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Our mission is to preserve the dignity and independence of homebound elderly and disabled persons by providing them with nutritious home-delivered meals, caring contacts, and other services which enrich their lives.
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Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa is a nonprofit community service organization operated by volunteers and funded by charitable contributions. Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa provides the following to elderly and/or disabled persons who are homebound:
We offer meal delivery Monday through Friday in most areas. We provide the service in the Tulsa metropolitan area, including the communities of Broken Arrow, Owasso, Jenks, and Glenpool. Using 14 geographically based serving units* and a faithful corps of about 2,300 volunteers, Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa delivers about 5,000 meals a week to the homebound. We will serve at least 1,500 people during the year. Approximately 140 congregations, along with several civic groups, and a dozen businesses are involved by providing volunteers for the program. Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa is the oldest and one of the largest programs for home-delivered meals in Oklahoma. There are no constraining guidelines on age, or income. To qualify for service, the person must be homebound, disabled, or unable to make meals. Typically we serve frail elderly persons, but we also serve many others who simply need temporary help to get back on their feet. The meals are paid for almost entirely through private sources. Donations are requested from recipients as they can afford to contribute. Gifts from churches, community groups, businesses, foundations, and concerned individuals make up the difference. Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa relies solely upon private contributions without funding from the government or the United Way. With 2,500 volunteers we are one of the largest volunteer agencies in the Tulsa community. Most donate only about 2 hours per week to package the food at church sites, to deliver meals using their own vehicles, to coordinate the deliveries, to answer phones at our office, or to do other specialized tasks. Many volunteers come to us through their participating churches. About 140 congregations of varying theological backgrounds now share in the work of Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa. A number of businesses also participate through "Make It Your Business" which allows interested employees to use their lunch hour to deliver meals for the program. Since 1970 Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa has been an effective means of keeping down community health costs and reducing the need for nursing home care. By providing nutritional and friendship support, Meals on Wheels improves the health, independence, dignity, and well-being of our frail elderly and disabled citizens, and enhances the quality of life for the entire community. *The following are the delivery units (components) of our program: Broken Arrow Meals on Wheels, Eastside Meals on Wheels, Far North Meals on Wheels, First Presbyterian Meals on Wheels, Garnett Road Meals on Wheels, Heritage Hills Meals on Wheels, Jenks/Far South Tulsa Meals on Wheels, Kendall-Whittier Meals on Wheels, Midtown Meals on Wheels, Northeast Meals on Wheels, Osage Hills Meals on Wheels, Owasso Meals on Wheels, Southside Meals on Wheels, and Southwest Meals on Wheels. * * * * * *
2010 Program Summary - Annual Report Finances and Services from January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
● Number of meals served during 2010:
Regular meals 126,480 Diabetic meals 41,906 Frozen meals 67,508 Vegetarian meals 2,076 Low Sodium meals 8,336 TOTAL 246,306 meals
● Number of meals on a typical day: 1,000
● Number of individuals served during the year: 1,500
● Number of volunteers: 2,400
● Volunteer Service hours for the year: 88,000 hours
● Volunteers drove an estimated 184,000 miles to deliver the meals -- a distance equal to 7˝ times around the world -- using their own vehicles, without reimbursement for their mileage, an in-kind contribution of more than $42,300! Volunteer “heroes” were involved in a dozen incidents, literally saving a recipient’s life or getting emergency help to the scene.
● Funding: All from charitable private donations - no funding from the Federal/State Government or the United Way
● Cost per unit of service: $4.48
Financial Report Summary 2010 (Final Audited Report) Public Support & Revenue for 2010
Program Expenses for 2010
Functional Expenses: Program services $ 884,618 81 % Management and General $ 117,291 11 % Fundraising $ 87,226 8% Total $1,089,105
* * * * * 2011 Budget Meals on Wheels is funded entirely by charitable donations. These budget figures are goals, and this budget represents that we will actively solicit funds necessary to operate the program as indicated. The Components are the 14 geographically based service areas that make up our program. Expenses indicated are based on projected and anticipated costs.
To view a copy of our latest IRS 990 report, click on link below: http://tinyurl.com/990Form2010
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2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Class of ‘12 Janis Keene, Community Volunteer Kathryn Offermann, The Bama Companies Kevin Raley, Raley Medical Angela Smoot, Williams John Staedke, Community Volunteer Terry Steele, Community Volunteer Clarence Tunley, Community Volunteer
Class of ’13 Bart Bartholomew, Community Volunteer Trey Cooper, Treasurer, Adams Hall Asset Management Rosemary Gee, Community Volunteer L ori Roberts, President-Elect, Caroll, Ward & Roberts, PLLCWill Staedke, Staedke & Associates Dwight Thomas, Community Volunteer David Vaughan, President, Vaughan Insurance Group
Class of ‘14 Bruce Betts, AST Div WEBCO Industries Katye B. Johnson, Community Volunteer Julie Harris, Tulsa Police Department Sandra Nettles, Community Volunteer Howard Plowman, Community Volunteer
Jenifer
Wells, Secretary, Vaughan Insurance Group
ADVISORY BOARD: Sarah Hansel, Chair, Hall Estill Sandy Brooks, Community Volunteer Cam Brother, Community Volunteer Bryan Close, CloseBend, Inc. Darryl DeBorde, Pastor, Braden Park Baptist Church Karen Gallagher Power, Community Volunteer Gretchen Heinberg, Community Volunteer Jan Laub, Top of the Line Counsulting Dan Katz, Dining Express (742-Dine) Kathryn Offermann, The Bama Companies, Inc. Donna Ogez, Hilti North America Joan Parkhurst, Paragon Films Kim Piper, Community Volunteer Tom Quinn, Jr, Imagery Concept, Inc. Lisa Vaughan, Vaughan Insurance Group, Inc Bill Wienker, Community Volunteer Nancy Wienker, Community Volunteer
STAFF: Executive Director - Daniel P. Rabovsky, M.Div., M.S.W. Director of Development and Community Relations - Jill Thompson Director of Volunteer Services - Cathy Perlingiere Office Manager - P. Susan Engh Intake Coordinator- Susan DeBartolo
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Meals
on Wheels of Metro Tulsa
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12620
E. 31st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74146-2307
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ph: 918-627-4103
fax: 918-663-8914
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email: info@mealsonwheelstulsa.org
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