How to Receive Meals on Wheels in Nanaimo

In most cases people are referred by members of the medical community. However, anyone can refer a friend, family member or client to Meals on Wheels - just call ...

250-753-1300

Please Note:

The only requirement needed to receive meals is that you must be referred by another person.

Meals cost $5.05 each
Meals arrive hot and consist of a main course and dessert.
Special diabetic diets and various preparations such as cut, minced & mashed, and "no-added-salt" are available.
Menus are based on a "four-week rotation". We cannot make meal changes or substitutions to the menus.
You are not required to have a meal every day, but we ask that you choose a repeating pattern. For example: if you have meals Monday, Wednesday, and Friday one week the pattern is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week.
Volunteer drivers deliver meals from Monday to Saturday. If you require a Sunday meal we deliver two on Saturday and ask that you reheat the 2nd meal on Sunday. We also deliver on all statutory holidays.
The Meals on Wheels Coordinator, Dawn Vavra (250-753-1300), is available from 9:00 am to noon Monday to Friday; if for any reason you need to cancel a meal, we ask that you call before noon of the day the meal is to be delivered. We are unable to make meal changes after 12:00 noon.
Your bill will be sent during the first week of each month, with a stamped, addressed, return envelope. Please pay with a cheque or money order for the amount on the bill and mail your payment in the envelope provided.

Volunteers are the backbone of Meals On Wheels in Nanaimo.

What Drivers do
Drivers deliver meals, in their own cars, once a week to about 9 recipients. It usually takes about an hour to complete a route. Deliveries are made each day except Sunday.
Hours
On the day they are to make deliveries drivers meet their Day Captains at Kiwanis Lodge at 3:30 p.m. (The residents of Kiwanis Lodge appreciate it when you say hello and stop to talk with them)
Routes
Drivers are assigned a route by their Day Captain; Day Captains try to give drivers the same route each time they deliver meals.
Volunteering
If you would like to volunteer as a Meals on Wheels Driver, read over the Driver's Manual (below) and then call us at 250-753-1300 or send an email to mownanaimo@shaw.ca

Link to Drivers' Manual

Nanaimo Meals On Wheels Society - Board Members

Directors: Gerry Barr, Ingrid Greenwell, Caroline Grimmer, Paul Shaw & Berna Dennison

Treasurer: Brian Smith 250-753-4737 briancsmith@shaw.ca

Secretary: Anne Jankowski 250-751-1912 tszauer@shaw.ca

Vice President: Sharon Brown 250-722-7142 sybrown@shaw.ca

President: Tom Krall 250-754- 6444 tkkrall@shaw.ca