{"id":4667,"date":"2021-11-04T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=4667"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:50:47","slug":"at-home-hot-lunches-comes-to-north-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2021\/11\/04\/at-home-hot-lunches-comes-to-north-queens\/","title":{"rendered":"At-home hot lunches comes to North Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Ed Halverson<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Meals on wheels is coming in hot to North Queens.<\/p>\n

At the start of November, the VON program expanded from a frozen meal service for people who have trouble leaving home to include a hot lunch delivery service.<\/p>\n

Community support services program coordinator Heather Kelly says the program has evolved from its initial purpose of serving people who struggled to cook for themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cNowadays, the program is sort of expanding to people that don\u2019t have time or don\u2019t have time to get out,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cFor them, it\u2019s just easier to have a meal delivered to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hot meals will be provided off the regular menu at the Hollow Log caf\u00e9 for a cost of $6 per meal, subsidized by the VON.<\/p>\n

Volunteers pick up the meals each day at 11:00am and spend two hours delivering to homes around North Queens.<\/p>\n

Kelly says making regular contact with people in their homes can be a lifeline for some.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we deliver everyday to somebody\u2019s house that sort of indicates that there\u2019s somebody that\u2019s home all the time, they don\u2019t get out a lot,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cWhich is great, because then they have a visit everyday from somebody that will become a familiar face to them, a familiar, friendly face, and somebody that\u2019s basically checking on them everyday to make sure that they\u2019re okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly says the hot meals launched November 1 to 14 clients but has capacity to serve 25 people.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested in volunteering or making use of the Meals on Wheels service can reach out to her by e-mail at heatherkelly@von.ca<\/a> or phone 902-350-2971.<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nTwitter: @edwardhalverson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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