Meals on Wheels

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:

Home-delivery of hot, nutritious lunchtime meals;
Diabetic, Low Sodium and Vegetarian diet meal options are available for those who desire them;
Frozen meals for non-delivery days are available in most areas, and "blizzard bags" are delivered for snow-day emergencies;
Volunteers also bring daily caring contact, friendship, and security.

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.

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2008 Program Summary - Annual Report

Finances and Services from January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008

● Number of meals served during 2008:

Regular meals 141,134

Diabetic meals 37,790

Frozen meals 62,195

Vegetarian meals 1,704

Low Sodium meals 9,885

TOTAL 252,708 meals

This is an increase of 15,198 meals or 6.4% over 2007 figures.

● Number of meals on a typical day: 1,000

● Number of individuals served during the year: 1,500

● Number of volunteers: 2,613

● Volunteer Service hours for the year: 88, 954 hours

● Volunteers drove an estimated 184,000 miles to deliver the meals -- a distance equal to 7½ 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: $4.09

Financial Report Summary 2008 (Final Audited Report)

Public Support & Revenue for 2008

*Public Support:*	Total	Percentage
Fund Raising	$275,363	24.7
Individuals	170,778	15.3
Churches	154,327	13.8
Corporations	46,379	4.2
Foundations	199,352	17.9
Restricted Gifts	65,800	5.9
Civic Groups	20,331	1.8
Components	62,704	5.6
Miscellaneous	34,616	3.1
Total Public Support	$1,029,650	92.3
*Revenue*:
Recipient contributions	$165,721	14.9
Interest/Investment Income	15,112	1.4
Unrealized loss on investments	(96,896)	-8.7
Realized gain - sale of investments	2,275	.2
Total Revenue	86,212	7.7
Total Public Support & Revenue	$1,115,862	100

Program Expenses for 2008

*Program Expenses:*	Total	Percentage
Food Costs (All meals)	$607,428	58.8
Serving Supplies/Packaging Costs	67,339	16.6
Wages and Salaries	171,174	6.5
Fund Raising Expenses	46,872	4.5
Building Operations/Utilities	41,721	4.0
Office Expenses	41,827	4.0
Depreciation	18,811	1.8
Insurance	15,665	1.6
Payroll Tax	13,369	1.3
Seminars & Training	5,948	.6
Miscellaneous	3,300	.3
Total Program Expenses	$1,033,454	100

Functional Expenses:

Program services $ 836,557 80.9%

Management and General $ 131,222 12.7%

Fundraising $ 65,675 6.4%

Total $1,033,454

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2010 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.

*Revenues*
Recipient Donations	$140,000
Individual Donation	130,000
Church Donations	140,000
Corporate Donations	21,000
Civic Groups Donations	16,000
Foundations/ Grants	195,000
Program Income (Oasis & Humana FGF)	30,000
Fund Raising Events & Programs	275,000
Interest Income	3,500
*Total Revenues*	950,500

*Program Costs*
Meal Costs (Food)	$527,000
Serving Supplies	66,500
Component Expenses/ Purchase Support	4,500
Humana FGF Expenses	1,200
Van Expenses	1,200
Kitchen Expenses	1,800
*Total Program Costs*	602,200

*Operational Expenses*
Bank Charges	$1,500
Building Operations/ Improvements	5,000
Committee Expenses	100
Office Equipment, Main & Repair	3,200
Investment Costs	1,700
Depreciation	19,000
Insurance	26,000
Membership & Publications	1,900
Miscellaneous Expenses	1,200
Newsletter Costs	5,500
Office Supplies	3,600
Postage	7,000
Printing	6,000
Professional Services (Accnt/Audit)	10,000
Seminars & Workshops	1,000
Staff Reimbursements	1,500
Telephone Land & Cell	3,000
Utilities	11,000
Volunteer Recognition/ Support	3,500
*Total Operational Expenses*	111,700

*Fund Raising Expenses*
Fund Raising Events/Projects	$43,000

*Administrative Expenses*
Administrative & Payroll Expenses	$197,000

*Total Program & Expenses*	$953,900

To view a copy of our latest IRS 990 report, click on link below:

2008 - IRS 990 Forms as posted on Guidestar

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2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Class of ‘10

Debbie Beaver

Lori Roberts

Darryl DeBorde,

(vacant)

Howard Plowman, Past President

David Vaughan, President Elect

Bart Bartholomew

Class of ‘11

Bruce Betts

Katye B. Johnson

(Vacant)

Frank Slane

Lynn Simpson 2010 Officers Pictured above left to right: Clarence

Susan Williams Tunley (Treasurer); David Vaughan (Pres Elect);
John Wingerter, Secretary John Wingerter (Secretary); John Staedke (President)

Class of ‘12

Janis Keene

Kathryn Offermann

Kevin Raley

Angela Smoot

John Staedke, President

Terry Steele

Clarence Tunley, Treasurer

ADVISORY BOARD:

Sarah Hansel, Chair, Hall Estill

Sandy Brooks, Community Volunteer

Cam Brothers, Community Volunteer

Kelli Bruer, Cherokee Nation Enterprises

Bryan Close, CloseBend, Inc.

Darryl DeBorde, Pastor, Braden Park Baptist Church

Karen Gallagher, Community Volunteer

Gretchen Heinberg, Community Volunteer

Dan Katz, Dining Express (742-Dine)

Julie Kivisto, Community Volunteer

Kathryn Offermann, The Bama Companies, Inc.

Donna Ogez, Hilti North America

Joan Parkhurst, Paragon Films

Tom Quinn, 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 - Stacie Wilson

Director of Volunteer Services - Cathy Perlingiere

Office Manager - P. Susan Engh

Office Clerk - Susan DeBartolo

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Meals on Wheels of Metro Tulsa

12620 E. 31st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74146-2307

ph: 918-627-4103 fax: 918-663-8914

email: mowtulsa@atlasok.com