If Susan Saggione and Marilyn Toomey are even a little late, their clients worry that they may not get to eat that day.
That's how important their jobs are.
Saggione and Toomey two of the few volunteers for the “Meals on Wheels” program in the Wilmington, Del. area -- a program that is in desperate need of volunteers.
“It just takes about an hour to an hour and a half of your time and I really feel that I get more from it than they do,” said Saggione a volunteer with the program.
But volunteer numbers have been dwindling for quite some time and, to compound the situation, layoffs and budget cuts created a shortage, says Meals on Wheels director Erica Brown.
“We’ve had some senior centers that have closed in the City of Wilmington who would provide drivers that would deliver meals in their general vicinity,” said Brown. “So when they close and that driver goes away then we have to pick up those meals as well.”
For more information on how to volunteer go to the Meals on Wheels website.
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“Anyone can do this! Volunteers could be retirees or teenagers with a driver’s license,” said Toomey.
