BILLINGS MEALS ON WHEELS MOW Coordinator: Jaime • MOW Assistant: Stacy • 1505 Avenue D • 406-259-9666
Adult Resource Alliance’s Meals on Wheels Program (MOW) offers a hot nutritious meal to those over 60 years of age who are homebound. They are delivered by volunteers, Monday through Friday between 10:00 and 12:30. Meals are available on a short-term basis for persons recovering from a hospital stay or surgery until the person is no longer homebound. If a person is able to prepare their own meals or lives with someone who can prepare their meals you may be denied.
Our volunteers don’t let our Montana long and winding roads stop them from delivering meals! Many client’s homes are difficult to get to when icy, winter weather is at its worst. Sometimes, drivers have to park far away and walk through the snow. It is my job to get the meals to your door each day. Directions are sometimes a challenge. I look at maps and try to picture where and when a driver should turn to find a house. My directions might make perfect sense to me, but many times the driver will correct me when he gets back from a delivery. I have learned to reply, “Just go the way that works best for you and get them delivered.” Our Meals on Wheels routes are sometimes long and winding but they do lead us to YOU! I sometimes ponder the “ROAD” that I have been on since coming to work for Meals on Wheels. Many 12
APRIL / MAY 2022
