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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to let you know a couple of things. Did you know that ~9 million seniors in the United States struggle with hunger? That's one in six; and that one in 4 live alone? I talk today with Ellie Hollander, the President and CEO of Meals on Wheels America. The organization is doing great things to assist our most vulnerable senior population. But they are struggling to keep up with the need.
There are over 5,000 individual Meals on Wheels programs nationwide. They serve meals to ~2.3 million seniors/year. That's a pretty impressive number. But what it doesn't tell you is that they are serving 16 million fewer meals than in 2005. And that some seniors are "wait listed", meaning they go hungry. Why?
It's all about the money. Ellies shared that
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to let you know a couple of things. Did you know that ~9 million seniors in the United States struggle with hunger? That's one in six; and that one in 4 live alone? I talk today with Ellie Hollander, the President and CEO of Meals on Wheels America. The organization is doing great things to assist our most vulnerable senior population. But they are struggling to keep up with the need.
There are over 5,000 individual Meals on Wheels programs nationwide. They serve meals to ~2.3 million seniors/year. That's a pretty impressive number. But what it doesn't tell you is that they are serving 16 million fewer meals than in 2005. And that some seniors are "wait listed", meaning they go hungry. Why?
It's all about the money. Ellies shared that