Long Beach Meals On Wheels provides companionship with nutrition for 50 years – Press Telegram

“Serving to made us and everybody we helped pleased.” —Calliope “Kelly” Quinn

Kelly Quinn, 12 years outdated, is a part of the newest technology of volunteers working with Meals On Wheels of Lengthy Seaside, which turned 50 years outdated this yr. She helps her grandfather, Gary Larson, ship meals as soon as per week when she’s not in class.

Multi-generational groups of volunteers aren’t all that uncommon among the many 350 or so volunteers it takes to maintain the meals flowing at Meals On Wheels, government director Invoice Cruikshank mentioned final week. It’s a method to train kids to care, Becky Ramirez added. She is aware of — she began volunteering together with her mom greater than 30 years in the past, and has had assist from her husband, son, and three grandchildren as she labored and/or volunteered.

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