eals on

GETTING RECOGNITION for the North Shore Meals on
Wheels is the real satisfaction of winning her recent national
merit award says long-time volunteer Jessie Smith.

The 78-year-old Smith was
among seven B.C. recipients just
awarded the Canada Volunteer
Award Certificate of Merit.

“Credit should go to evervone
who has worked for Meals on

JESSIE SMITH holds one of the packaged meals that will be distributed as part of the North Shore Meals on

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Wheels,’ said Sinith, who began
with the organization when it was
founded in 1968.

“Tm just happy that (the award)
is going to put North Vancouver's

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Meals on Wheels on the map."
Smith no longer delivers meals
to residents’ homes, but she helps
in the administrative and organiza-
tional work,
Meals on Wheels is a voluntary

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community service, supported by
church groups, service clubs and
interested citizens like Smith,

It’s a service providing well-
balanced meals for people who are
ill, handicapped or elderly and un-
able to prepare a meal for
themselves.

FOOD DELIVERED

The food is delivered ta St.
David's United Church in West
Vancouver and North Lonsdale
United Church in) North Van-
couver, and is prepared by the Ral-
ly Point Catering Service in North
Vancouver.

The meals consist of soup, a
main course of meat, fowl or fish
with vegetables and a dessert,

Meals are delivered by volunteer
divers on Tuesdays, Wedneseays
and Fridays.

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Smith said when she first began
there were only six volunteers and
the meals were prepared by a focal!
hotel and restaurant. At that time
it was called Mobile Meats.

VOLUNTEFRS IMPORTANT

Today there are between 300 and
350 volunteers.

Smith, who helps order supplies
and visits applicants for the ser-
vice, said people can apply for the
service by calling 922-3414 between
9 a.m. and 2 p.m

She said clients range from
young people who are ill to resi-
dents as old as 90.

Clients who use the service are
requested to pay $3 per meal.

Meals on Wheels is a registered
charitable society, and is funded in
part by a grant from the Ministry
of Health.

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