A response to the feature article in the Marin IJ dated 3/27/2009

The Nutrition Site Program through Marin Meals on Wheels at the Margaret Todd Senior Center of Novato, San Rafael Community Center on B Street, and the Pickleweed Community Center of San Rafael will not be cutting or eliminating any meal services. Funding for the Nutritional Site Program is established by the Older Americans Act, a Federal Program, and thus any services funded through the Older Americans Act here in Marin County will remain intact.

If, for some reason, a partner site is forced to close its doors, we will reallocate the meals to a new site within the same community. Marin Meals on Wheels wants to assure everyone that we will continue operations as scheduled, serving the Senior Community of Marin County.

Our Mission - Feeding those in greatest need.

Marin Meals on Wheels is dedicated to bringing healthy and nutritious meals to Senior Adults in our area, whether it be due to age, illness, or other frailties, whom could not otherwise prepare meals, whereby a lack of a healthy diet would lead to poor health and other hunger related issues, thus acting as a preventative service for the Senior Population in and around our area. In addition to Home Delivered Meal Service, Marin Meals on Wheels also makes food readily available for adults that are not part of the home delivered meal program, by coordinating several dining facilities in and around Central Marin County, for the benefit of helping the non-homebound Senior Adults of the area find a hot nutritious meal, to help maintain body health and support physical strength.

MMOW is a new division of RACS- a 501c3 Non Profit organization established in 1977 and has the experience of over ONE MILLION SENIOR MEALS SERVED AND DELIVERED. RACS is short for Russian American Community Services Association of San Francisco, Inc. Federal Tax ID # 94-2515360. Funding for this program, at least in part, is made available by the Older Americans Act, administered locally by the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging.

Delivering Meals - Keeping Our Seniors Independent

Since July, 2008, Marin Meals on Wheels has delivered over 63,000 meals. The Home Delivered Meals Program brings food to Seniors that are isolated, homebound, frail, elderly, ill, or a combination of.

MMOW is a partially funded program that is dedicated to bringing nutritious meals to Seniors living in Marin County. MMOW is the only contract agency for Meals on Wheels that delivers here in Marin County.

If you are interested in receiving Home Delivered Meals Services or know somebody that could benefit from our program, there is no need to wait any longer. Professional referrals are not needed, anyone over age 60 can apply by contacting our main office.

Applicants must be at least 60 years of age and must be frail or homebound to qualify (as determined by MMOW). There is no means test, so qualifying is not based simply on a financial needs basis.

To determine if this program is right for you, please call our main office at (415) 507-4300, and talk to one of our staff members.