Cambridge Savings Bank Charitable Foundation recently gave a grant of $5,000 to Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) for its Meals on Wheels Program and has provided a total of $15,000 in food assistance grants since the beginning of the pandemic. These grants ensure that MVES’ program participants are have access to carefully prepared meals delivered on a daily basis by a person who knows and cares about them. Most participants are low to moderate income individuals and the program helps to ensure that food insecurity is being met.
Across the communities MVES serves of Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winthrop, Meals on Wheels delivers an average of 3,200 meals daily making sure that MVES consumers will receive a nutritious meal.