{"id":23653,"date":"2019-08-25T09:01:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T13:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=23653"},"modified":"2019-08-25T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T13:01:57","slug":"meals-on-wheels-is-it-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/25\/meals-on-wheels-is-it-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Meals on Wheels &#8211; is it right for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a senior, an adult recovering from an illness, or a physically or mentally challenged individual, then you qualify for the Canadian Red Cross Meals on Wheels program.\u00a0 Do you find it a challenge to drive or walk to the grocery store for regular shopping trips?\u00a0 Is the constant cleaning up after cooking just one meal getting to you?\u00a0 Chances are if you are living alone, preparing well-balanced meals for yourself is easier to put off than if you are preparing a meal for others.\u00a0 Seniors often eat what is handy, which is fine if it meets your daily nutritional requirements.\u00a0 Washing, cutting and chopping fresh produce, getting the right protein portions and ensuring the pots and pans are cleaned afterward can be a real task if you are a senior.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hot meals are prepared at the Lady Dunn Health Center and provide carefully planned menus that help sustain a well balanced diet.\u00a0 Meals include; soup, bun, salad, and an entree that has the 3 basic requirements; protein, starch and vegetables.\u00a0 Of course no meal would be complete without all the condiments and a dessert.\u00a0 Meals are delivered by volunteers at noon Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you know a neighbour or family member who could benefit from this service.\u00a0 The Red Cross has many ways this service can be provided.\u00a0 It can be billed to a family member who wishes to provide this service for their parent who may not even live in the same town or province.\u00a0 Gift certificates are available for those parents who have everything!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are so impressed with our meals from the Lady Dunn Kitchen we know you will be too.\u00a0So, we want everyone to try it at least once.\u00a0 Whether you are a previous client, or have never tried our meals, now is the time.\u00a0 Just call the Canadian Red Cross at 856-1964 if you or someone you know could benefit from these fabulous meals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a senior, an adult recovering from an illness, or a physically or mentally challenged individual, then you qualify for the Canadian Red Cross Meals on Wheels program.\u00a0 Do you find it a challenge to drive or walk to the grocery store for regular shopping trips?\u00a0 Is the constant cleaning up after cooking &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 06:25:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23654,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23653\/revisions\/23654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}