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Connecting with the elderly: Utah Valley mayors go on Meals on Wheels deliveries in their cities
The Meals on Wheels program is about more than just getting elderly people some warm food — it’s a chance for homebound individuals to connect with their community. For more than 60% of clients of the Meals on Wheels program run locally by the Mountainland Association of Governments, the volunteers who deliver their meals will be the only people they see that day, according to MAG Aging Co-Director Jimmy Golding. “And that’s huge, right?” Golding said. “That’s a lot of people whose connection is us. And so that has a pretty wide-ranging impact. And obviously that ...
