Meals On Wheels Of Metro Tulsa Inc

OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE THE DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF HOMEBOUND, ELDERLY, AND DISABLED PERSONS, AND OTHERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH NUTRITIOUS HOME-DELIVERED MEALS, CARING CONTACTS, AND OTHER SERVICES WHICH ENRICH THEIR LIVES.

LEADERS LIKE YOU MOVE OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD AND BRING JUSTICE AND HEALING TO HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH YOUR HELP, DISABLED AND HOMEBOUND SENIORS WILL RECEIVE NUTRITIOUS MEALS, WELLNESS CHECKS, AND CARE NAVIGATION CASE MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS MEDICAL CARE THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.FOR 50 YEARS, MOWMT HAS SUPPORTED THE DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF FRAIL SENIORS AS THEY AGE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. IN 2021, THE GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS HELPED DELIVER MORE THAN 716,567 MEALS TO 16,844 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE TULSA METRO, INCLUDING BIXBY, BROKEN ARROW, JENKS, OWASSO, GLENPOOL, SAND SPRINGS, AND SAPULPA.MOWMT HAS INCREASED MEAL PRODUCTION, ADDED ROUTES IN NORTH AND EAST TULSA, HIRED DRIVERS AND TRAINED ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWING COMMUNITY NEED. VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO PREPARE THEM TO PROVIDE A CARING CONTACT AND A MEAL IN PERSON. MOWMT HAS HAD THE HONOR TO BE A STEADY SUPPORT TO THE FRAIL ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY. MOWMT IS COMMITTED TO GIVING HOMEBOUND SENIORS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO REMAIN SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES. IN FACT, THE MEALS ON WHEELS APPROACH TO PROVIDING MORE THAN A MEAL HAS RESULTED IN DRAMATIC DECREASES (UP TO 36 % IN SOME STUDIES) IN HOSPITAL STAY RATES AFTER ONLY 30 DAYS OF SERVICE. WE CAN DELIVER A YEAR'S WORTH OF MEALS, WELLNESS CHECKS, AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR ROUGHLY THE SAME PRICE AS A ONE-NIGHT STAY IN A HOSPITAL.MOWMT HAS CONTINUED TO INCUR INCREASED COSTS DUE TO COVID-19 FROM HIRED DRIVERS AND NEW VOLUNTEER TRAINING. TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND CLIENTS, WE HIRED CAMPUS DRIVERS TO DELIVER FROZEN MEALS ONCE A WEEK. THIS HAS MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FULLY IMPLEMENT OUR MORE THAN A MEAL MISSION OF ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FOR OUR CLIENTS. WE ARE WORKING TO TRAIN ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO STAND UP OUR DAILY HOT MEAL DELIVERIES AND IN-PERSON WELLNESS CHECKS. WITHOUT THESE PERSONAL CONTACTS, OUR CLIENTS ARE MUCH MORE VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION-LONELINESS, DEPRESSION, AND HEALTH DETERIORATION.IN 2021, MOWMT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TITLE III PROGRAM, LAUNCHED A SITE-BASED NUTRITION PROGRAM IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. STRETCHING OUR GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES PROVIDED NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND FOUGHT ISOLATION FOR 443 SENIORS AND PROVIDED 24,660 MEALS. AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2022 AND BEYOND, MOWMT STANDS READY TO SERVE THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND TO ASSURE THAT NOBODY IS LEFT HUNGRY OR ALONE.