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- EIN 30-0610870
- (916) 444-9533
- 7375 Park City Dr Sacramento CA 95831-3866 USA
- mowsac.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Food, Meals on Wheels
Mission: Our mission is to promote and enhance the general welfare and quality of life of older adults by identifying, developing, and providing culturally sensitive health and human services, including nutrition services and related activities associated with this mission. Meals on wheels by acc (mow) is the operator of the elderly nutrition program for sacramento county and the western portion of placer county, for the purpose of providing eligible seniors age 60 and older with wholesome, nutritionally sound meals. The menu is developed by a licensed dietitian to ensure that each meal provides 1/3 of the daily recommended intake of calories, proteins, vitamins and minerals to eligible seniors, 5 days per week, 250 days a year. Mow provides:a. Hot or frozen nutritious meals monday through friday to frail and homebound seniors. B. Hot nutritious noon meals to mobile seniors at 21 all seasons cafe locations throughout sacramento county. C. Daily or weekly social contact and gate keeping services to
Programs: Home-delivered meals:the home-delivered meals program (hdm) serves frail and homebound seniors not only with noon meals but also provides social contact, gate keeping services, nutritional information and community links to other resources. Contact with a home-delivered meals driver also reduces the isolation experienced by many seniors who live alone. As the number of frail, homebound seniors increases, combined with their growing preferences to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, the need for home delivered meals becomes greater each year. Congregate meals (or all seasons cafes):the congregate meals program serves mobile seniors with noon meals. This program reduces isolation and loneliness by encouraging seniors to get out of their home to visit friends and make new friends, encourages seniors to participate in other activities offered at the cafe, and promotes a sense of value and self-worth to the senior volunteers that provide service through the program. During fiscal year 2016-17, mow served 5,586 unduplicated seniors and delivered 526,555 meals to congregate and home-delivered meal participants. Mow also had 500+ mostly part-time volunteers who contributed over 57,843 hours.