Meals On Wheels

White House Says Cutting Meals On Wheels Is ‘compassionate

... can ask them to pay for defense, and we will, but we can’t ask them to continue to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.”. This was a bizarre defense of the Trump budget for several reasons. To name just three. (1) The U. S. already spends more more on its military than China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, France, India, and Germany — combined. By contrast, America spends far less than its peers (per capita) on many of the initiatives that the Trump’s budget cuts. (2) Trump’s proposal cuts many programs that are more intuitively valuable to coal miners in West Virginia — and single mothers in Detroit — than a 10 percent increase in defense spending. The president’s budget cuts funding for early-childhood education, public housing, transit, food assistance, and job training — all programs that disproportionately benefit single mothers in ...

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... in America, with the country turning green for St. Patrick’s Day. In Utah, where the Irish heritage population percentage is relatively low, those with Irish heritage have made impacts in the state. More cities swapping out sandbags with Muscle Wall.  Jed Boal  |  Posted   Mar 16 th - 6:20 pm. While sandbags have always been a critical solution for redirecting water away from homes and businesses, a portable flood control wall is now the top choice for flooding emergencies in a growing number of communities. White House resists GOP pressure, stands by wiretap claim. Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press  |  Posted   Mar 16 th - 6:14 pm. The White House on Thursday stood by President Donald Trump's unproven accusations that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper, despite growing ...

Pueblo Police Take Over Meals On Wheels For The Day

... talk to these clients, they get to know them, when they see that they're not acting right or feeling right, it's something that they pick up on and they're able to go back to SRDA and let them know," Capt. Noeller said. And it's the conversations, that human contact, that keep these seniors going. "It's a few minutes, and it could change somebody's day, week, or year. It could give them a reason to live, really," Behrendt said. Opening the eyes of the officers. "I hope it opened their eyes up to how we are as police officers, we're human beings just like everybody else so hopefully it kind of goes both ways," Capt. Noeller said. Meals on Wheels serves around 500 clients every day in Pueblo and 80,000 total meals a year. Top Trending Videos. Thursday, March 16 2017 12:41 PM EDT 2017-03-16 16:41:25 GMT. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene of a car crash on Old Stage Road within El Paso County on Wednesday evening. 3 others were taken to area hospitals after Colorado State Patrol say ...

Girl Scouts Make Special Delivery To D-f Meals On Wheels Clients

... towns they didn’t know were there.”. This is the second year that Girl Scout Troop 20098 and Jim White’s Truck and Auto Center have teamed up to brighten the day for area seniors. Last year, 100 boxes of cookies were donated to seniors at the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. “Who doesn’t love Girl Scout cookies? I know I do. So when Kelly contacted us we were more than happy to be involved with two great organizations, the Girl Scouts and Meals on Wheels,” said Rich White of Jim White’s Truck & Auto Center. “Our business has been a part of this community for nearly five decades and we believe that it is only right to get involved in our own ‘backyard.'”. This year Rich and wife Kathy volunteered their time to go with the Scouts as they delivered cookies. “Most of our meal recipients are homebound, ...

Local Meals On Wheels Program Director

... after he went into retirement. "I had time on my hands, my wife was still working but I wanted to do something to give myself some structure during the week," said Letourneau, who was joined by Fitchburg Mayor Steve Arnold Thursday. "We usually check to make sure they're OK and just talk to them a little bit.". Letourneau delivers meals about two times a week. "They [seniors] are all glad to see you, they just want to talk cause they're glad to see a person, cause it might be the only person they see today," Letourneau said. Senior citizens sign up for the program by simply contacting the Fitchburg Senior Center. Miller says the program helps over 90 percent of seniors to be able to live alone in their homes. According to the Meals on Wheels association, about one in six senior citizens still ...

Blackfeet Food Distribution Takes Over Food Bank

... at the Eagle Shields Senior Center had broken down, he immediately donated a Food Distribution van to the program to fill in the gaps. Carrie Bearchief-Evans and John Headley gladly accepted the 4 x 4 van which should ensure elders have their meals easily delivered. Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 6:00 am. Blackfeet Food Distribution takes over Food Bank: Van donated to Meals on Wheels 0 comments. Since Roy Crawford came on board as the new head of what used to be called the Blackfeet Commodities Program about six months ago, change has been the theme, beginning with his having taken over the Blackfeet Food Bank. Starting with bringing the program into compliance, he worked at obtaining new computers and updating all the forms used by the program. Next, Crawford set about securing partner-ships with three organizations to support the ...

93-year-old Oregon Woman Delivers Meals On Wheels Column

... got to be 18 and all of a sudden I was alive," she said. "He went into the service and our friendship developed and we were married in 1943.". David had family in Portland and when he returned home after World War II, they moved to Oregon. She's lived in Lake Oswego since 1948. It's surprising, perhaps, that this affluent Portland suburb even needs a Meals on Wheels program. The poverty rate here is about half the state average at 7.3 percent , according to the 2015 census. But we make several deliveries at the city's two affordable housing complexes. And as we drive the old First Addition neighborhood, we see where modest homes from the 1940 s and 1950 s have been demolished to make way for two story, five bedroom mini-mansions. It's inside these older, original houses where most of Johnson's clients live. Seniors on fixed incomes who have lived in their homes for decades may not be able to afford the upkeep or the cost to move. And not everyone who receives a meal is financially strapped. Those who live alone ...

Trump Administration Picks Strange Fight With Meals On Wheels

... review of eight studies that looked at the programs. “These programs are also aligned with the federal cost-containment policy to rebalance long-term care away from nursing homes to home- and community-based services by helping older adults maintain independence and remain in their homes and communities as their health and functioning decline.”. In a statement Thursday, Meals on Wheels America pointed out that the block grants specifically targeted by the president’s budget aren’t the main source of federal funding for its local Meals on Wheels affiliates across the country. The association said funding from the Administration on Aging makes up 35 percent of Meals on Wheels funding; most of the rest comes from donations. The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the Administration on Aging, would see its budget cut 17.9 percent under what ...