A room full of some of the community’s most involved community members had not an empty seat in sight. The 37th annual meeting of the Northern Chautauqua Com
Dunkirk-Fredonia Meals on Wheels claims it is more than just delivering meals to those who need them - it is also about the human interaction between its client
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Volunteers help to deliver meals to the local area. Pictured holding cooler are Michael Bobseine and Meals on Wheels driver Mark Emke. In back left to right are Emily VanDette and Laura Koepke, Meals on Wheels driver Bob Kachermeyer, Cheryl Noggle, Lenore Fiebelkorn, Denise Griggs and Kerry Askin.
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Meals on Wheels in the Dunkirk-Fredonia area has been exceptionally busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. From their regular job of supplying meals to people unable to cook for themselves to finding needs throughout the community, the organization has been pounding the pavement.
“There has been an increase in numbers of individuals who are requesting assistance, but we are delivering fewer actual meals because we’re limiting them somewhat just due to eligibility requirements that are constantly changing,” said Executive Director Deb Pacos. “They may get one meal instead of two meals, or they may not get weekend meals, it depends on their nee
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