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Coffeen Meals on Wheels

Wed, 06 May 2015 12:53:12 CDT
A local volunteer wants to expand Meals on Wheels delivery to Coffeen. Coffeen resident and Meals on Wheels volunteer in Hillsboro Merle Imler says she's been delivering meals with Hillsboro's program for awhile and realized Coffeen did not have a Meals on Wheels program.

"So I asked around and found out that they used to have one, but it just kind of faded away. So I thought I would try to reinitiate that and we're trying to put the word out."

Imler says Meals on Wheels delivers hot or cold meals to residents over 60-years-old and mostly home-bound. She says to get Meals on Wheels delivery started in Coffeen, they need at least three or four more volunteers.

"I have a couple of volunteers ready to deliver, we're just waiting for enough people to make it worth while. We would pick up the meals at the Senior Center and then we get them in coolers and so your hot food is pretty hot and your cold food is pretty cold and we keep it seperate. It's a good meal, I've had a couple of them and they're pretty delicious."

To find out more about volunteering for Meals on Wheels, you can call Merle Imler at 534-6349 or Loretta at the Senior Center at 532-3662.

Thomack 5/5/15