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.

MOW’s Emergency Food Boxes ARE ON THE WAY!

Each year, we prepare Blizzard Boxes for each of our Meals on Wheels participants. These go out early in December and are to be saved in the event of an emergency situation when our kitchen or drivers would not able to provide a meal delivery. The boxes contain items for a few simple meals. Please store them in the cupboard or pantry. Our office will call participants if such an emergency happens. If all goes well, and the boxes are not needed, we will remind everyone to open them on April 1st and use the contents. Meals on Wheels are meant for those who are over 60, not driving, living alone, or with someone who is unable to provide one healthy meal each day. Meals are delivered five days a week, with frozen meals available for weekends and holidays. Participants may receive meals for a short time if they, are recovering from an illness or injury. When a person has recovered to the point of driving safely again or they feel confident to drive, we connect them to one of our meal sites. There are four meal sites throughout Billings, and six more throughout Yellowstone County. At a meal site, a participant may choose to pick up a meal, or stay and have lunch at the site. To do this, a person must call the site before noon the day before and make a reservation. This is a nice option, as you may pick and choose the days and menus that work for you. There is also the choice of a fresh salad instead of the main entrée at some of our locations.

Another option for those who are over 60 and unable get to a site is the Meal Site Cab Ride Program. For more information on this program, call Kathi in the Transportation Program at 2941591. You can join others for a nutritious meal and have some fun!

Frozen entrees can be purchased at the Heights location, 935 Lake Elmo Dr, or at the Alliance, 1505 Ave D between 11:30-12:30 on Fridays. These include the entrée portion of a meal we have served recently. You, a friend, or family member may come to pick up these meals.

Occasionally, I get calls at the Meals on Wheels office that are not specifically food related. Many times, I refer these calls to our Resource Center 259-5212. The Resource Center provides many wonderful services including help with navigating the process of Medicare and retirement.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer delivery driver, or volunteering in another capacity, we can connect you to our Alliance Volunteer Program at 2456177. Pam and Vicki will explain the process and see if volunteering might be a good fit for you. As you can see, the Adult Resource Alliance is much more than Meals on Wheels. We are a team who works together to meet the needs of those in our community who are 60 and over. I hope that you will reach out to us so that we can assist with any needs that you might have. It’s what we do here at the Alliance!

— Jaime

We care where you are.

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