Community
Champions Deliver Meals for Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County to Celebrate
the 13th Annual National March for Meals
Allentown, PA, March 27, 2015 - Today “Community
Champions” delivered meals to homebound clients throughout Lehigh County as
part of the 2015 March for Meals - a nationwide community-by-community
celebration of the local Meals on Wheels programs that keep seniors independent
in their own homes.
Pam
Bechtel, Executive Director, said: “We
appreciate the participation of the individuals who have agreed to become one
of our Meals on Wheels Community Champions and bring awareness to our program.
They will have the opportunity to meet the people we serve who benefit from our
service and will have a first-hand experience of the logistics involved in delivering
to 440 people every day.”
March
for Meals is a national campaign held annually during the month of March,
initiated and sponsored by Meals on Wheels America to raise awareness of the
struggles faced by our aging neighbors and to encourage action on the part of
local communities. Hundreds of Senior Nutrition Programs across the United
States, like Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County, promote March for Meals through
public events, partnerships with local businesses, volunteer recruitment and
fundraising initiatives.
“Our
Meals on Wheels programs are on the front lines every day making sure that no
senior is forgotten,” said Meals on Wheels America President and CEO Ellie
Hollander. “March for Meals is a time when communities can come together to
stand with their local Meals on Wheels programs and ensure all seniors live a
nourished lives with independence and dignity.”
Community
Champions included regular Meals on Wheels volunteers; Board Members and Tom
Muller, Lehigh County Executive; Ed Hozza, Mayor of Whitehall;Alta Mercado,
Urban Affairs Liaison, Office of Senator Pat Browne; Michael Dee,
Representative McNeill’s Office; Frank Ford, President, St. Luke’s Allentown
Campus; Marty Nothstein, Executive Director Valley Preferred Cycling Center and
Olympic Cycling Champion; Carol Saeger, Just Born Quality Confections; Pastor
Jeff Brinks, Greenawald’s UCC; Ann Episcopo, Alvin H. Butz; Bert Daday, Alvin
H. Butz; Ammar Sharif, Promise Neighborhood of the LV; Cindy Suarez, Promise
Neighborhood of the LV; Josephina Clark, LVHN Community Care Team; and Michelle
Stuart, LVHN Community Care Team.