With its freezer broken for the past year, Meals on Wheels of Salem County had difficulty storing meals for its elderly and disabled clients and had to depend on a local supermarket for freezer space.
Now, with a $5,000 grant from South Jersey Gas, the program bought a brand new industrial freezer that holds dozens of boxes of meals. Out of the $5,000 grant, $3,500 went to the new freezer and the remainder will help fund the ongoing meal service program.
“Meals on Wheels cares for vulnerable members of our community, providing them with what people need most — food to eat,” said Dave Robbins, President of South Jersey Gas. “Staying fed and staying warm, these are essentials of life.”