{"id":13989,"date":"2013-02-21T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T16:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=13989"},"modified":"2013-02-21T11:42:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T16:42:51","slug":"meals-on-wheels-gets-2500-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=13989","title":{"rendered":"Meals on Wheels gets $2,500 grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Partners with Concordville Subaru on &#8216;Share The Lo<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">ve<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">&#8216; <strong><em>event<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MealsonWheels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13991\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"MealsonWheels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MealsonWheels-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>WEST CHESTER \u2013 Meals On Wheels of Chester County was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) after working with a local car dealership, Concordville Subaru in Chadds Ford.<\/p>\n<p>As part of MOWAA\u2019s participation in the Subaru of America \u201cShare the Love\u201d event, Meals On Wheels of Chester County worked with Concordville Subaru during the 2012 holiday season to generate public awareness about senior hunger and our local Meals On Wheels program. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant comes at a crucial time when we are seeing a significant increase in the number of homebound seniors who need our services and are unable to make a contribution towards the cost of their meals.\u00a0 All of these funds will be used to pay for the hot, nourishing lunches that our volunteers deliver to these individuals,\u201d said Jeani Purcell, Director, Meals On Wheels of Chester County.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the five Subaru \u201cShare the Love\u201d event charitable partners, MOWAA created the \u201cShare the Love\u201d grant program to foster partnerships between local Meals On Wheels programs and Subaru dealerships. MOWAA is awarding $200,000 in grants to 66 Meals On Wheels programs across the country that involved dealership employees in their efforts to serve homebound seniors in their community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe greatly appreciate Subaru\u2019s fifth consecutive year of commitment to Meals On Wheels through its \u2018Share the Love\u2019 event,\u201d said Ellie Hollander, incoming MOWAA President and CEO.\u00a0 \u201cWe also owe a sincere debt of gratitude to the Subaru purchasers who generously selected Meals On Wheels as their beneficiary.\u00a0 As a result, our programs can purchase food and equipment to provide more nutritious meals to hungry, homebound seniors in the local communities in which Subaru employees and customers live and do business.\u00a0 Having that kind of social impact is enormous and speaks volumes about the company\u2019s commitment to \u2018sharing the love.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partners with Concordville Subaru on &#8216;Share The Love&#8216; event WEST CHESTER \u2013 Meals On Wheels of Chester County was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) after working with a local car dealership, Concordville Subaru in Chadds Ford. 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