SCRANTON — Pennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary Teresa Osborne joined Meals on Wheels of Northeastern Pennsylvania to prepare and deliver meals to homebound seniors in Lackawanna County March 17.

According to Meals on Wheels America, March 2017 marks the 15th annual “March for Meals” campaign – a month-long celebration to rally communities across the country around vulnerable seniors. March for Meals was created as a way to commemorate the month in 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed into law a measure that amended the Older Americans Act and established a national nutrition program for seniors 60 years and older. Since 2002, the March for Meals has grown into a full-scale awareness, fundraising and volunteer recruitment campaign involving and supporting the network of local Meals on Wheels programs.

In fiscal year 2015-16, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and its network of Area Agencies on Aging provided over 5.7 million home-delivered meals.

For Abington Journal

Information provided by the Aging Communications Office.