Meals on Wheels Needs Volunteers to Pack and Deliver Meals in Pottstown

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Karen E. Konnick, Director of Marketing and Communications
Phone:    610-630-2111 ext. 227                                                                 
E-mail:    kkonnick@fsmontco.org

Meals on Wheels Needs Volunteers to Pack and Deliver Meals in Pottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA, August 10, 2012 — Family Services’ Meals on Wheels program is in need of volunteers to pack and deliver meals to homebound elderly and disabled individuals in the greater Pottstown area.

Meals on Wheels packing volunteers meet each weekday at Family Services’ Pottstown Office, 1976 East High Street. There are two shifts to pack meals: 8:15–10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.–noon. 

Volunteers who deliver meals meet weekdays at 10:30 a.m. at Family Services’ Pottstown Office. Delivery routes take approximately one-and-a-half hours to complete. Volunteer drivers must have a valid driver’s license, current insurance and their own reliable vehicle.

Most volunteers commit to packing or delivering meals once a week, while others volunteer on a substitute basis. Training is provided.

For more information, please contact Case Managers Alicia Adams or Mike Holmes at 610-326-1610 ext. 228.

Each weekday, Family Services’ Meals on Wheels program provides two meals, a hot lunch and a cold supper to refrigerate, to an average of 175 homebound elderly and disabled individuals in Pottstown, Royersford and the Lower Perkiomen Valley. Community volunteers personally deliver over 88,000 meals a year, bringing nourishment, friendship and a kind word to those most in need. For more information on Meals on Wheels, please call 610-326-1610 or visit www.fsmontco.org.

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