Nutrition
MOWAA's Pledge: End Senior Hunger by 2020
A groundbreaking research study found that as of 2007, there were nearly 6 million seniors facing the threat of hunger. Our goal is to match that number – with 6 million people who are willing to stand up and pledge to do what it takes to end senior hunger.
This is our movement. Will you Take the Pledge?
By taking this pledge you are committing to help Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) end senior hunger by 2020. You can be a leader in this national movement by volunteering for a local Meals On Wheels program, generating awareness about the problem of senior hunger in America, making a donation, sharing your story, providing ideas about how we as a country can end senior hunger together by 2020, and by doing anything else that you can to provide The Next Meal “so no senior goes hungry.”®
What's In A Meal?
Every meal served meets strict nutritional requirements and provides at least 1/3 of the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) for older adults as well as adheres to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (lower amounts of salt, fat, saturated fat and sugar). Registered Dietitians conduct unannounced visits at each of the preparation kitchens and dining sites in order to ensure compliance with health code standards; observe food storage, preparation and handling; test the food temperatures; verify the menus served; train food service staff and seek comments and input from participants, staff and volunteers. Our Registered Dietitians also provide nutrition education, individualized nutrition assessments and diet counseling.
Senior Dining
Dining sites provide nutritious meals in friendly social settings. Informational/educational programs, counseling, health screening and wellness and exercise programs are offered. Four non-profit subcontractors (Catholic Charities, Jewish Community Center, P.E.A.C.E., Inc. and the Salvation Army) provide meals at our 45 dining sites throughout the week, as well as some breakfast and evening meals. Reservations are necessary to assure an adequate number of meals are on hand. A suggested meal contribution is returned to the program to help support meal costs and expand services.
Catholic Charities/Keener Seniors Program
Phone (315) 424-1804
Fax (315) 424-6033
Bob Cecile Senior Center,
176 W Seneca Turnpike
Syracuse
(315) 473-2678
Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Brighton Towers Apts.
821 Brighton Ave.
Syracuse
(315) 424-1804
Meal Times Tuesday at Noon
East Syracuse Senior Center
148 Sanders Creek Pkwy.
East Syracuse
(315) 424-1804
Meal times: Tuesday and Wednesday at Noon
Fay Road Baptist
750 Fay Rd
Syracuse
(315) 468-2071
Meal times: Tuesday Noon Closed Summers
Ida Benderson Senior Center
205 South Salina Street
Syracuse
(315) 473-4434
Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Limestone Community Center
7626 Highbridge Rd
Manlius
(315) 637-5188
Wednesdays
Liverpool Methodist Church
604 Oswego Street
Liverpool
(315) 457-5180
Meal times: Monday 12:30
Mc Chesney Recreation Center
2308 Grant Boulevard
Syracuse
(315) 473-2673
Meal times: Monday & Wednesday 11:30 (Closed Summers)
Norstar Apts Comm Room
4784 Norstar Boulevard
Clay
(315) 457-4777
Meal times: Thursday & Friday Noon
Onondaga Senior Center
4834 Velasko Road
Onondaga
(315) 469-3464
Meal times: Monday - Thursday Noon
Providence House Apartments
1700 W. Onondaga Street
Syracuse
(315) 424-1804
Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Salina Civic Center
2826 Lemoyne Avenue
Salina
(315) 455-7096
Meal times: Monday-Friday 12:15
Salina Town Hall
201 School Road
Liverpool
(315) 451-8110
Meal times: Wednesday & Friday Noon
Town of Clay Senior Center
4948 Route 31
Clay
(315) 652-3800
Meal times: Wednesday Noon (Closed Summers)
United Church of Christ in Bayberry
215 Blackberry Road
Liverpool
(315) 652-6789
Meal times: Friday Noon
Villa Scalabrini Apartments
825 E. Willow Street
Syracuse
(315) 472-3142
Meal times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Noon
P.E.A.C.E. Inc./Older Persons Program
Phone: (315) 470-3331 Fax: (315) 470-3375
Camillus Senior Center
27 First Street
Camillus
(315) 672-3163
Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Canton Woods Senior Center
76 Canton St
Baldwinsville
(315) 638-453
Meal times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Noon Summers: Tuesday 4:30 PM
Cicero Senior Center
5924 Lathrop Drive
Cicero
(315) 452-3298
Meal times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Noon
Clover Corner Senior Center
401 South Avenue
Syracuse
(315) 474-6823
Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Dunbar Center
1453 South State Street
Syracuse
(315) 476-4269, ext. 224
Meal times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Noon
Eastside Family Resource Center
202 S Beech Street
Syracuse
(315) 470-3325
Meal times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Noon
Eastwood Senior Center
401 S Midler Avenue
Syracuse
(315) 437-4011
Meal times: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Noon
First Unitarian Universalist Church
250 Waring Road
Syracuse
(315) 446-9250
Meal times: Monday Noon
Foster Grandparents Program
800 S Wilbur Avenue
Syracuse
(315) 473-5017
Meal times: Monthly
Huntington Family Center
302 Burt Street
Syracuse
(315) 474-1539
Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Jordan Elbridge Community Center
Route 31,
Jordan
(315) 470-3331
Meal times: Friday Noon
Marcellus United Methodist Church
1 Slocumbe Avenue
Marcellus
(315) 673-2533
Meal times: Thursday Noon
Meadows Apartments
3490 Meadowbriar Lane
Baldwinsville
(315) 635-6125
Meal times: Tuesday & Thursday Noon
North Syracuse Community Center
700 South Bay Road
N. Syracuse
(315) 458-4763
Meal times: First Thursday of the month at Noon
Northeast Senior Center
716 Hawley Avenue
Syracuse
(315) 472-6343
Meal times: Tuesday & Thursday Noon
Otisco Lake Community Center
2223 Amber Road
Otisco
Meal times: 2nd & 4th Wednesday Noon
Plainville Christian Church
754 W. Genesee Road
Plainville
(315) 635-7438
Meal times: Wednesday Noon
Ross Towers
710-712 Lodi Street
Syracuse
(315) 473-8506
Meal times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:30
Senior Companion Program
800 S. Wilbur Avenue
Syracuse
(315) 473-5034
Meal times: 1st Friday
Skaneateles Community Center
97 State Street
Skaneateles
(315) 685-5607
Meal times: Wednesday at Noon
Solvay Masonic
780 Woods Road
Solvay
(315) 487-0596
Meal times: Monday Noon
Toomey Abbott Towers
1307 Almond Street
Syracuse
(315) 470-3331
Meal times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday at Noon
Tully United Comm Church
5872 Meetinghouse Road
Tully
(315) 696-8066
Meal times: Tuesday Noon
Vinette Towers
907 Pond Street
Syracuse
(315) 473-8504
Meal times: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at Noon
Westcott Community Center
826 Euclid Avenue
Syracuse
(315) 478-8634
Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Westside Seniors, Knight of Columbus #6282
135 State Fair Blvd.
Syracuse
(315) 466-5711
Meal times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Noon
Salvation Army
Phone: (315) 479-1309 Fax: (315) 475-6307
Senior Adult Center
749 S Warren Street
No reservation required Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon
Jewish Community Senior Center
Phone: (315) 445-2360 Fax: (315) 449-4539
5655 Thompson Road
Dewitt
(Kosher meals) Meal times: Monday - Friday Noon, Summers Monday at 5PM
Native Elders Lunch at Valley Vista Apartments
122 West Seneca Turnpike
Syracuse
(315) 469-4100
Meal times: Monday, Wednesday Noon
Meals on Wheels (MOW)
Meals on Wheels (including special diets) are provided to those who are incapacitated and unable to shop, cook or prepare their own meals. Five area meals on wheels programs (FM-JD Area Meals on Wheels, Kosher Meals on Wheels, Meals on Wheels of Syracuse, Inc., North Area Meals on Wheels and Jordan/Elbridge Meals on Wheels) contract with our office to provide meals to those who are at risk of poor nutrition. MOW also recruits the more than 1,000 volunteers needed to prepare and deliver the meals. Comprehensive in-home assessments are conducted in order to link clients with additional services, as needed. The suggested contribution of $3.50 (for two meals) is returned to the program to expand the total number of meals served. Four other MOW programs provide meals on a "private pay" basis.
