Many local seniors experience great difficulty leaving home and find it challenging to obtain and/or prepare healthy meals. Hundreds have no one to talk with or check on them on a regular basis. Participants look forward to hot meals and warm smiles from volunteers each weekday. The meals and the visits help them to stay healthy and independent longer.
Meals-on-Wheels operates three nutrition programs to assist older adults in Forsyth County: hot meals, groceries, and frozen meals.
Who is Eligible?
Forsyth County residents age 60 and over who are homebound and unable to obtain and prepare a nutritious meal for themselves are eligible for this service. There may be a waiting list in certain parts of Forsyth County if the route in that area is full.
For more information or to sign up for Meals-on-Wheels, please contact Senior Services’ Help Line:
Phone: 336-724-2040
Email: helpline@seniorservicesinc.org
Here's what recipients say about Meals-on-Wheels:
“It assures me of at least one hot meal each day. Also, I get to see at least one person each day. Thanks so much.”
“If there were no Meals-on-Wheels, I would not have food to eat.
Thank you for the help.”
“I enjoy all of the volunteers who deliver my meals. The Meals-on-Wheels program helps me nutritionally, socially, personally, physically, and educationally. God Bless.”
Want to become a Meals-on-Wheels volunteer?
Meals-on-Wheels volunteers deliver a hot meal and a warm smile to seniors who are homebound. Deliveries generally take about an hour and a half Monday through Friday between the hours of 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Routes are available all over Forsyth County and volunteers can deliver once a week, once a month, or as often as their schedules allow. Click here for more information.
Meals-on-Wheels Holiday Schedule
Current Meals-on-Wheels volunteers needing to make contact with the office should email (preilly@seniorservicesinc.org ) or call (336-721-6910) to reach Paige Reilly, Meals-on-Wheels Volunteer Coordinator.