Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the service that provides food to those who are homebound has increased from 800 to 1,100 central Maine households that regularly receive meals.
Meals on Wheels
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SeniorsPlus meeting the demand for thousands of meals
This time last year the program was producing 800 frozen meals a day. The need for food in the pandemic has pushed that number to 1,800.
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Community Credit Union donates to Meals on Wheels program
LEWISTON – Community Credit Union has presented $500 to SeniorsPlus, the Aging and Disability Resource Center for Western Maine. SeniorsPlus provides services to older adults, adults with disabilities and their families in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The agency operates Meals on Wheels, which provided more than 150,000 meals in 2017. Community Credit Union has branches […]
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SeniorsPlus accepting Meals on Wheels referrals
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus is accepting referrals for its Meals on Wheels program serving Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. Homebound individuals 60 years of age and older and disabled adults younger than age 60, who are unable to shop, prepare or cook meals for themselves, are likely to qualify for Meals on Wheels. To apply, contact […]
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Thelma Milligan
RUMFORD — Thelma Milligan, 91, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, at her residence in Rumford with her loving family by her side. She was born in Rumford on March 16, 1927, the daughter of John and Ruth (Glover) Trenoweth, and graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford, Class of 1945. She was head of the Meals on […]
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Elizabeth "Betty" Wood
RUMFORD — On Wednesday, June 20, Elizabeth Rose “Betty” Wood, daughter of Albert Wood and Margaret Roche Wood, passed away at the Rumford Hospital, in the company of her beloved family. She was 67. For the past seven months, she resided in the affectionate and attentive environment of Rumford Community Home. Before that, she lived her […]
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Fill the Plate Breakfast: Hugh Keene to be honored with 2018 Ikaria Award
AUBURN — Auburn resident Hugh Keene will be honored with the 2018 Ikaria Award by SeniorsPlus at the annual Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit the Meals on Wheels nutrition program at SeniorsPlus. The breakfast will be held on Friday, March 23 from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch. Tickets are […]
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Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit SeniorsPlus Meals on Wheels
AUBURN — SeniorsPlus, the designated Agency on Aging for Western Maine, will hold a breakfast to benefit its Meals on Wheels nutrition program. The Fill the Plate Breakfast will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday, March 23, at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch. The breakfast will also honor Auburn resident Hugh Keene with […]
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Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit SeniorsPlus' Meals on Wheels
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus will hold a breakfast to benefit its Meals on Wheels nutrition program on Friday, March 31. The Fill the Plate Breakfast will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch in Auburn. The breakfast will honor former Speaker of the Maine House of Rep. Mark W. Eves with […]
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Mary Mayhew says DHHS re-evaluating outsourcing Meals on Wheels
In a talk Wednesday with business leaders in Presque Isle, Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said the agency is not necessarily going ahead with plans to issue a request for proposals seeking competitive bids to run the federally funded Meals on Wheels program. The meals are currently provided by area agencies […]