Since August 2019, Mise en Place has been
providing over 100 hot, nutritious meals and soups each week day for
persons residing in the districts of George Town and West Bay through
the Cayman Islands Meals on Wheels program. Meals on Wheels (MOW)
provides meals to seniors, inferm, homebound, disabled and other
vulnerable Meals
on Wheels across Grand
Cayman.

Meals on Wheels has
been serving the community for 23
years to provide a balanced nutritious hot meal and a soup to
seniors, homebound, disabled
and other vulnerable
individuals. The daily hot
meals are delivered to each home and
is often the only source of adequate nutrition
for those with insufficient funding, a disability or who are
housebound.

For Mise en Place (MEP) Managing Director,
Sean Collins the partnership with Meals on Wheels is the companies
way of giving back to the community “This is a special partnership
for us; we are passionate about the food we create and are pleased to
support a programme that feeds, benefits and cares for the most
vulnerable in the community.”

Mise en Place not
only provides the meals for the
clients in West Bay and George Town, but they have also kindly
provided a meal collection station, storage areas and have now
donated brand new delivery bags, Collins states that “the bags
being used were in poor condition so we decided to lead the way in
getting new bags for MOW and hope that other companies will follow.”

Jennifer West, General Manager for Meals on
Wheels says “In recent weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mise en
Place has gone above and beyond even more in their partnership. They
have provided a fridge for the volunteer collection areas so that
cold water and drinks can be made available for them, they installed
a handwashing station for volunteers to ensure that hands could be
cleaned before delivering meals and their own kitchen and handling
procedures increased because they understand the vulnerability of our
clients and have made extreme changes to safeguard them. Every day
the amazing staff of MEP
carefully prepare and pack
hot meals and
soups
for 14 different delivery routes into thermal bags.

During this coronavirus pandemic they have
prepared meals for seniors in all 5 districts. As a part of the MOW
contingency plan to continue to provide meals while decreasing the
number of volunteers and visits to each house, MEP quickly stepped up
to have its sister company “Boxed” assist in making sure seniors
would have access to healthy, nutritious meals in their homes on
intermittent days when there is no delivery. Collins explains that
“Using equipment and technology (blast chilling process) that we
have for our sister brand ‘Boxed”, meals are made specifically
for MOW.” Having this option is helping MOW continue ensuring that
no senior goes hungry, while decreasing the number of visits to the
home each week.

Meals on Wheels is currently serving 330
meals per day. MOW relies
heavily on the support of public and private funding. During
this pandemic, the
referral
list continues to grow. In
practising social distancing, donations
can be made
online at www.pledgeasenior.ky
or direct deposit to “Cayman Islands Meals on Wheels” at Bank of
Butterfield account #1361609770021.
No donation is too big or
small, for
just CI$5.00 you can provide
a senior with a
hot meal and soup. 

For volunteer details or sponsorship opportunities with Meals on Wheels, visit their website at www.mealsonwheels.ky, email info@mealsonwheels.ky or call 769-1974 to find out how you can get involved.