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How Your Financial Plan Can Feed Seniors with Meals on Wheels Contra Costa

Discover how integrating charitable giving into your financial plan can help nourish seniors in your community. Learn about the impact and tax benefits of supporting Meals on Wheels Contra Costa.

Nourishing Lives, Month by Month: The Power of Recurring Giving

Discover the impact of monthly giving with Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa. Your recurring donations help sustain essential services, nourishing lives of seniors one month at a time. Join our Supper Club today!

Drive Change: Turn Your Wheels into Meals

Have You Heard About Our Vehicle Donation Option? Donating cash is well known, but did you know you can donate a car? In fact, you can donate almost any vehicle. If it has wheels, you can probably donate it! The process is convenient and takes the burden off of you....

Start Monthly Giving with Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa

It’s that time of year again—time for New Year’s resolutions! The new year reminds everyone that there are so many improvements that they can make to their lives. Popular New Year’s resolutions usually involve going to the gym, eating healthy, or starting a new good...

Why Volunteering with Meals on Wheels Matters

This time of year, you always hear about volunteering opportunities. Everyone is out helping their neighbors and trying to spread the holiday cheer. Are you curious if there's something that you can do to help? The good news is, there is so much you can do! And it...

Celebrating the Holidays by Giving Back: Support Meals on Wheels

When the holiday season rolls around, everyone starts looking for ways to give back. So many people need a little extra help, and the holidays remind us that a little help can make all the difference in another person's life. A few dollars can mean the difference...

The Power of Giving: Why Donating to Meals on Wheels Matters

Have you ever wanted to help people in your community but didn't know where to start? It's no secret that some people in every community need a little extra help. Seniors are especially at risk because many live alone and are limited by chronic health conditions and...

The Positive Impact of Meals on Wheels on Seniors’ Quality of Life

This blog was updated in September 2023 Meals on Wheels is a program that provides homebound seniors with nutritious and balanced meals delivered right to their doorsteps. Donations and volunteers fuel this program which helps seniors maintain a good quality of life...

Senior Independence and Nutritional Health

As we age, our bodies change. As a result, nutritional needs change, and health problems become more common. One of the best ways to help maintain a healthy body is to nurture physical and mental health through nutritionally balanced meals and a healthy living...

Meals on Wheels: More Than Just a Meal

Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa is a senior meal program that brings food straight to the doors of seniors in need. These seniors are usually over 60 and in great need because of disability, disease, or isolation. At a glance, it may look like this is just a standard...
Start Monthly Giving with Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa

Start Monthly Giving with Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa

It’s that time of year again—time for New Year’s resolutions! The new year reminds everyone that there are so many improvements that they can make to their lives. Popular New Year’s resolutions usually involve going to the gym, eating healthy, or starting a new good...

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Why Volunteering with Meals on Wheels Matters

Why Volunteering with Meals on Wheels Matters

This time of year, you always hear about volunteering opportunities. Everyone is out helping their neighbors and trying to spread the holiday cheer. Are you curious if there's something that you can do to help? The good news is, there is so much you can do! And it...

read more
The Power of Giving: Why Donating to Meals on Wheels Matters

The Power of Giving: Why Donating to Meals on Wheels Matters

Have you ever wanted to help people in your community but didn't know where to start? It's no secret that some people in every community need a little extra help. Seniors are especially at risk because many live alone and are limited by chronic health conditions and...

read more
Understanding Balance Exercises For Seniors And The Benefits

Understanding Balance Exercises For Seniors And The Benefits

“Aging is not lost youth, but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” Betty Friedan   For many seniors, getting regular exercise can be difficult. A lack of energy and issues with mobility can make even the most basic workout seem impossible. When getting out...

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