‘Meals on Wheels’ aids Lowcountry seniors during summer heat

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Charleston Spot Senior Citizens (CASC) in downtown Charleston has numerous programs, together with Meals on Wheels, to be certain seniors remain healthy and safe in the heat. News 2 had a possibility to tag along with one particular of the motorists as he created his deliveries.

Offering meals to people in want.

“I like it,” Foods on Wheels shipping driver Leroy Commodore claimed, “because I like serving to to feed individuals.”

Commodore claims the warmth in his coronary heart continues to increase with each supply to a homebound senior, just like the temperatures steadily increase as he continues on his route.

“I adore my customers and they really like me,” he said. “I make positive they’re alright. I make positive they are alright.”

Sandra Wright is a single of the last customers on his route. She suggests the delivered meals are a blessing, particularly in the heat of summer.

“The convenience of Meals on Wheels to my door was these a large blessing to me,” Wright stated. “I never have to go out, it will come to my doorway and I’m very grateful.”

Commodore is one particular of 25 drivers that blend to supply much more than 700 foods across the Lowcountry every day.

“It’s a household down in this article, man,” he mentioned. “You need to have to be in this article in the morning time. A whole lot of craziness goes on, but you know, we have fun carrying out it.”

Meals on Wheels also provides a method wherever seniors pay a visit to their center for aspect of the day.

“We go every single working day,” Tiffany Brush, director of Meals on Wheels, said, “Monday as a result of Friday, and we decide up about 35 persons and we carry them right here, and they eat breakfast with us, they try to eat lunch with us and then we typically do activities.”

They say they’re glad to supply a space for seniors to interact with their peers.

“We do film working day and we do exercise routines and stuff and they truly delight in it,” Brush reported. “I mean, they’re like a massive relatives. They argue like a huge spouse and children, they snicker like a substantial loved ones. Which is just how they are.”

The CASC centre suggests they are at present wanting for volunteers to serve even a lot more seniors through the Lowcountry.