HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-12-14, Page 13Wednesday, December 14, 2016 • News Record 13
$31,000 OTF grant grows Meals on Wheels program
On November 25, ONE
CARE Home and Commu-
nity Support Services wel-
comed local dignitaries
and members of the pub-
lic to announce the expan-
sion of the Meals on
Wheels program to rural
areas in Huron County.
Funding to support expan-
sion of the program
includes a $31,000 seed
grant from the Ontario
Trillium Foundation
(OTF).
Local MPP Lisa Thomp-
son and OTF Grant Review
Team member, Judith
Keightley, were on hand to
congratulate ONE CARE for
the expansion of the pro-
gram and to hear more
about Meals on Wheels and
how it supports people.
"Programs like Meals on
Wheels are important to
ensuring that everyone, no
matter where they live,
have the supports needed
to remain confidently in
their homes," said Lisa
Thompson, MPP for
Huron -Bruce.
Funding from OTF is
supporting the first year of
development for the new
rural Meals on Wheels
program. Funding is
assisting with the opera-
tions of the service
including marketing and
promotions, wages for a The rural Meals on North
truck driver, volunteer Wheels program has know, Blyth and Brussels
recruitment and training. started with new routes in area. Additional routes will
Huron in the Luc- be added in North Huron
and, in the second phase of
the program, new routes
will be developed in South
Huron.
Meals are produced at
the ONE CARE kitchens in
Clinton and delivered in
the food truck to specific
distribution points where
volunteers then take the
meals and deliver them to
Contributed photo
ONE CARE driver Mike Dupuis, ONE CARE board member Deb Shewfelt, Huron Warden Jim Ginn, Meals
on Wheels Program Manager Anne Rollings, Meals on Wheels Supervisor Cindy Gravelle-Holbrook,
ONE CARE Executive Director Kathy Scanlon and Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson cut the ribbon for
the new rural Meals on Wheels food truck. Funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation is supporting
the start up of the program.
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