MARCH FOR MEALS 2024
Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024
Sign in: 10 a.m.
March: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Kleiner Park Amphitheater in Meridian
The annual walk spotlights senior hunger and food insecurity, and how Meals on Wheels provides a proven solution. There is no entry fee to march. Horizon Credit Union will donate $5 for each marcher to Meals on Wheels Metro Boise, as well as highlight the group with the most spirit for its annual “Spirit Award.” Other sponsors include The Good Feet Store and Engage Technologies Group.
Celebrating Meals on Wheels
One in six seniors in America faces hunger or food insecurity on a regular basis. That translates to more than 56,000 seniors in Idaho who struggle with hunger.
Meals on Wheels Metro Boise delivers and serves nearly 2,000 nutritious meals each weekday and more than 1,000 frozen meals every weekend to seniors throughout Ada County, Emmett, Middleton, Marsing, McCall, Caldwell, and beyond.
“The food is critical to the seniors, but Meals on Wheels is much more than a meal to them,” said Grant Jones, CEO of Meals on Wheels Metro Boise. “90% say it makes them feel more safe and secure, 81% say it improves their health, and 92% say it enables them to remain independent at home with their pets.”
“Everyone is invited to walk, as we strive for over 1,000 marchers each year,” said Jones. “A half hour of time can mean a nutritious meal for a homebound senior – and the nation’s largest march.”
MARCH FOR MEALS GALLERY