Vision and Mission
Our Vision
Meals on Wheels seeks to be the collaborative leader in Eastern Ontario in the delivery of nutritious and affordable meals to persons in need and facilitate for them a point of contact within the health system.
Our Mission
Meals on Wheels/La Popote roulante is a not-for-profit agency that promotes the dignity, health and independence of people who are elderly, differently-abled and recovering in our catchment area by:
-Delivering Affordable and Nutritious Meals to Persons in Need
- Setting standards of quality of meals that kitchens must meet
- Monitoring the quality and rectifying problems with the kitchens as necessary
- Minimizing costs of meals to clients
-Being a Point of Contact within the Health System
- Checking welfare of clients when delivering meals
- Alerting contacts/emergency services if required
-Collaborating Leadership
- Working with other organizations in Eastern Ontario to develop a coordinated system for serving people in need
- Developing a system of best practices which can be shared with other organizations
In 2017-2018, Meals on Wheels delivered 65,949 hot meals, 29,723 frozen Apetito meals, 6,449 frozen TimeSaver meals, as well as 5,686 hot meals and 6,600 frozen meals for the Aging in Place and Going Home programs for a total of 114,407 meals delivered to 1,672 clients.