DONATIONS

 

    Senior Meals/ Meals on Wheels
Elderly Opportunity Agency
134 N. Washington Ave.
Emmett, ID 83617

(208) 365-4461
 

Serving Gem, Canyon, Owyhee, Boise, Payette, Washington, Adams, Elmore and Valley Counties.
 

“Idaho…It’s where we live and it’s what we do. We take care of our Idaho people.”
 

   Albert (Ab) and Margaret West have come full circle with Senior Meals/Meals on Wheels. After Ab retired from raising Hereford cattle on their cattle ranch, he and Margaret became Meals on Wheels Volunteers. Ab says delivering meals was a very interesting thing to do. He described the wonderful people he and Margaret met while delivering meals.
  

   Ab remembers vividly, finding a homebound lady who had fallen on the floor and couldn’t get up. Ab called for help. He was the only person she would have seen for days.
  

   In April after eight years of volunteer service, Ab and Margaret “retired” again, this time from volunteering. As Margaret begins to experience the affects of Alzheimer’s and Ab is her full time caregiver, the Wests are now receiving the Meals on Wheels they delivered to others.
 

   Eight years of volunteering is an outstanding contribution, but to Ab and Margaret, it isn’t exceptional. To quote Ab, “It’s what we do. We take care of our Idaho people.”  Folks who join others for a fresh, nutritious lunch at the Senior Meals dining rooms often say it’s a reason to get up, get dressed and get out of the house, which is often as important as the meal itself.
 

   For homebound seniors receiving Meals on Wheels, the friendly visit with their driver is often the only interaction they have during the day. Both the Senior Meals Coordinators and Meals on Wheels volunteer drivers are able to keep a watchful eye on these seniors and report any concerns they have to the appropriate parties. Besides providing meals, Senior Meals/Meals on Wheels help keep seniors safe and living at home with dignity and independence.
 

   You can take care of our Idaho people, too. Your donation will go directly to purchasing meals for seniors in your community.

 

Fill out the Donation Form and return it with your gift.
Please…. give generously.
 

Thank you!
Lynnette Bain
Executive Director
 

P.S. As Ab says, “It’s what we do. We take care of our Idaho people.”

 

 

  

 

Margaret and Albert "Ab" West

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"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."
John W. Gardner

"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."
John W. Gardner
 

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           Senior Meals and Meals on Wheels Services.

           Volunteering for Meals on Wheels.

           Volunteering at a Senior Meals Dining Room.

           Including the Senior Meals Program in my will.


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