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The featured chef is MICHAEL FIORELLI from TERRANEA/MAR SEL. They will be serving the below lunch options for $10, which includes a choice of beverage (FIJI Water, POMx Tea, POM Juice, POMx Iced Coffee), a cookie from Miss Lilly's Trading Company as well as a bag of Wonderful Pistachios or Everybody's Nuts for a mid-day snack!
1) BBQ Beef Bahn Mi with house pickled vegatables and chile aioli
2) Crispy Roasted Eggplant cake with marinated vegetables and chile aioli
And please remember that all proceeds from your $10 lunch will go directly to St. Vincent Meals on Wheels and help them prepare, serve and deliver over 4,700 meals daily to LA's senior, homebound and infirmed.
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Chef Greenspan enjoying a FIJI Water after a hard days work on the truck.
Chef Eric Greenspan takes a break from his Cart for a Cause duties. His grilled cheese and pastrami sandwich and albacore tartar were a real hit.
Check out Esquire Magazine’s interview with Jon and Vinny:
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And the New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/04/video-animal-in-the-kitchen.html
http://foodmarathon.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/cart-for-a-cause-animal/
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Walmart Foundation Grant to Meals on Wheels Association of America to Help Feed Hungry Seniors at St. Vincent Meals on Wheels
Grant received at critical time as economy threatens seniors in Los Angeles St. Vincent Meals on Wheels (SVMOW) has been awarded $15,000 through a Walmart Foundation grant to the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA). The money will provide SVMOW with much-needed new refrigerated truck which will allow us to deliver essential meals to seniors in crisis.
This financial support is desperately needed as many Meals on Wheels programs across the country are struggling to survive during this economic downturn. The "Waltmart Foundation Impact Grant" is intended to help St. Vincent Meals on Wheels continue to meet the long term equipment needs of providing meals to our seniors in Los Angeles.
Last year, many Meals on Wheels programs were forced to change or reduce their services, but the Walmart Foundation stepped in to help restore those meals. This year, the Walmart Foundation is spending more than $2 million nationwide to make sure Meals on Wheels programs have the equipment they need to maintain their operations into the future.
"Seniors have been hit especially hard in this economy, and we feel a resposibility to help," said Margaret McKenna, president of the Walmart Foundation. "We're proud to support Meals on Wheels programs across the U.S. who work on the front lines of ending senior hunger."
“Thanks to the Walmart Foundation Impact Grant, we now have better tools to keep feeding seniors,” said Sister Alice Marie Quinn, Executive Director and Founder of St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. ”This grant will help us provide the next meal to many of our clients in need and will truly make a difference for the seniors of Los Angeles.”
“The Walmart Foundation has once again stepped up to the plate as a powerful partner in the fight to end senior hunger,” said Enid Borden, president and CEO of MOWAA. “They are our largest corporate partner to date and their support will make a tremendous impact in helping our programs sustain meal services well into the future. We can’t thank the Walmart Foundation enough for joining us in our national movement to end senior hunger in America by 2020.”
Late last year MOWAA released a groundbreaking study revealing six million seniors in America face the risk of hunger. The report, entitled, “Senior Hunger in the United States: Differences across States and Rural and Urban Areas” was sponsored by MOWAA and shows that the number of seniors facing the hunger risk jumped an astonishing 20 percent in just one year. The Walmart Impact Grant Program is intended to help combat the problem of senior hunger.
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Walmart – and its domestic and international foundations – gave more than $423 million in cash and in-kind gifts globally. To learn more, visit www.walmartfoundation.org
Metro Employees Assemble 200 Gift Bags of Holiday Cheer for Homebound Seniors
(Dec. 24, 2009) A number of Metro staff were sequestered in the Union Station Conference Room on Monday, busily stuffing 200 gift bags for seniors and homebound people served by the St. Vincent Meals on Wheels program.
"The holiday season is the loneliest time of the year for the city's poorest seniors, many of whom are homebound without the means or capability to get around," says Tess Fitzpatrick, senior administrative analyst at the Metro San Fernando Valley.