Click here to view a map of Meals on Wheels Service areas in Onondaga County
Onondaga County Office for Aging contracts with the following programs to deliver meals to the homebound in their service areas:
FM-JD Area Meals on Wheels
Phone: (315) 637-5446 Fax: (315) 637-5446 (Call first before faxing)
P.O. Box 72, Manlius, NY 13104
$6.50/double meal (hot lunch & cold dinner)
Serves: Bridgeport, DeWitt, Fayetteville, Jamesville, Kirkville, Manlius, Pompey, Tully/Lafayette area
Email:fmjdmealsonwheels@verizon.net
http://www.fm-jdmealsonwheels.com/
Kosher Meals on Wheels
Phone: (315) 446-9111 ext. 230 Fax: (315) 446-1537
4101 East Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13214
$8.00/double meal
Serves those who require Kosher
Email: hackz@sjfs.org
Meals on Wheels of Syracuse, Inc.
Phone: (315) 478-5948 Fax: (315) 478-6770
300 Burt St., Syracuse, NY 13202
$7.25/double meal
Serves: City of Syracuse, Onondaga Nation, Nedrow
www.meals.org
Email: mkaufman@meals.org
North Area Meals on Wheels, Inc.
Phone: (315) 452-1402 Fax (315) 452-1402 (Call first before faxing)
413 Church Street, North Syracuse, NY 13212
$6.00/double meal
Serves: Cicero & North Syracuse school district; Brewerton, Town of Clay and Town of Salina south of John Glenn Blvd.
www.namow.org
Email: northareamow@verizon.net
Jordan Elbridge Meals on Wheels
Phone: (315) 689-9513
41 Mechanic St., Jordan, NY 13080
$7.25/double meal
Serves: Town of Elbridge
Other meals on wheels programs in Onondaga County provide meals on a private pay basis:
Baldwinsville Meals on Wheels
Phone: (315) 638-2171
76 Canton St., Baldwinsville, NY 13027
$5.50/double meal
Serves: Towns of Lysander and Van Buren; Town of Salina north of John Glenn Blvd.
Email: ladydm13@yahoo.com
East Syracuse Meals on Wheels
Phone: (315) 463-5972
First United Church of East Syracuse, Franklin Park Drive, East Syracuse, NY 13057
Mail to: 111 Fremont Rd., East Syracuse, NY 13057
$7.00/double meal
Serves: East Syracuse and Minoa
ECHO Meals on Wheels West
Phone: (315) 487-2878
4600 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13219
$5.50/double; $3.50/single
Serves: Camillus, Geddes, Marcellus, Onondaga and Solvay
Skaneateles Meals on Wheels
Phone: (315) 685-3388
46 East St., Skaneateles, NY 13152
$6.50/double meal
Serves: Town of Skaneateles
Other New York State Meals on Wheels Programs -
www.mealsonwheelsnys.org
Emergency Meal Packs
Blizzard Packs provide a source of emergency food to Meals on Wheels clients so that they may have sustenance during emergency situations. Blizzard Packs are made available to each meals on wheels provider for distribution to their clients. Each of these shelf-stable packs provides one full day of emergency meals to use during weather or power related emergencies when Meals on Wheels can not deliver meals.
Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
The locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables provided by this program offer many important health benefits to seniors while also offering an economic stimulus. Farmers Market coupon booklets, redeemable for New York State grown fruits and vegetables, are distributed at community locations to eligible seniors. Farmers Markets in our county and the Farm Fresh Mobile Market participate with us in this federally funded program.
To be eligible - you must be 60 years of age or older, and meet income guidelines (which change annually). One coupon booklet per year per household is allowed.
Here is a list of farmers markets in Onondaga County:
Camillus Farmers Market
Camillus Municipal Building lawn
4600 W. Genesee Street
Camillus
(315) 488-1234
Fridays 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Liverpool/Bayberry Plaza Farmers Market
Bayberry Plaza lot
Blackberry & Oswego Roads (Rt 57)
Liverpool
(315) 437-1899 x222
Wednesdays Noon - 6 p.m.
Skaneateles Farmers Market
Community Center parking lot
97 State Street
Skaneateles
(315) 685-6427
Thursdays 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Syracuse/Central New York Regional Market
2100 Park Street, Hiawatha Road
Syracuse
(315) 422-8647
Saturdays/Sundays 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Thursdays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Syracuse Downtown Farmers Market
Clinton Square
Syracuse
(315) 422-8284
Tuesdays 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Syracuse Eastside Farmers Market
Lexington Ave. at Loguen Park
Syracuse
(315) 876-8872
Thursdays 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. |
