Edmond Mobile Meals offers more than food
Clinton is blind and lives alone in west Edmond. Preparing food is a difficult task for the 62-yearold man.
For the last couple of years, Clinton has had fresh lunches brought to his door by Edmond Mobile Meals.
“I’m legally blind, so it means a tremendous lot for people to deliver the meals for me,” Clinton said.
“It’s almost impossible for me to get my meals any other way.”
Edmond Mobile Meals, with more than 400 volunteers, provides more than 1,000 meals a week.
Volunteers with the nonprofit organization have been working to meet that need for more than 40 years by preparing and delivering meals.
Kaye Poos, a retired nurse, is one of them.
Twice a month, she drives Route No. 9. On June 7, she delivered 13 meals.
“You just get to know these people and see their personality and it’s a wonderful feeling to be able to give back to them,” she said.
At each stop, she interacted with clients by asking how they were doing.
“You just become so attached to these people. You know them by name; you know their dog’s name,” she said.
‘Sweet, sweet people’
One client named Norma said she enjoys the pleasant volunteers and good food.
“They have very nice people who deliver them,” Norma said. “I look forward to them every day.”
Norma has been getting meals for about two years and said her daughter orders them for her.
Another client, Bill, said Edmond Mobile Meals is significant for him.
“I lost my wife two or three years ago, so it means a lot,” he said.
“All I can say is that it’s great.”
Poos has taken meals to some clients, such as Myrna, for the majority of the seven years that she has volunteered.
“Sweet, sweet people,” Poos said. “You get so attached.”
If a client does not answer the door or telephone, volunteers call the main office.
Emergency contacts are kept on file in case clients cannot be reached.
“Just to make sure someone checks on them,” Poos said.
Poos retired from nursing in 2006.
She said seeing the involvement of other volunteers has been inspiring to her.
“Retirement just wasn’t for me,” she said. “I found that this was such a wonderful organization.”
Clients are asked to pay up to $3.50 a day for meals if they can, but if they are unable, meals will still be delivered to them.
The organization relies on fundraising, grants, donations and contributions from clients, as it does not receive federal or state funding.
How to chip in
Edmond Mobile Meals will hold its Mulligans for Meals golf tournament fundraiser on July 10 at River Oaks Golf Club, 10909 Clubhouse Road, in Edmond.
More information on Edmond Mobile Meals or the golf tournament can be found at edmond mobilemeals.org.
I’m legally blind, so it means a tremendous lot for people to deliver the meals for me. It’s almost impossible for me to get my meals any other way.”
Clinton, 62