Volunteers Needed to Help Seniors

Meals on Wheels is calling for volunteers according to an article in the Morning Call (read it here).

The organization delivers nutritious, hot meals, to eligible seniors a few times a month and as the Lehigh Valley senior population increases, more volunteers are needed to deliver the needed food.

Volunteers work a few times a month and drive a two hour route delivering the food.

According to the article:

"If this rate continues, we will possibly exceed [a record high] 440,000 meals for the year," said Jim Waters, the director of community outreach and development for the program in Northampton County.

The growing senior population in the Lehigh Valley requiring daily nutritious meals has exacerbated the need for volunteers to deliver food on 74 existing routes in the Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Walnutport and Slate Belt areas.

To learn more or help - contact Northampton County Meals on Wheels.