News and Updates

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Our 2025 Monroe County Meals on Wheels Holiday Gift Drive is going strong!

This holiday season, we’re reaching out into the community to ask our supporters to provide gifts for our many homebound clients. Your kindness and generosity is very much appreciated! We look forward to accepting donations of new, unwrapped items through…

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We’re celebrating August 2025 as MCMOW Month!

Although, for many of us, August is filled with summer fun, sunshine, and activities, the homebound individuals in our community are still struggling. Typically, each summer, Meals on Wheels of Monroe County holds a single MCMOW Day to humbly request…

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It’s Time for our 2024 Monroe County Meals on Wheels Holiday Gift Drive!

This holiday season, you can help us provide gifts to 300+ homebound clients! We are accepting your generous donations through December 9th, 2024. Items should be new and unwrapped. Please consider donating some of our most requested gifts:  • Battery Toothbrushes •…

Raffle prizes include multiple gift baskets, gift cards, a cloth wallet, an auto emergency kit, and more!

Our Summer 2024 Meals on Wheels Day Raffle is here!

This year’s Raffle tickets go on sale Monday, July 8, 2024, and will be available for purchase through Friday, August 30, 2024, when the winners will be drawn (need not be present to win). We have a bunch of terrific…

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It’s Time for our Annual Monroe County Meals on Wheels Holiday Gift Drive!

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. This holiday season, we need your help to provide gifts to 300+ homebound clients, a massive jump from last year, and we want to make sure everyone receives a gift! The event…

Join us at the Older Adult & Caregiver Info Fair!

The 2023 Older Adult & Caregiver Info Fair is presented by Monroe County Meals on Wheels, the Monroe County Area Agency on Aging (MCAAA), and the Alzheimer’s Association. This is a wonderful opportunity to access information and resources that can…

Raffle prizes include a Great Wolf adventure, hand-knit shawls, a handmade chess set, a cheese board, an auto emergency kit, and more!

It’s Time For Our Summer Meals on Wheels Day Raffle!

Raffle tickets go on sale Thursday, July 6, 2023, and will be available for purchase through Friday, September 1, 2023, when the winners will be drawn (need not be present to win). A number of fabulous prizes are available and,…

2022 Community Champions Week

Right now, we’re celebrating our Community Champions Week (March 21-25), an exciting time when special guests deliver meals with us, speak out on behalf of senior citizens, and raise awareness of the work we do. This year, we have reporters…

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ESU Students Donate to Meals on Wheels

Students from East Stroudsburg University’s student run radio station WESS made a donation to help Monroe County Meals on Wheels. Meals on Wheels provides one nutritious meal a day to senior citizens. The agency was grateful for the students’ help,…

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Nonprofit Expands to Meet Demands Caused by COVID-19

Monroe County Meals on Wheels is doubling its space at its Stroud Township headquarters. They say the new storage space will help volunteers as well. Executive Director Heidi Fareri of Monroe County Meals on Wheels says, “We’ve been making volunteers…

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