Foundation donates $10,000 to help shareholders

GAF

Meals on Wheels of Long Beach (MOWLB) wishes to express its gratitude to the Golden Age Foundation (GAF) for its additional donation of $10,000 and its continuing support of the LWers-helping-LWers tradition.

The donation supports MOWLB’s, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, mission that focuses on the nutritional and emotional needs of the most vulnerable Leisure World Seal Beach home-bound residents.

MOWLB was founded in 1971 and began serving Leisure World shareholders in 2013. Service to the community has steadily grown over the past seven years.

Over 180 shareholders receive two freshly prepared meals; a hot dinner, complete lunch, dessert and a beverage delivered every weekday along with a wellness checks by caring and trained community volunteers. The nominal, discounted service fee is $8.25 a day.

In partnership with the Pathways program, MOWLB offers its Care Navigation Program (CNP) to all their Leisure World Seal Beach clients. The CNP provides a comprehensive assessment of each client’s living situation, nutritional and health needs and creates a care plan designed specifically for that client. Meals on Wheels and Pathways offers a much-needed social connection for many Leisure World shareholders who live alone and are isolated, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. The goal for MOWLB is to help Leisure World shareholders remain safe, socially connected and nourished at home for as long as possible.

The program is available to all Leisure World shareholders who are having difficulty cooking or shopping for meals due to an illness, recent surgery or self-quarantining due the COVID-19 pandemic. Donations from the GAF are directed to the neediest residents in Leisure World, covering the $8.25 daily fee for qualified, low-income residents.

Since March 2019, donations from the Golden Age Foundation have provided nearly 5,000 meals to the most vulnerable Leisure World shareholders.

Those who would like more information about the Meals on Wheels program can visit the website at mowlb.org or call Caron Adler at (562) 439-5000, ext. 2.

The Golden Age Foundation is nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to serving the special needs of Seal Beach Leisure World shareholders. Its purpose is to make the community a better and happier place in which to live. When there is a well-defined need calling for a solution, the Golden Age Foundation will fill it whenever possible.

Because Golden Age Foundation has been certified as a nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service, contributions made to it qualify for exemption from income taxes, in most cases.

For more information, contact Anna Derby at (562) 301-5339.