College Heights is getting Meals on Wheels service starting Jan. 2.
“We’ll be starting in the new year and we’ll be contacting clients in December who are currently on our wait list and encourage anyone in College Heights who wants that service to reach out,” Nicole Currie, Meals on Wheels coordinator, said.
There are eight people on the wait list in College Heights and the Prince George Council of Seniors’ Meals on Wheels program already has one guaranteed driver so they are well on their way to starting this next phase of the program.
Meals on Wheels has provided affordable, nutritious, hot midday meals to the elderly, homebound, post-operative and disabled individuals in Prince George for more than 20 years.
Currently Meals on Wheels serves about 80 people, with another 17 on the wait list in the bowl area of Prince George.
To be able to serve the College Heights area is something Currie has been eager to start.
“We just need to find one other driver and we’ll start with Tuesdays and Thursdays,” Currie said, about the College Heights program. “We’ll start with that and we’ll see how that goes and then we’ll build up to more days and get that going.”
Currie is hoping she can be operating without a wait list by February.
The Prince George Council of Seniors is a non-profit organization that accepts donations to help boost their programs serving seniors in need.
The council also has their Nook, a small space in the Seniors Resource Centre, 1330 Fifth Ave., where people can donate non-perishable food items, nutritional drinks and hygiene products including adult diapers, to those seniors struggling with food insecurity and a lack of the necessities of life.
For more information about Meals on Wheels contact PG Council of Seniors at 250-564-5888 or [email protected].
