Foodnet Meals on Wheels Offers the Elderly Hot Meals and Advice

​A wealth management advisor and founder of the Gorman Group at Merrill Lynch, Keefe Gorman helps individuals and companies accumulate and distribute wealth. His clients include business executives, college professors, administrators, and entrepreneurs. In addition to his work at Merrill Lynch, Keefe Gorman is passionate about community involvement. He is a Rotary International member and supporter and volunteer at Foodnet Meals on Wheels.

Foodnet Meals on Wheels provides meals and nutritional services to older adults and other individuals in need in Tompkins County. The organization's primary mission is to eradicate hunger in the community and ensure that supportive services are readily available. In addition to delivering hot meals, the agency also has a registered dietitian on board for nutrition assessment, meal planning, and education on nutrition.

The organization has a list of qualifying criteria to be eligible for home-delivered meals. These include being over 60 years old and homebound due to accident, frailness, or disease, as well as lacking knowledge, skills, and facilities such as a fridge and cooking stove and being unable to cook for oneself or safely prepare meals.

Spouses and non-elderly individuals with disabilities living in non-institutional households with an elderly person who receives meals also qualify for Foodnet’s services if it's in the best interest of the elderly person. People under 60 who are homebound due to accidents and illness or who lack of family support can also receive the meals if purchased under the Foodnet program.

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