The annual effort to collect and distribute shelf-stable food pulled in 49,271 pounds of donations – a little more than two tons beyond its 45,000-pound goal. And now, the Local Office on Aging is gearing up for its annual “Let’s Give Lunch” fundraiser to benefit Meals on Wheels.
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Since 2012, when the Local Office on Aging began using a scale to weigh Soup for Seniors donations, the program has collected and distributed more than half-a-million pounds to needy seniors.
Since 2014, a fund established at Carilion Clinic has provided hundreds of nights in area hotels to nearly 500 families who otherwise couldn’t afford to visit relatives being treated in Carilion hospitals. Now is the time to donate.
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