Meals on Wheels receives $25,000 grant towards new delivery trucks

MASSILLON, OH – April 10, 2017 – Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties (MOW) is excited to announce it was awarded $25,000 from the Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation in support of its request for funding to support the purchase of two, new delivery trucks.

“Meals on Wheels is so grateful for the support of the foundation and the impact it will have on the agency,” said Ted Watko, CEO of Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties. “We could not serve our mission without our delivery trucks, and we could not exist without the help of foundations like the Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation.”

Funds from the Austin-Bailey Foundation were combined with designated dollars from MOW’s past two Main Event fundraisers to support this purchase. These trucks make it possible for the agency to deliver nearly 1,400 meals per day throughout Stark & Wayne Counties, and they play an essential role in fulfilling MOW’s mission to provide nutritionally at-risk individuals with nutritional support for better health, happiness, and independence.

MOW depends on its community to continue providing this vital service, and it is committed to finding meaningful ways to connect and collaborate. For more information on how you can work with Meals on Wheels – as a supporter, partner, or volunteer – please visit its website at www.mow-starkwayne.org, or call the office at 330-832-7220.

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About Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties: Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties is a non-profit agency that provides nutritional support to homebound individuals of all ages. Services include delivery of hot meals, breakfast meals, sack suppers, frozen meals, chopped meals, pureed meals and liquid supplements (pending physician referral), Monday through Friday. The agency has 17 sites throughout Stark and Wayne Counties and depends on volunteers to fulfill its mission. To learn more about the agency’s services and programs, including how to become a volunteer, call 330-832-7220 or 1-800-466-8010, or visit www.mow-starkwayne.org.

About the Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation: The Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation is a private grant-making foundation. Its focus is to support programs that promote the physical and mental well-being of the citizens of Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne Counties in the state of Ohio. The Foundation emphasizes healthcare affordability concerns of the uninsured and underinsured, the poor, children, single parents, and the aging. It also advocates programs that speak to the mental health needs of individuals and families. The Foundation was established in 1996 with proceeds from the sale of Doctors Hospital, Inc. of Stark County, Ohio.