March for Meals: First responders, community leaders invited to deliver to homebound seniors on Champions Day

March for Meals: First responders, community leaders invited to deliver to homebound seniors on Champions Day

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 27, 2025) Each March, Meals on Wheels celebrates the historic day in 1972 when a national nutrition program for seniors was added to the Older Americans Act.

This legislation supported the rapid growth of the Meals on Wheels network, which now collectively serves over 2 million seniors each year. Now is a critical time for you to support your local Meals on Wheels and urge Congress to protect, strengthen, and invest in these proven and effective programs by increasing federal funding so that it is available to every older adult in need for decades to come.

March 13th will be Champions Delivery Day, where MOWSS invites all first responders, politicians, and religious leaders to deliver a route to the homebound seniors in our community. Please feel free to contact Meals on Wheels Senior Services of Rockwall County at 972-771-9514 for more information.

Submitted press release by Meals on Wheels.