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-Clackamas County Meals on Wheels operates independently of Loaves and Fishes and receive NO funding
from Loaves and Fishes.
-All home delivered meals in Clackamas County are prepared and served from one of the 10 adult meal sites.
- In the
last fiscal year, CCMOW served over 169,035 hot meals to seniors or disabled residents throughout the county.
-Our Volunteers prepare and deliver over 14,096 meals monthly. Some meal sites serve daily, others four to five times
a week.
-Average cost for the meal and related assistance last year was approximately $7.00. This includes an initial
assessment as well as ongoing monitoring of each recipient to identify other needed services.
-Our home delivered meals
program operates under the guidelines of the Older Americans Act and receives funds from both OAA and NSIP (Nutrition Services
Incentive Programs (USDA).
-OAA and NSIP funds pay for just less than one-third the cost of each meal; voluntary recipient
donations add approximately one more dollar per meal.
-With the rising cost of gas, food and supplies, the meal costs
continue to rise but Federally mandated funds and individual donations have not.
-Center donations and fund-raisers
have always paid the difference but Clackamas County Meals on Wheels anticipates an additional $75,000 shortfall, in
funding during this fiscal year.
-Clackamas County Meals on Wheels, Inc. works to bring awareness to the Meals
on Wheels program and helping to raise dollars to bridge the gap in funding.
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The NEEDS:
-Its easy to forget that hunger occurs throughout the year.
-More than 5%
of our country's elder population lives at or below the national poverty rate.
-Clackamas County's aging
population grows by 7% each year!
-in 2006, 40334 adults over the age of 65 lived in Clackamas county.
-Home delivered meals reaffirm the dignity of each person.
-Home delivered meals help to
maintain an independent life style regardless of income.
-Clackamas County's Focal Point Nutrition program
brings other needed services to elderly residents whose needs might otherwise go unnoticed.
-Home delivered meals SAVE TAX DOLLARS by delaying the move to a residential care facility.
-Our home delivered meals program depends on volunteers to help prepare and to deliver hot meals at four to five times a week.
-Although meant to cover just one third of daily dietary needs, home delivered meals often become the primary food
source for both lunch and dinner.
-In Clackamas County the need is rapidly growing but the funding to service the
demand is not.
-We must find new sources of funding.
-We need your support!
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