MEALS-ON-WHEELS

SOS/Meals on Wheels (Service Opportunity for Seniors, Inc.) has been serving Homebound Seniors in Alameda County since 1966.

Today we serve the cities of Hayward, Castro Valley, San Leandro and San Lorenzo.

We are serving approximately 550+ meals a day to the homebound that are over 60 years of age, that cannot cook for themselves.
 
 

• SOS/Meals on Wheels serves senior residents, 60 and older who are unable to shop for food or prepare meals for themselves.
• Clients may live alone or live with family members who are at work during the daytime.
• A donation (from $1.50 to $4.25 per meal) is suggested, according to income.
• For weekend and holidays, frozen meals are provided as needed
• A private interview with the client and/or family is arranged to ascertain needs and charge for service.

SERVICE PROVIDED

• Hot meals are delivered weekdays to residents around the noon hour. Frozen meals are available for Sunday and holidays, and bag lunches are available for Saturdays.
• Meals are nutritionally balanced, and are low-salt.

• To help shut-ins maintain their independence in their own homes.
• To help elderly and handicapped residents cope with isolation and loneliness.
• To help families who must work and provide for the needs or their homebound family members.
• To help seniors and their families avoid premature, costly nursing home care.
• To help eliminate the problem of inadequate diet for those who cannot afford good nutrition.

Volunteers and Donations Are Welcome!

This program relies on the generosity of donors giving their time or financial assistance to pay for the meal costs of low-income shut-ins in the community. (Click here to view and print contribution form)
 
 

MEALS-ON-WHEELS 1435 Grove Way Hayward, CA 94546 (510) 582-1263 Connie McCabe Executive Director Kyle Black Coordinator