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Events
Help us raise funds to provide meals to our homebound neighbors through two upcoming events.  Sponsorships for both events are available.
 
  • Join us for our 18th Annual Golf Tournament on June 9 at the Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville, PA. 
  • Enjoy a great day out walking with us at the the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community set for June 12, 2010 in beautiful downtown Bethlehem.
News
Walmart Foundation Provides Major Grant to Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County

Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County has been awarded a $15,000 impact grant through a Walmart Foundation grant to the Meals on Wheels Association of America. 

This grant will be used towards new workstations designed to increase workplace efficiency and effectiveness without taking funds away from providing meals. “This generous grant from the Walmart Foundation will help to ensure that we are able to continue providing a high-quality service to the more than 400 Lehigh County homebound residents who need home-delivered meals every weekday.” said Pam Bechtel, Executive Director of Meals On Wheels of Lehigh County.

The Walmart Foundation’s financial support is desperately needed as many Meals On Wheels programs across the country are struggling to survive during this economic downturn. This “Walmart Foundation Impact Grant” is intended to help us to continue to reach out to the growing number of our homebound neighbors throughout Lehigh County in need of home-delivered meals. The Walmart Foundation is providing more than $2 million nationwide to make sure Meals On Wheels programs have the equipment they need to maintain their operations into the future.

Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County extends sincere gratitude to the Meals On Wheels Association of America and Walmart Foundation for their outstanding concern and support of Meals On Wheels organizations throughout the country and our efforts to end Senior Hunger by 2020.







On January 29th  Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County Received its Largest Major Gift from an Individual Donor and Elects New Officers and Board Members

At its Annual Board Meeting, Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County accepted the largest major gift it has ever received from an individual donor. Mae Hostetter and her husband Dale presented the Agency with an $80,000 donation to be paid over ten years.

Mae Hostetter of Fogelsville worked for Meals on Wheels for eight and a half years. She wanted to donate back to the Agency all the money she earned while working. Mae said: “I am returning the money I earned to be recycled in to an excellent program that helps provide homebound clients with nutritious meals and outside contact each day.” She further stated that “I hope that this gift will encourage others to give to this wonderful program.”

Pamela S. Bechtel, Executive Director accepted the gift on behalf of the senior citizens and individuals with disabilities that the Agency serves. She stated: “This gift is momentous in the life and history of Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County. Mae has given so much of herself as both a staffer and volunteer, and now she is giving again through this financial gift. This donation will allow us to feed three low-income clients for ten years—14,545 meals in total!”

Prior to accepting this gift, the Board held a business meeting and elected new members and officers.

New Board members are: Shelia Berg, retired Social Worker; Philip J.
Del Vecchio, Jr., retired Physician; and John D. Zwetoliz, VP/Regional Manager at Team Capital  Bank. Board members who retired are: Patricia Blahnik, Sam Criswell, Dave Coleman, Cathy Shankweiler, Jan Sipple and Christopher Williams

New officers for the 2010 term are: Wally Myers, owner of Celebrity Cleaning, Inc., President; John Haney, Chief Operating Officer at St. Luke’s Physician Group, First Vice-President; James Faylor, CPA, Lang, Faylor & Chomo, Treasurer; and Carol Closson, Community Volunteer, Secretary

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Events

Fundraising is an integral part of the overall operating budget for Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County. In addition to outright financial contributions from individuals, companies, organizations, and foundations, Meals on Wheels has event sponsorship opportunities as well as individual participation for its fundraising events.
Your sponsorship dollars and participation in our events, along with other community donations, subsidize meals for over 85% of the people we serve. With their meal costs subsidized, low-income clients don’t have to decide between eating or paying for other basic necessities.

 
For sponsorship opportunities or more information, contact Michele Grasso, Development Director at 610-841-7023 or mgrasso@mealsonwheelslc.org.
 
2010 Events
 
June 9--18th Annual Meals on Wheels Golf Classic
 
Join us on June 9th at the lovely Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville, PA for our 18th Annual Golf Classic.  Enjoy a beautiful day in the fresh air while helping Meals on Wheels clilents.  Last year, this tournament raised $20,528--enough money to provide 3732 meals!
 
Please consider sponsoring this event...there are many levels avalable.  More information will be forthcoming.

June 12--Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community
  
Join us on Saturday June 12, 2010 in the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community.  We will be one of the 23 nonprofit organizations participating in this Walk.  We need sponsors and at least 100 walkers to make this event a success.  Help us raise at least $5000!!!!!!
 
This 5K Walk takes place in Bethlehem starting at Danny Rice Memorial Park (Main and Lehigh Streets).
 
Online registration for the Walk for a Healthy Community is now available at:  www.walkforahealthycommunity.org
 
10th Annual The Bountiful Bowl and Beyond
 
Date, time and venue to be announced.

The Bountiful Bowl is our Agency’s signature event. The bowl is a symbolic of the work we do, feeding the homebound. Guests savor a sumptuous, seasonal grazing buffet and divine desserts while bidding on unique auction items and enjoying musical entertainment.  Our 2009 event held on November 6th, 2009 raised $30,000.     

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