About Meals on Wheels.
Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit, privately funded sector of DOCServices Inc. We serve home-delivered meals to anyone in our coverage area. Want a nutritional hot meal delivered to your office? We can do that! The hot meals delivered by our staff and volunteers promote good health and independence as well as ease loneliness for many people in our community. For more information about our frozen meals program, visit this page Frozen Meals.
Meals on Wheels is truly a community program because it provides a valuable service for hundreds of community members, and it takes the entire community to make the program happen. Our service can be both short and long-term.
The program is also truly more than just a meal. Everyone who receives a meal gets a friendly visit from someone who can ensure their needs are being met, and that gives everyone in the situation, from the client to their loved ones, peace of mind. Volunteers are also able to see different parts of their community and build friendships with our clients that they might not otherwise meet.
Taking care of seniors for decades.
Program Details
All meals are prepared under the direction of a Registered Dietitian in accordance with the client’s needs, including special dietary requirements. Meals contain one-third of the minimum daily nutritional requirements of adults.
- Meals are delivered Monday through Friday (no weekends) as close to noon as possible.
- There are no predetermined qualifications that must be met.
- Short-term or long-term delivery options are available. Short-term delivery has been very useful for post-surgery patients.
- Clients must pay a minimal cost for the service to help cover the meal and delivery costs. Other expenses are covered by donations from individuals and corporations.
- Meals can be paid for weekly or monthly. We can invoice you, or you can pay your bill online with our new online payment portal.
- Daily delivery for five days, with receiving one hot meal daily, is $22.50. (Meal rates are subject to change.)
Contact DOCServices to begin your meal delivery today!
Getting Involved
Volunteer
A successful Meals on Program relies on volunteers and donations.
Each of our volunteers gives time and love to help others. These people are the lifeblood of Meals on Wheels. Some are retired, some come from religious groups and service clubs, and others work and still find time to volunteer. These volunteers are dedicated people of various ages and backgrounds from our three-county service area. They are people who want to enrich the lives of others. They value the warm personal contact they have with the people we serve and realize a new fulfillment by their outreach to those in need.
If you would like to help, you can volunteer weekly, every other week, or monthly to help deliver meals. You’ll be performing an invaluable service to your community.
Organizations such as churches can create volunteer teams as part of their outreach programs.
Financial help
Consider giving financial support to the Meals on Wheels General Fund or the Meals on Wheels Remembrance Fund as a memorial. Your service group or church group can also adopt a client to see that nutritious meals are provided to an individual. Your donation is tax-deductible.
Make checks payable and send them to:
DOCServices Inc.
Meals On Wheels
PO Box 848
Miami, Oklahoma 74355