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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 2,500 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. * * * * * * 2007 Program Summary - Annual Report Finances and Services from January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
● Number of meals served during 2007*: Regular meals 131,394 Diabetic meals 37,777 Frozen meals 59,162 Vegetarian meals 1,421 Low Sodium meals 7,756 TOTAL 237,510* * Our program was shut down for nearly two weeks in December due to an ice storm that knocked out electricity and made delivery throughout the area impossible. During those two weeks we would have delivered an additional 9,000 to 10,000 meals.
● Number of meals on a typical day: 1,000 ● Number of individuals served during the year: 1,500 ● Number of volunteers: 2,545 ● Volunteer Service hours for the year: 85,879 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: $3.80
Public Support & Revenue for 2007
Program Expenses for 2007
* * * * * 2008 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.
For a copy of our latest 990 Form, Click here: http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/731/125/2006-731125389-033af746-9.pdf * * * * *
2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Left to right in the picture: Dr. Darryl DeBorde, President of Board Howard Plowman, President-Elect Clarence Tunley, Treasurer Eleanor Lenaburg, Secretary
Class of ‘08 Rev. R. Lynn Simpson, Immediate Past President Sondra Steinberg Susan Williams Frank Slane Bruce Betts Katye B. Johnson
Class of ‘09 Clarence Tunley, Treasurer Eleanor Lenaburg, Secretary Janis Keene John Staedke John Rucker Kristen Dickerson
Class of ‘10 Dr. Darryl DeBorde, President Rev. Howard Plowman , President-Elect Kathleen Berger John Madden Ginger Conger David Vaughan Debbie Beaver
ADVISORY BOARD: Sarah Hansel, Chair, Hall Estill Kathleen Berger, Community Volunteer Bryan Close, CloseBend, Inc. Karen Gallagher, Community Volunteer Dan Katz, Dining Express (742-Dine) Julie Kivisto, Community Volunteer Sharon Montgomery, Community Volunteer Kathryn Offermann, The Bama Companies, Inc. Kayte Spillman, BOK Financial Elizabeth Wallis, Petal Pushers 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 - Stacie Wilson Director of Volunteer Services - Cathy Perlingiere Office Manager - P. Susan Engh Office Clerk - Anne Cradduck Office Clerk - 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: mowtulsa@atlasok.com
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