After 50 years serving the community, Meals on Wheels in Proserpine is urgently calling for more volunteers to help this invaluable local organisation continue operating.
Local Member for Whitsunday Amanda Camm MP attended the venue last week to raise awareness for the issue and hopes more support will be given soon.
“It’s a really important community service that this organisation provides,” she expressed.“But one that if discontinues, puts people at risk who won't get that service. Connecting with people in our community who are at times, isolated.”
Meals on Wheels operating out of Proserpine, has been a long-standing service that delivers nutritious meals and also provides connections to people that might be living on their own.
Run almost exclusively by volunteers, the team prepare, cook and deliver 50-60 meals every day to local people in need.
Despite a lack of volunteer numbers in recent years the team persevere, operating with just a skeleton crew, concerned about how they will continue in the future.
Volunteers estimate there could only be another three months of operation for this vital service if support is not offered soon.
“I've done it on my own. I've been without chefs and I've just come in and done my best because they need this service,” said Helen Maynard Turner, the organiser of Meals on Wheels in Proserpine.
If you would like to volunteer a few hours a week and breathe new life into this vital local service then please reach out directly to Helen. Simply call between 7am-12pm on: 07 4945 1733 or email your interest to volunteer to: prosmow@gmail.com.
Volunteers Mika Nishiguchi and Leanne Alexander beside Amanda Camm, and Helen Maynard Turner the organiser of Meals on Wheels in Proserpine. Photo credit: Victoria Velton
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