Each year, Meals For The Elderly participates in the national March For Meals campaign. March For Meals is a campaign that takes place during the month of March, because it was during this month that the law was enacted that included senior meal programs in the Older Americans Act.

The purpose of the campaign is three-fold: 1) to increase awareness of senior hunger in America, and particularly in our community, 2) to increase funding for local meal delivery programs to combat senior hunger, and 3) to increase the number of volunteers during this month to help with our local program.

After the completion of the campaign, meal programs from across the nation have the opportunity to apply for a grant based on their campaign. Meals For The Elderly is proud to annouce that our campaign last year won us a $2,600 grant from the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA). This is the highest amount given, and only a handful of organizations are recognized with this award.

This year's campaign included the following initiatives:

• March 8: Mardi Gras Celebration
  Meals For The Elderly kicked off our March For Meals campaign with our 11th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration at the McNease Convention center from 5:30-9:00pm. 
  Photo gallery coming soon!
• Every Monday & Friday in March: Chili's Give Back Days
  Take a flyer flyer (to be obtained through future e-news, our website, or
  at our office) to Chili's in San Angelo on one of these days and Chili's will
  donate 10% of your tab to Meals For The Elderly.
  Click here to print the flyer and take it with you to Chili's on 3/11/11!
• Every Tuesday & Saturday in March: CiCi's Pizza Give Back Days
  Take a flyer flyer (to be obtained through future e-news, our website, or
  at our office) to CiCi's Pizza in San Angelo on one of these days and CiCi's will
  donate 15% of your tab to Meals For The Elderly.
  Click here to print the flyer and take it with you to CiCi's!
• March 14-25: Heroes Against Hunger
  Local military, firemen, and law enforcement personnel will be delivering
  some of our routes throughout these two weeks of March to support our
  effort to end senior hunger in the Concho Valley.
• Throughout March: School Canned Good Drives
  Schools across the Concho Valley will collected canned goods for our
  program.
• March 23: Mayors For Meals Day
  Elected officials will deliver meals alongside our faithful volunteers to 
  see first-hand the impact that our program has on the homebound
  elderly who depend on us.
• Through March: Maurice's Canned Good Drive
  Maurice's is offering a 20% off coupon for every three cans of food
  donated to benefit our March For Meals Campaign. 
• Throughout March: Walgreens Item of the Month
  Walgreens on Sherwood Way is collecting planters peanuts to benefit
  our program. 
• Take the pledge to help us end senior hunger by 2020.  Follow
  this link: http://www.mowaa.org/takethepledge 

Click here for to view the photo gallery from the 2010 March For Meals Campaign!