Delivering Community, Care, and Connection to Ocean County Seniors: Donate today!
Meals on Wheels Ocean County is a non-profit organization delivering nutritious meals, safety checks, and friendly conversation to older adults across our community, helping them stay healthy, independent, and connected in their own homes.
Each delivery brings More Than Meals. It’s a wellness check, a smile, and a reminder that someone cares.
Meals on Wheels Ocean County
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Hot, Healthy Meals. Friendly Faces. A Safer Ocean County
Nobody goes further to help our seniors than Meals on Wheels Ocean County. Each year we serve 286,000 hot and nutritious meals to 2,000 seniors while traveling the Earth 12 times to deliver them. Every day, we’re fulfilling our purpose—to feed every senior who needs our services.
Meals on Wheels Ocean County
DONATIONS
Your thoughtful donation helps us serve the community.
Your thoughtful donation helps us serve the community.
Though no donation is required, each participant is asked to make a small voluntary contribution of $3 per meal to help defray food and preparation costs. It costs over $13 to prepare and serve each meal. No senior is ever denied because they can’t afford the contribution though, MOWOC does not receive the $3 donation for 53% of the meals served equaling $440,000. Every donation helps ensure Community, Care and Connection for our older adults
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MEALS ON WHEELS
Community Champions
Thank you to Borough of Bay Head, Mayor Curtis for joining one of our drivers on a Meals on Wheels delivery route!
As part of our […]
Community Champions
Thank you to the Borough of Barnegat Light for recognizing Meals on Wheels Ocean County and helping bring attention to the needs of older adults […]
Community Champions
Thank you to Borough of Bay Head Mayor Curtis for joining one of our drivers on a Meals on Wheels delivery route!
As part of our […]
Frequently Asked Questions
We are a not-for-profit organization that delivers More Than Meals to Ocean County Seniors. We provide home delivered meals, wellness and safety checks, onsite dining at our Community Cafes as well as Outreach Services.
The Home Delivered Meals Program is available to Ocean County residents who are:
- 60 years of age or older;
- Homebound;
- Incapacitated due to accident, illness, or frailty;
- Unable to prepare meals because of lack of facilities, inability to shop or cook for oneself, unable to prepare meals safely, or lack knowledge and skills to prepare meals;
- Lacking support from family, friends, neighbors, health aide or other caregivers to help secure meals on weekdays;
- Spouses of homebound older individuals, regardless of age, if an assessment indicates that receipt of the meal is in the best interest of the participant;
- Individuals with a disability under the age of 60 who reside at home with eligible older individuals.
One meal is delivered each day Monday through Friday. Weekend meals are also available for select participants.
We have an outstanding kitchen staff that prepare the meals daily starting around 6am so that they arrive fresh for our seniors to enjoy.
There is no required fee for meals. We do ask for a $3 donation per meal to help “Pick Up The Tab” since each meal costs around $14 to procure, prepare and deliver.
Every time a meal is a delivered, our driver needs to lay eyes on the senior to assure that they are well and safe. We do not just leave the meal without this.
Meals on Wheels needs you. Together, we can work to ensure that no senior goes hungry.
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