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Overview
Meals on Wheels Orange County NC delivers hot, nutritious meals accompanied by friendly check-ins, Monday-Friday in southern Orange County and Monday-Thursday in northern Orange County (with an additional meal on Thursday to cover Friday). 1 in 5 seniors in NC are food insecure and 1 in 7 in Orange County live at or below the poverty line, and more are isolated or lonely. A hot meal and a friendly check-in are a lifeline to our recipients, offering sustenance, security and community. Meals on Wheels supports the efforts of older adults, homebound adults, and those convalescing to age in place with dignity.
Volunteers deliver meals between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm. Recipients must be home during delivery to receive a meal.
For recipients who are not able to be home each day during delivery due to medical appointments, dialysis, or rehab, Meals on Wheels can deliver a box of 5 frozen meals once a week. The recipients receiving these meals need the ability to heat the meals in a microwave.
MOWOCNC serves older adults, homebound adults, older adults with disabilities and those convalescing in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and rural Orange County, who do not have access to, or the ability to prepare, healthy meals. People of all incomes may be eligible. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin.
Our Fees
All meals are subsidized. Fees are based on a recipient's monthly income, using a sliding scale. Eligibility for Meals on Wheels is not dependent on a recipient’s ability to pay.
In partnership with Inter-faith Food Shuttle, MOWOCNC is proud to deliver meals that are both heart-healthy and diabetic-friendly. Heart-healthy meals help prevent, and ease the management of, heart disease by limiting sodium intake to 1200 mg or less per meal, following American Heart Association recommendations. Diabetic-friendly meals offer 5-6 carb exchanges per meal to help manage blood sugar levels, in-line with recommendations of the American Diabetes Association. Each carb exchange equals approximately 15 grams of carbs.
Click here to see a sample menu.
Apply to Get Meals
To apply or refer a recipient, complete and submit the short form by clicking on the "Apply for Meals" link below. The potential recipient will be contacted promptly. For more information, please email us at operations@mowocnc.org or call (919) 942-2948.
