March for Meals campaign is an annual month-long event, led by Meals on Wheels America. It is designed to generate public awareness about senior hunger and isolation, and to celebrate the invaluable services provided by Meals on Wheels programs; both home-delivered and congregate – in virtually every community across the country. Given the exemplary public-private partnership Meals on Wheels embodies, this annual campaign is also intended to showcase the successes of the Older Americans Act, help recruit new volunteers from our community and to increase fundraising from local businesses and supporters.

We invited Mayors, council members and local celebrities to participate in the campaign by helping serve meals at any of our dining rooms. Proclamations were announced at the Union Gap, Yakima, Selah, Sunnyside, and Grandview city council meetings proclaiming March 2019 as the 17th Annual March for Meals Month. Press release sent to media to inform them of PFP MOW participation in the campaign.

March for Meals raises awareness to services for seniors March 5, 2019

March For Meals Community Champions Schedule 2019

Tuesday March 12th Carmen Mendez, serving meals at HBCC

Monday March 18th Reesha Cosby, John & Fran Tierney and Sherry Raymond serving meals at Selah Civic Center James Murr serving meals at Union Gap Senior Center

Monday March 18th Hunter Kellogg at HBCC taking seniors blood pressure

Tuesday March 19th Ezequiel Ramirez aka El Viejito serving meals at Grandview Center Sherry Raymond serving meals at Selah Center Kathy Coffey serving meals at Harman Center

Tuesday March 19th Kathy Coffey, Cindy Magruder, Hunter Kellogg and Madelyn Carlson serving meals at Harman Center

Wed March 20th Sherry Raymond serving meals at Selah Center

Thursday March 21st Reesha Cosby serving meals at Harman Center Sherry Raymond and Jacquie Matson serving meals at Selah Kathy Coffey and Teri Sanchez serving meals at HBCC

Thursday March 21st Chase and Hunter Kellogg serving meals at Union Gap

Friday March 22nd Reesha Cosby, Sandy Daily, Sarah Doyle and Petra Rivera serving meals at Union Gap Center

Thursday March 28th Grandview City council and Mayor will serve meals at the Grandview Senior Center .