GAF donates $36,000 to subsidize Meals on Wheels Long Beach food service

GOLDEN AGE FOUNDATION

by Anna Derby

LW contributor

The Golden Age Foundation (GAF), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization serving the community for over 50 years, recently donated $36,000 to Meals on Wheels of Long Beach (MOWLB). Its staff and volunteers expressed their gratitude for the generous grant last week.

The funds will be used to fully subsidize meal service for low-income residents of Leisure World who are homebound and suffering from food insecurity.

MOWLB provides homedelivered, nutritionally balanced and freshly prepared meals for those who are unable to shop and cook for themselves. The MOWLB program is available to all Leisure World residents who are having difficulty cooking or shopping for meals due to an illness or recent surgery or at home due to COVID-19.

Over the past 10 years, this service has steadily grown in Leisure World. Two freshly prepared meals—a hot dinner, complete lunch, dessert, and a beverage—are delivered every weekday with a friendly visit and wellness check to over 100 residents.

Deliveries are made by caring and trained community volunteers.

Volunteers provide a valuable social connection for those residents who are isolated and alone.

The goal for MOWLB is to help its clients remain safe, socially connected, and nourished at home for as long as possible.

The program is always looking for new volunteers to help deliver to LWSB residents.

For more information on Meals on Wheels, visit www. mowlb.org or call Caron Adler at 562-439-5000, ext. 1.

For more information on the GAF, visit www. GoldenAgeFdn. org.

The Golden Age Foundation (GAF) donated $36,000 to MOWLB to subsidize meal programs for LW residents. MOWLB Executive Director Bill Cruikshank (center) ac -

cepted the check from GAF.