Spectrum Generations’ Meals on Wheels Program Affected By Rising Gas Prices
Photo Credit: Martha Cushing
(Brunswick, May 23, 2008) Spectrum Generations, the Central Maine Area Agency on Aging, delivers Meals on Wheels to homebound and isolated seniors and disabled adults in Sagadahoc County, Brunswick, and Harpswell.
Recent increases in gas prices have affected meal delivery. “Our volunteers are offered mileage reimbursement, though many choose to donate their mileage,” said Debbie Atwood, Nutrition Coordinator. “However, even the most generous volunteer has to be realistic about the cost of driving to deliver several meals.”
Atwood took the opportunity last week to deliver a few local meals by bike. “With the amazing group of volunteers I have, I generally don’t have a chance to deliver meals. I commute to work by bike and when I realized that these 4 meals needed to go to consumers in the vicinity of the office, I grabbed my bike and headed out. They were surprised to see me arrive with a meal in hand and a helmet on my head,” she chuckled.
For more information about volunteering or about Spectrum Generations programs, please call 729-0475 to reach the Brunswick Resource Center; or, call our Information & Help Line at 1-800-639-1553. On the Internet, Spectrum Generations can be found at www.spectrumgenerations.org. Hearing impaired may call our TTY number 1-800-464-8703.