Cayman Islands Change For Change Coin Drive

“Volunteers painted
the town orange collecting donations to feed seniors”

Meals on
Wheels Volunteers collected donations from all ages at locations
across Grand Cayman.

March 25, 2019
George Town, Grand Cayman: 200+ Volunteers were sporting their orange
shirts at 15 locations across Grand Cayman for the Meals on Wheels
annual Change
for Change Coin Drive on 22 and 23 March 2019. The community came out
in full force in support of the charity which raised funds to help
feed the 230 seniors presently enrolled in the programme. Meals on
Wheels is working hard in to raise an additional CI$100,000 in 2019
to enable the addition of 80 seniors who remain on a waiting list.

Meals on Wheels
works hard to raise the current monthly meal costs of just under
CI$25,000. The organization derives the majority of its funds from
private donations and fundraising events and relies on approximately
100 + volunteers who deliver the meals weekly during their lunch
hour. Volunteer delivery drivers commit to one day per week every
week and use their own vehicle and gas money. Meals on Wheels
prepares a nutritious hot meal and soup for the seniors Monday
through Friday.

Erin Bodden, Meals
on Wheels General Manager said “I am overwhelmed truly by the
wonderful support I saw this weekend from our community! Everyone
from the civil servants, church groups, corporate teams and of course
individuals who all took the time out of their busy schedule to
support the Coin Drive. It is because of these volunteers and
donations that Meals on Wheels continues to serve. Thank you so much
for opening your heart and emptying your pockets for such a worthy
cause.”

Past Meals on Wheels Board Member and longtime supporter, Jennifer
Smith said, “Over the years I’ve served Meals on Wheels in
various capacities, at fundraisers and on the Board of Directors. It
has been a pleasure to be a part of an organization that is changing
lives. One thing that stood out to me this year was the number of
people that donated and came up to me and said what an amazing impact
the organization had on one of their family members. It was really
moving, to have someone say, what a help Meals on Wheels had been to
a mother or an uncle of theirs and to see where these funds we are
collecting are going. By collecting our communities change, we are
tangibly changing the fabric of our society, filling a basic human
need, nourishment and love.”

There are some expenses to run the coin drive everything from the
advertising, to volunteer t-shirts to the collection buckets, safety
and logistics. This year Davenport Development Ltd., Cayman Armored
Courier Services Ltd., Radio Cayman, Cayman Compass and other media
partners, helped Meals on Wheels cover those costs to ensure that
every dollar raised goes straight to feeding Meals on Wheels seniors
in need.

Meals on Wheels
would like to thank the following locations who opened their stores
including Foster’s Food Fair locations, A.L. Thompson’s,
Butterfield, Cayman National Bank, Cost U Less, Scotia Bank, First
Caribbean Bank, Hurley’s Supermarket, Kirk Market and Rocky’s
Diamonds.

In addition, Meals
on Wheels is grateful to the 200 + volunteers who collected including
the Cayman Islands Civil Servants who rallied volunteers from their
various departments along with the following civic minded
organizations who encouraged their staff to get involved:

Appleby

Aureum RE

Cayman Islands Civil Servants

Cayman Turtle Centre

Credit Union

Davenport Development

Engel & Voelkers

Estera

First Baptist Church, Grand Cayman

HSA

Island Companies

Island Heritage

John Gray High School – Key Club

Omega Leo’s Club of UCCI

Lions Club of Tropical Gardens

Logic

Magnum Jewelers

Maples Group

Pinnacle Media

Radio Cayman

Rocky’s Diamond’s

Saxon

St. Ignatius

The Ritz-Carlton

UCCI Business Faculty

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