{"id":52029,"date":"2023-03-21T10:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=52029"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:03:46","slug":"commissioners-join-in-meals-on-wheels-march-for-meals-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=52029","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners join in Meals on Wheels\u2019 March for Meals celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17755\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17755\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Meals-on-Wheels-of-Chester-County-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"249\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured here ready to deliver Meals on Wheels meals to Chester County seniors are (left to right): Chester County Commissioner Michelle Kichline; Patrice Stilley, Meals on Wheels of Chester County Communications Administrator; Commissioner Marian Moskowitz; Carole Koroluck, Meals on Wheels volunteer driver; Commissioner Josh Maxwell; and Meals on Wheels volunteer driver, Barb DeCarlo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recognition of the nationwide Meals on Wheels \u201cMarch for Meals\u201d celebration, Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline joined Meals on Wheels of Chester County staff and volunteers to deliver meals to county seniors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From July 2021 to June 30, 2022, Meals on Wheels of Chester County delivered more than 94,000 meals to 834 clients, 94 percent of whom are over the age of 60.\u00a0 The annual \u201cMarch for Meals\u201d celebration commemorates the historic day in March of 1972 when President Nixon signed into law a measure that amended the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include a national nutrition program for seniors 60 years and older. This critical support and federal funding have fueled the growth of the Meals on Wheels network for more than 50 years.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs the senior population steadily increases, the need for our program grows as well,\u201d said Jeani Purcell, Executive Director for Meals on Wheels of Chester County. \u201cMeals on Wheels is so much \u2018More Than a Meal\u00ae\u2019. Every nutritious meal is delivered with a smile, care, and a daily check on our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of the nationwide Meals on Wheels \u201cMarch for Meals\u201d celebration, Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline joined Meals on Wheels of Chester County staff and volunteers to deliver meals to county seniors. From July 2021 to June 30, 2022, Meals on Wheels of Chester County delivered more than 94,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29,127,1909],"class_list":["post-52029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-commissioners","tag-meals-on-wheels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52030,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52029\/revisions\/52030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}