Home Delivery
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels started over 58 years ago in Wichita Falls, in 1965. Older adults who met informally at the Red Door Senior Citizen’s Center would deliver meals to those who were unable to meet due to illness. What began as a few meals delivered to friends has now become a thriving act of service to feed the hungry in Wichita County.
Who do we serve?
Services are offered to homebound individuals 60 years or older, with no limitations on income or resources, and 18 years or older with limited income that are unable to prepare a nutritional meal, based on guidelines set forth by the Department of Health and Human Services.
When is a meal delivered?
Monday through Friday, meals are delivered to the elderly, homebound, and disabled in their homes in Wichita County. Along with a hot, nutritious meal during the week, two shelf-stable meals are provided for the weekend. Our intent is to improve the dietary intake of participants and to offer opportunities to form new friendships and create informal support networks.
Why are Meals on Wheels important?
Meals on Wheels is a community-based service for older and /or disabled adults and children who may be at risk of losing their independence. Our seniors also receive links to other community-based services like home health care, commuter services, or prescription assistance.
Where are we now?
We have expanded our services over the years to include the entire unserved area of Wichita County. Our Weekend Meal Program, which is 100% privately funded, has been successful for 6 years!
We are excited to soon start our Supplemental Nutritional program in 2023 which will provide 2/3 of a nutritional diet and increase our professional wellness checks to 4 a year for those who are at highest risk. One of the clients is 105 years old!
Senior Hunger + Isolation
Even the most independent among us, if fortunate to live long enough, may experience a decline in mobility or health that can strip away independence and diminish the quality of life. Great advances in medicine have extended the average life expectancy to a record high of 78.7 years.
Living longer means more years spent in the struggles that accompany old age. Add to that the increase in geographic mobility of our families and the result is millions of seniors left behind, hungry and alone.