Valentine’s Day is a week away, and we’re still in need of volunteers to make, or buy, and deliver a holiday meal for a senior. Our “holiday meals program” gives our seniors the opportunity to request having a meal brought to them on or around a particular holiday each month.
Interested volunteers can give us a call and let us know the area in which they would like to deliver. Then we will get them in touch with a senior who they can call and set up a date and time to deliver a meal. Volunteers typically give the seniors 3 choices of meals that they would be willing to make or buy, and the senior picks the one that they would like. The volunteer then delivers the meal at the agreed upon time, and follows up with us as to how the delivery went. After cooking and delivering meals for two seniors on a recent holiday, a volunteer reported that, “both women were friendly and gracious for the food. I couldn’t help but express that it was entirely my pleasure to be able to cook for them.”
Volunteering to make or buy and deliver this holiday meal is a great way to do something for someone else, especially on a love-filled holiday like Valentine’s Day. Seniors who receive these meals definitely feel loved and cared for when their volunteer shows up at the door. After a recent holiday, a voluntee
r told us that the senior couple she delivered to was so happy to receive the food and that they had been waiting for her arrival. They were excited to invite her in and show her their apartment.
If you would like to give a senior a special Valentine meal next week, please let us know. (630) 221-8340 or scp@humanitarianservice.org
Interested volunteers can give us a call and let us know the area in which they would like to deliver. Then we will get them in touch with a senior who they can call and set up a date and time to deliver a meal. Volunteers typically give the seniors 3 choices of meals that they would be willing to make or buy, and the senior picks the one that they would like. The volunteer then delivers the meal at the agreed upon time, and follows up with us as to how the delivery went. After cooking and delivering meals for two seniors on a recent holiday, a volunteer reported that, “both women were friendly and gracious for the food. I couldn’t help but express that it was entirely my pleasure to be able to cook for them.”
Volunteering to make or buy and deliver this holiday meal is a great way to do something for someone else, especially on a love-filled holiday like Valentine’s Day. Seniors who receive these meals definitely feel loved and cared for when their volunteer shows up at the door. After a recent holiday, a voluntee
r told us that the senior couple she delivered to was so happy to receive the food and that they had been waiting for her arrival. They were excited to invite her in and show her their apartment.If you would like to give a senior a special Valentine meal next week, please let us know. (630) 221-8340 or scp@humanitarianservice.org
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