The Holiday Season may be past, but the need & the cold weather are still here... You can do something that's Warm and Fuzzy. Donate a new blanket to  Meals on Wheels and More's Annual Blanket Drive  or consider one or more of the other items from our wish list (click here to view) Call Thank you from our Staff !!!

Our Mission:

To Nourish and Enrich the Lives of the Homebound and Other People in Need Through Services Promoting Dignity and Independent Living

Our story:

Meals on Wheels and More  was founded in 1972 as a non-profit charitable corporation created to assist elderly and homebound people in need.  The eight founding volunteers cooked and delivered meals to 30 people, using two East Austin church kitchens.  

Twenty-seven years later, Meals on Wheels and More is cooking for about 1,600 people a day and serving hundreds of others through its four other programs: Groceries To Go, Care Calls, Medi Wheels and Handy Wheels. All of our programs are designed to keep people healthy, independent and in their homes.

Our programs:

                                 Meals On Wheels

Volunteers deliver hot, nutritious lunch-time meals to the homes of people who can no longer prepare balanced meals for themselves.  Meals are designed by a registered dietician and are prepared fresh in our central kitchen.  Social workers conduct recipient assessments and assist them with other programs and services.  

                                          and more!

Groceries to go - Imagine being unable to make a quick trip to the grocery store when your pantry is bare.  Homebound residents in our area face this challenge regularly.  As "shopping friends," our volunteers shop for recipients and deliver vital groceries to their homes.  

medi wheels - Our volunteers provide transportation to and from medical appointments for recipients, and remain with them throughout the visit.  Many elderly people cannot afford a special transit service, and are too frail to ride the bus.  We give them friendship, security and comfort.  

care calls - Our Care Calls volunteers make daily and weekly phone calls as a Phone Friend.  They brighten someone's day with a friendly hello, a kind ear and the commitment to care.  Caring is just a phone call away!

handy wheels - Our volunteers donate their time and talent providing minor home safety repairs to the residences of the elderly and disabled.  Typical projects include installing smoke alarms, bathroom safety bars, house numbers, and replacing light bulbs and air filters.  

Providing nourishment to the homebound elderly and disabled in our community is one of the most cost-effective means of promoting better health among our population of older persons. The Journal of the American Dietetic Association estimates that "the total cost of providing a nutritious home-delivered meal (by Meals on Wheels) to a person every day for one year equals the cost of one in-hospital day."  And studies have shown that malnourished seniors end up staying in the hospital almost twice as long as those who are well-fed.

Our future:  

In the year 2000 older persons will outnumber children for the first time in our history. Nationwide the number of elderly is expected to double by the year 2030.

The rapid growth of the elderly represents in part a triumph of the efforts to extend human life, but it also represents an increasing number of people who will require special services in housing, transportation, health and nutrition.

Today, Meals on Wheels and More serves a little over 3% of the Travis County population aged 65 and over. The projected growth of the population of older persons presents challenges and opportunities for which we must prepare.   

Every day, we cook about 200 meals more than our kitchen was designed to handle. We serve one meal a day when the national average is two. We’re short on preparation and storage areas, our administrative office space is tight and parking is increasingly limited for delivery vans, and--our most valuable asset--our volunteers.

To prepare for the future, the Board of Directors of Meals on Wheels and More is working to ready the agency for a major fundraising effort to support the expansion of our programs and facilities.

who we serve:

how we are funded:

Federal, state, city and county support have not increased in the last five years.  As federal and state support declines as a percent of our overall budget, private contributions from individuals and corporations are more important than ever.  Click here to view our Operating Report and Funding Sources  

who we are:

            Board of Directors

            Staff