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Meals on Wheels Yolo County Food Services Manager Michele Long (right) prepares a meal alongside volunteer Lynne Secrist at the Meals on Wheels-Sutter Health Senior Nutrition Center in Winters. Photo by Alyssa Branum

Since 2022, Meals On Wheels Yolo County (MOW Yolo) has grown hand over fist, going from nourishing 380 seniors to 1,200...

Meal production expansion bolsters Meals on Wheels Yolo County’s ability to serve and to remain solvent

Juelie Roggli has spent decades serving her community as a volunteer and continues to do so at Woodland’s Café Yolo. Photo courtesy of Juelie Roggli

After a 35-year biotech career, Juelie Roggli had no worries about...

A longtime Davis volunteer helps nourish both bodies and connections through Meals on Wheels Yolo County’s Café Yolo program

Sutter Health’s Senior Director of Community Health Kelly Brenk speaks about the “Eat Well, Age Well: Yolo + Yuba/Sutter Seniors” initiative, which has helped North State Meals on Wheels programs expand their capacity to serve seniors. Photo Courtesy of Sutter Health

To accomplish its core objectives of serving healthy meals and reducing isolation for 1,200 older adults, MOW Yolo requires more than...

Sutter Health enables MOW Yolo to sustain, improve, and expand service to seniors

Heather Hough (center) and her daughter Sonia Batista confer with MOW Yolo’s Davis Meal Connection Coordinator Tina Gonzales before departing on a meal delivery route. In addition to volunteering her time, Hough and her partner Bobby Batista also help support the organization through financial giving. Photo by Anne Stokes

For Meals On Wheels Yolo County, that support often takes the shape of residents like Heather Hough and Bobby Batista, whose generosity...

Local couple pledges long-term financial and volunteer support for seniors in need

Photo caption Friends of Meals on Wheels volunteers enjoy the volunteer group’s annual Dickens in the Valley Holiday Home Tour, a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels Yolo County. Photo Courtesy Friends of Meals on Wheels

For nearly 1,400 vulnerable seniors in Yolo County, Friends of Meals on Wheels (FOMOW) are not just good friends, they’re a...

Friends of Meals on Wheels volunteers build community to support Yolo County’s senior nutrition program

Dierdre Mayes (seated) shares a laugh with her caregiver, Jeanne Cooper. Photo by Alyssa Branum

“My whole life I’ve been blessed with angels,” says Dierdre Mayes, “and Meals on Wheels in Yolo County is part...

MOW Yolo meal recipient with colorful history says meals for her and her dog Gracie are a blessing

Bob Rennie delivers meals to a dozen or more homes each Thursday for Meals on Wheels Yolo County. Photo by Alyssa Branum

Bob Rennie has delivered nourishment to seniors in need as a Meals on Wheels Yolo County volunteer for 13 years. At age 80, he’s not...

Forging bonds and helping others keeps active, 80-year-old MOW Yolo volunteer extraordinaire looking forward to every day

Meals on Wheels Yolo County’s MOW PAWS program benefits seniors such as Steve Pearson and his companion, Smokey, with free pet food delivered alongside ready-to-eat meals for Pearson. Photo by Anne Stokes

In 2021, Steve Pearson was in a low place. Homebound, down on his luck, and hungry, he reached out for...

Meals on Wheels Yolo County’s MOW PAWS program keeps pets and their seniors together

Since arriving at Meals on Wheels Yolo County in 2022, Executive Director Joy Cohan has overseen a rapid 300% growth in the number of seniors the nonprofit serves. Photo by Anne Stokes

Food is a love language: Holidays, birthdays and reunions are celebrated with feasts and family traditions are often...

Meals on Wheels Yolo County keeps seniors nourished and thriving

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