Meals on Wheels of Greenville

Since 1968, Meals on Wheels has grown to a volunteer corps of more than 2,500 individual, group and corporate volunteers serving 1,500 meals daily throughout Greenville County including Fountain Inn, Fork Shoals, Simpsonville, Mauldin, Travelers Rest and Piedmont.  Volunteers provide the human touch that means so much to the homebound person.

2009 Facts & Figures
Number of meals delivered 368,191
Cost per meal $3.90
Number of referrals received 984
Number of new clients served 749
Average number of clients served each month 1,302
Number of Client Care home visits made 840
Number of new volunteers 590
Number of corporate teams 90

• All of our clients are referred by a physician and there never has been a waiting list.  Meals are provided free of charge and there is no financial qualification.

  

• Our clients are homebound and physically or mentally challenged to a point where meal preparation is nearly impossible.  Most clients live alone or with another incapacitated person.  

 

• Volunteers monitor the welfare of the clients on their routes and serve as a link to other community-based services such as transportation, home health services, financial services and even home repair and handicap accessible modifications.