Westlake Meals on Wheels Requests Community Help for “We Care About You” Initiative

Westlake Meals on Wheels is pleased to announce a new initiative to provide their recipients with a “We Care About You” bag filled with items to prepare them for the upcoming winter. Meals on Wheels prepares over 600 hot and cold meals Monday through Friday to homebound neighbors who cannot shop and cook for themselves. A majority live alone and may only see their Meals on Wheels driver during the day.

Community organizations in the five communities served by Westlake Meals on Wheels have agreed to assist in collecting non-perishable foods to provide recipients to have available in the event Meals on Wheels cannot deliver during the winter months ahead. These include Fire Departments and school organizations In addition to non-perishable food items, the Westlake High School Hockey team will be assembling hygiene kits, and several area churches will be donating blankets to shawls from their “Prayer Ministry” programs.

“Enlisting the help of our community is invaluable and shows how we can all come together to care for those in our neighborhoods who are most vulnerable,” says Marie Patten Blatter, Executive Director. “I’m optimistic the residents of our communities will recognize the impact they can have and will help us with this program!”

Collection of items will run from November 11 through November 22 at the various locations listed below along with the specific items for each location. Assembled bags will be delivered the first week of December to the over 75 Meals on Wheels recipients. Any questions about the We Care About You initiative or services provided by Meals on Wheels, please call 440-871-2551, email director@westlakemealsonwheels.org or visit westlakemealsonwheels.org