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Citymeals on Wheels
Non-profit Organizations
New York, New York 1,718 followers
Citymeals ensures homebound elderly New Yorkers will never go a day without nourishing meals and vital companionship.
About us
Citymeals on Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nourishing meals and vital companionship to New York City’s homebound elderly. Each year, Citymeals prepares and delivers over 2 million weekend, holiday and emergency meals for nearly 22,000 of our vulnerable older neighbors. 100% of all public donations will be used entirely for the preparation and delivery of meals, thanks to the generosity of our Board of Directors, the City of New York, sponsors and other designated gifts.
- Website
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http://www.citymeals.org
External link for Citymeals on Wheels
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1981
Locations
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Primary
355 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017, US
Employees at Citymeals on Wheels
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Andrea Carricato Weyhing
Marketing and Fundraising Professional
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Rachel Sherrow
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Eric Groom
Manager - Donor & Fundraising Operations at Citymeals on Wheels
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Jonathan Ettinger
Senior Major Gifts Director | Fundraising, Nonprofit Management | Connecting Donors with Meaningful Causes to Do Good
Updates
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Citymeals dineout is back! Philanthropic foodies can get a table for six at one of New York's finest restaurants, with 100% of donations supporting meals for homebound elderly New Yorkers. Reserve your table today: www.citymeals.org/dineout
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Citymeals recipient Girlease never put much thought into living past her 100th birthday. It just kind of snuck up on her. Now, she says she's taking life day by day: "I'm still here and that's that." Read her story: https://lnkd.in/eAxKZHkm
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Of our study with the CUNY Urban Food Policy Center, Citymeals CEO Beth Shapiro noted: “The results are disturbing. Over 50 percent of [the older adults surveyed] said they experienced food insecurity in a given month." The latest New York City budget helped reverse proposed budget cuts to services for older adults, but more can be done.
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The Lemonade community provided 2,400 meals for Citymeals recipients as part of the #LemonadeGiveback2024 initiative! We're proud of this partnership, which helps us ensure a vital lifeline of meals and companionship for homebound elderly New Yorkers.
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"More and more older New Yorkers are just a job losss [or] an uninsured illness away from homelessness," according to research from LiveOn New York. Programs like CItymeals that keep older people in their homes are a vital part of the solution.
Why More Older New Yorkers Are Ending Up in Homeless Shelters
https://www.nytimes.com
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Thank you to summer interns from longtime Citymeals supporter Standard Industries for delivering meals to their older neighbors in Midtown last week. 💙
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Shout out to dedicated volunteers from @Global Atlantic Financial Group for packing 5,200 meals for their homebound elderly neighbors this month!
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