The need always ticks up in the summer in Bexar County food insecurity affects students who usually get breakfast and lunch at local schools.
Credit:Swade West sat at his desk Thursday morning working on marketing materials for Meals on Wheels San Antonio.
Because Meals on Wheels San Antonio does not have enough volunteers, 125 employees across each department— including accounting and human resources— must put their work on pause to make the deliveries themselves. Across the U.S., the need for food always ticks up in the summer. As kids stay home in June and July, parents need to find ways to feed them breakfast and lunch, which they would usually eat at school. The Food Bank needs 2,000 summer volunteers to keep up with that demand, said Eric Cooper, CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank. So far, there aren’t enough.
Jacob pointed to the five-year SA Forward plan, which puts a focus on addressing mental health in the community. As part of the initiative, he said Metro Health monitors the impacts of stress and loneliness in the community. Meals on Wheels does not reimburse gas expenses for its volunteers, meaning a person must be able to afford that to volunteer at Meals on Wheels. The nonprofit also does not reimburse its employees who substitute for volunteers.
Swade West, marketing and communications specialist at Meals on Wheels, delivers a meal to a local senior.“I think after COVID and people returning to work and inflation of everything, it’s more time they have to take off, more money — more gas they have to put in their car,” West said.
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