In this paper I will explain Meals on Wheels and how it got started, where it is located, what they do, who they serve, how they're funded, areas of volunteer service (volunteers and training), how Meal on Wheel benefits the community, and the history of the program.
             This program got started as an experimental meal program after the war that only served seven seniors. A lot of homes were lost during the war due to German planes that bombed homes and for those that were fortunate enough to keep there lives but not there homes, so people couldn't cook for themselves. Then the Women's Volunteer Service for Civil Defense responded to this by preparing and delivering meals to the neighbors in need. The women also prepared refreshments in canteens to servicemen in World War II. The canteen were the known as "Meals on Wheels", which was the first meal program in the United States. Meals on Wheels has served only seven seniors in 1954 whose homes had been destroyed during the war to now serving millions to elderly, disabled, or people that are at risk across the country.
             Meal on Wheels is located all across the United States. There are millions of locations that provide to a whole range of people with different reasons for needing this service. There are twenty-three locations across North Carolina with some of the closest ones being Davidson CO Senior Services, Lexington; Meals on Wheels of Rowan, Inc; and Blue Ridge Opportunity Community. Inc., Wilksboro and all of these that provide to people in need of a meal who otherwise wouldn't have got one and would have had to go hungry.
             Meals on Wheels first of all i.e. at just one of the 23 places in North Carolina on any day Monday through Friday starts out by cooking a number of meals for all of the people that need food with a menu:
             MONDAY: Turkey, winter mix vegetables, sweet peas, soup, roll, milk or juice, dessert.
             TUESDAY: Baked chicken, ...