Meals on Wheels

Members of the St. Mark’s community help deliver food to homebound residents of San Marcos by participating in the Meals on Wheels program, with St. Mark’s driving teams delivering food on a rotating basis once every 9 weeks.

Coordinator Carolyn Barnes receives a list of recipients the week prior to delivery, makes copies of the scheduled delivery routes, and takes them to Allen Woods Center for drivers to pick up each day during delivery week. Carolyn, Mary Hinson, and Claudia Scanio help assign drivers for each day of the week for each of the 3 delivery routes.  Each driver receives a list of designated recipients the week before delivery.

On the day of delivery, drivers (alone or with partners) meet at Allen Woods Center to pick up meals and a list of delivery locations.  Routes take from an hour to an hour and a half each day to complete the 40-45 deliveries.

Additional volunteer drivers are always welcome, as we sometimes need to use substitute drivers from outside St. Mark’s.  We especially need people who are familiar with San Marcos streets or who can read a map, and men drivers are particularly welcome.

Eighteen Meals on Wheels volunteers delivered 45 meals the week of April 18 to 21. There was no delivery on Good Friday.

Driving for St Mark’s were Carolyn Barnes, Shirley Foster, Sarah Carlisle, Pat Miller, Elaine Martin, Melissa Byrn, Lorraine Cheeseman, Carolyn Wells, Naomi Berdeen, Ellie Stewert, Adelaide McAninch, Charles Ellis, Kurt Pettit, Maggie Reagan and Sammy, Patty Polk, Celeste Healy, Eleanor Pulver and Dianne Wassenich. We have two new volunteers, Marleen Ballard and Zach Narvaiz. And we need more!

Anyone who can spare about 2 hours once every 8 weeks—from 10:30 to noon—will be welcomed with open arms. Our next delivery is June 13 -17. Call or email Carolyn Barnes at 353-1310 or carolynb@austin.rr.com.