Agencies team up to provide meals to WellCare members
Article published on Thursday, April 6, 2006 |
PINELLAS COUNTY – Members of WellCare Health Plans Inc. Select and Access health care plans in Pinellas and Pasco counties will receive 20 hot meals a month beginning April 1, under a new partnership with Neighborly Care Network, provider of Meals on Wheels.
Representatives of the two organizations joined forces on March 22 to distribute meals at 15 sites in Pinellas County as part of the Meals on Wheels Association of America “March for Meals” campaign. They were joined by the mayors of 10 county cities who helped their communities by delivering meals and participating in other awareness activities.
Neighborly Care Network is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the homebound elderly in Pinellas County since 1966. In 1968, Neighborly initiated the first federally funded Meals on Wheels program and opened the first adult day care program in the United States.
Neighborly’s services include adult day care, transportation, Neighborly Pharmacy, Medicare Home Health, and Nutrition services, including Meals on Wheels and senior dining. Neighborly Care Network is funded by federal, state, and local governments; the United Way; and is supplemented by private donations to sustain its mission.
Call Neighborly Care Network at 573-9444 or visit www.neighborly.org.
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Article published on Thursday, April 6, 2006
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