After four local Meals on Wheels vans were vandalized late last month, the community stepped up to ensure local seniors got the transportation they needed.
On Sept. 28, Meals on Wheels Southwest OH & Northern KY discovered catalytic converters had been removed from four passenger vans used to take seniors to doctor appointments, grocery stores, recreational trips and more.
That left Meals on Wheels with half its available fleet and more than $8,000 in repairs.
The Meals on Wheels branch transports more than 80 seniors daily to critical medical, grocery, adult day centers and other appointments that keep them safe and out of nursing homes.
In the first six months of 2022, Meals on Wheels provided 20,413 one-way trips to seniors in Hamilton County.
RDI Corporation acted quickly to get help to Meals on Wheels in the form of a monitary gift that ensured services to seniors continued after only a brief interruption.
With RDI’s donation, along with other community help, Meals on Wheels was able to raise just over $10,000. That’s enough to cover the catalytic converter replacements, repairs, and installation of anti-theft devices that will prevent them from being stolen again.