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- Description:
- This collection contains information on the Mobile Meals program which was a project of the College Women's Volunteer Service in greater Lansing, Michigan. Included are annual reports, Board of Directors lists, by-laws and policies, and other information. From a document on Mobile Meals history in the collection: The Lansing area Junior League and the Health Committee of the Project on Aging conducted a survey in 1959 to determine meal needs for area senior citizens. The pilot project with five subscribers began in 1960 with support from the AFL-CIO, and it was formally adopted by the College Women's Volunteer Service in September of that year. It received further sponsorship from Sparrow Hospital, the Lansing Automobile Dealers Association, and the American Red Cross. It was incorporated in December, 1960, as Meals on Wheels. Due to the success of the program and related publicity, in 1967 the project's name was changed to Mobile Meals because the rights to Meals on Wheels were exclusively held by another group. The Mobile Meals project ran for over 40 years, but due to the loss of a signficant funding source and a steadily decreasing number of clients, service was ended in December 2004, and the organization was dissolved in 2006.
- Date Created:
- [1960 TO 2006]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mobile Meals Inc.
- Description:
- This collection contains information on the Mobile Meals program which was a project of the College Women's Volunteer Service in greater Lansing, Michigan. Included are annual reports, Board of Directors lists, by-laws and policies, and other information. From a document on Mobile Meals history in the collection: The Lansing area Junior League and the Health Committee of the Project on Aging conducted a survey in 1959 to determine meal needs for area senior citizens. The pilot project with five subscribers began in 1960 with support from the AFL-CIO, and it was formally adopted by the College Women's Volunteer Service in September of that year. It received further sponsorship from Sparrow Hospital, the Lansing Automobile Dealers Association, and the American Red Cross. It was incorporated in December, 1960, as Meals on Wheels. Due to the success of the program and related publicity, in 1967 the project's name was changed to Mobile Meals because the rights to Meals on Wheels were exclusively held by another group. The Mobile Meals project ran for over 40 years, but due to the loss of a signficant funding source and a steadily decreasing number of clients, service was ended in December 2004, and the organization was dissolved in 2006.
- Date Created:
- [1960 TO 2006]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mobile Meals Inc.