Fitzpatrick knows first-hand the joys a hot meal and warm greetings can bring to the forgotten elders. She's a volunteer runner for the St. Vincent Meals on Wheels program.
She and other Metro volunteers have been collecting useful items for the goodie bags that will be delivered to seniors along with their holiday meal on Christmas Day.
Ultimately, St. Vincent Meals on Wheels delivered 1,500 gift bags this season to homebound seniors and 300 gift bags will be distributed to the homeless.
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels Awarded Subaru "Share the Love" Grant to Feed Seniors in Need this Holiday Season
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a $1,000 grant from Subaru of America, Inc. and Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) as part of Subaru's "Share the Love" campaign. The grant funding will help St. Vincent Meals serve nutritious meals to seniors in need during the month of December 2009.
"This is the season of giving and we are so thankful that Subaru has decided to give back to our program to help us deliver meals to our clients for the holidays," said Sister Alice Marie Quinn, D.C., Executive Director of St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. "This grant truly is a gift."
Subaru, the only auto manufacturer with sales increase in 2008 and continues to outpace the industry with record-breaking sales, will continue its mission to give back to charities in need. The "Share the Love" campaign will run from November 21, 2009 to January 4, 2010.
"Many of our Meals On Wheels programs across the country are struggling to provide meals in this down economy, "said Enid Borden, President and CEO of Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA). "We can't thank Subaru enough for understanding that their support will help us provide the next meal "so no senior goes hungry."
About Meals on Wheels Association of America
Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) works every day with thousands of local Meals on Wheels programs and hundreds of thousands of volunteers who all share in the mission to end senior hunger. The organization provides the tools and information its programs need to make a difference in the lives of others. It also gives cash grants to local senior meal programs throughout the country to assist in providing meals and other nutrition services. Visit www.mowaa.org
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subary Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of approximately 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru boasts the most fuel efficient line-up of all-wheel drive products sold in the market today based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy standards. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. atutomobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. For additional information visit www.subaru.com.
American Public Media
American Public Media visited our kitchen on April 24th. Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace interviewed Sister Alice Marie and Daryl Twerdahl, Executive Director of St. Vincent Meals on Wheels Foundation. Click here search under “Charity-Giving” and listen to a great interview!
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels Awarded Grant from Meals on Wheels Association of America and Wal-Mart Foundation to Cure Senior Hunger.
Grant given at a time when program is struggling to feed Los Angeles seniors
2/10/09 – St. Vincent Meals on Wheels has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) and the Wal-Mart Foundation to support our local program in doing what we do best – feed seniors.
The MOWAA/Wal-Mart Foundation Cure Grant is intended to alleviate the severe operating constraints brought on by rising food and gas prices and the current economic crisis. At St. Vincent Meals on Wheels, a program which serves as a safety net for seniors in need, this grant will provide vital funds to restore nutrition services to seniors who had been left at risk by the cutbacks in their local meals programs.
“With the MOWAA/Wal-Mart Foundation Cure Grant, we will be able to feed more of our senior clients who might have been on a waiting list for services from other programs and make a tremendous impact in our community,” said Executive Director Sr. Alice Marie Quinn of St. Vincent Meals on Wheels. “We are receiving requests for support and emergency help from meal programs that are struggling just to keep their doors open. The current crisis is leaving many homebound seniors without the nutritional support they need. This grant will help us reach the most vulnerable of our Los Angeles neighbors.
Over 11.4 percent of seniors in the country are at risk of hunger and the fact that the population is aging at an unprecedented rate put a significant strain on community-based Meals on Wheels programs’ ability to provide meals for those in need. The “MOWAA/Wal-Mart Foundation Cure Grant Program” is intended to increase the number of individuals served and reserve the forced reduction in meal services seen at Meals on Wheels programs throughout the nation.
“We can’t thank the Wal-Mart Foundation enough for supporting us in our mission and remembering the seniors we serve during this desperate time,” said Enid Borden, President and CEO of MOWAA.