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Meals on Wheels asks Strafford County for $42,000 to support daily meal deliveries and safety checks
Summary
Meals on Wheels requested $42,000 from the Strafford County subcommittee to help subsidize roughly 40,000 meals and support wellness checks and social contact for homebound residents.
Katie Cordova Brooks, executive director of Strafford Nutrition Meals on Wheels, told the Strafford County General Government Subcommittee on Feb. 5 that the program is seeking $42,000 in county support to help sustain daily hot meal deliveries and wellness checks for homebound residents.
The program delivers hot meals five days a week around midday. Cordova Brooks said Meals on Wheels provided about 144,000 meals last year to roughly 1,400 participants and serves about 500 people each day. She told the…
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