Amonson Gary Anderson Daniel and Carol Aase Susan Albrecht Barbara Amram Grace Anderson Jean Abbott Robert Albright Cindy Amundsen Helen Anderson Richard Abdill Larry and Lynda Alderink James Amundson James Anderson Cathy Abend Janie Alderson Marcia Amundson James and Debra Anderson Lisa Abendroth John and Elizabeth Aldonas Michele Amundson Jane Anderson and Terry Ovens Mark and Linda Abendroth Kristine Aldonas Carole Andersen Jane Anderson Joan and Patrick Abrahams Loren and Betty Aldrich Grace Andersen Janet Anderson Phyllis Abrahamsen Donald and Julia Alexander Ilse Andersen Jean Anderson Jerome Abrams Ilene Alexander Paul Andersen Joanne Anderson Dawn Acero Mark and Lynda Alexander Anita Anderson John and Evelyn Anderson Ashok Achuthamenon Robert Alexander Ann Anderson Julie Anderson Brian Ackerman Wayne Alexander Annette Anderson Kathy Anderson Cindy Ackerman Judith and Le Roy Alford Audrey Anderson Kenneth and Ines Anderson Mark Ackerson Margaret Alldredge Bruce and Karen Anderson