Volunteer Fan Out to Deliver Meals to City's Most Vulnerable By Shari Biediger
Rather than distribute food to its 47 pickup points – such as churches and community centers – as it normally does, the Meals on Wheels organization last week centralized its distribution of meals to its headquarters located on the Northwest Side. “This is so different from what we normally do,” said Vinsen Faris, CEO of Meals on Wheels San Antonio. “Because we were losing so many corporate team volunteers … [and] a lot of the pickup points closed down, we pulled all of the meals back so they can be picked up from here.” Meals on Wheels also revised...You are here
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Here are the organizations Valero is supporting during the coronavirus pandemicBy Jessica Corso
Among them is the San Antonio Blood and Tissue Center, which will receive $100,000 from Valero to help purchase equipment like beds and machinery to be set up at the central collection points SABTC is currently operating.
Blood banks across the country have seen supply dry up as drives are cancelled and donors fear coming in contact with anyone infected with coronavirus. The central location points — this week SABTC is collecting blood at the San Antonio Shrine Auditorium — are bigger spaces that allow for proper social...
Monday, March 23, 2020
A letter from our CEO regarding Meals on Wheels continued operation during "Stay Home, Work Safe" emergency order:
March 23, 2020
Dear Meals on Wheels San Antonio friends and family, Today Mayor Ron Nirenberg issued tighter restrictions for residents and businesses in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Meals on Wheels San Antonio remains an essential service to the 5,000 homebound senior clients we serve every year and that we remain exempt from this ban. With your help, we doing everything we can to safely provide nutrition to our at-risk senior neighbors. This week our team consolidated delivery routes, reduced...
Saturday, March 21, 2020
A letter from our CEO regarding changes to volunteer meal delivery:
March 20, 2020
Dear Meals on Wheels San Antonio friends and family, We are working hard everyday to meet the needs of the community and continuously adjusting our operations for the safety and health of our clients, volunteers, and staff. For our Volunteers Starting Monday, March 23 and carrying on indefinitely, meal delivery routes will pick up from our headquarters at 4306 NW Loop 410, 78229. From 10am – 11am we will have volunteers come through a drive-through pick-up line to gather meals. For the safety of our clients, all volunteers will have...
Friday, March 20, 2020
KSAT Community phone bank raises more than $40,000 for Meals on Wheels San Antonio
In a 13 hour-long phone bank Thursday, the KSAT Community phone bank for Meals on Wheels San Antonio received $40,081 in donations!
With this money, MOWSA will now be able to give each senior in its program an emergency food kit that costs $7 during COVID-19.
The emergency food kits can help feed a senior up to four days.
We are so grateful for the support of our community during this time," said Vinsen Faris, CEO of Meals on Wheels. "The money raised through the KSAT phone bank will enable us to provide over 5,700 food supply boxes which have 4...
