Providing a Helping
Hand and a Hot Meal for the Homebound
Program: Home Food Delivery
Senior Outreach Services delivers hot, nutritious
meals primarily to frail, homebound persons over the age
of 60 who are unable to cook or shop for themselves.
Participants
benefit from daily health and wellness checks and
ongoing client monitoring, including in-home visits by
outreach workers.
We deliver more than 200,000 meals within our community
each year, through:
• Meals on Wheels
Home delivery of nutritious meals and wellness checks
for more than 550 elderly persons daily.
• Senior Cafes
Serving over 300 hot lunches to seniors each weekday at
six different community locations.
Mission
Our mission is to provide safe, nutritious meals to all
frail, homebound seniors living in Contra Costa County.
The services we provide are structured to assist seniors
to live at home in safety, in comfort, and with dignity
for as long as they can.
Our History
Meals on Wheels by Senior Outreach Services is an
entrepreneurial nonprofit organization with a 37-year
tradition of excellence and service in Contra Costa
County. Our success and expertise qualify us to manage
community-enhancing health and human service programs
for seniors. We enrich the lives of more than 5,000
county residents each year.
Our Clients
Our clients are primarily people choosing to live at
home as they age. Many are low-income and frail or
disabled. Forty-five percent are ages 75-84. Twenty
percent are age 85 and older – the fastest growing group
in our community.
Our Partners
Our partners include local government, corporations,
foundations, civic groups and faith-based organizations.
Individual donors support our mission as well.
Staff and Volunteers
Senior Outreach Services provides a significant human
resource to serve the growing number of seniors in our
community, with a multicultural and bilingual staff of
30 and over 1,400 active volunteers.
Funding
Meals on Wheels receives partial funding by the County
government as part of the Older Americans’ Act. However,
in the face of shrinking budgets, we must turn to our
neighbors to make up the difference and help us to
expand our reach into the community to handle the
growing demand for assistance.
• Every dollar donated produces eight dollars worth of
actual service to the senior population in our county.
• Independent audits confirm that $.92 of every dollar
received goes directly into programs
Contact Information
To learn more about our services, to volunteer or to
make a cash, merchandise or services donation, please
contact our main office:
1300 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Telephone: (925) 937-8311
Facsimile: (925) 946-1869
E-mail:
seniorservices@sbcglobal.net
