{"id":29557,"date":"2021-09-08T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/?p=29557"},"modified":"2022-11-14T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:15:34","slug":"with-meals-on-wheels-even-seniors-living-alone-eat-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/blog\/with-meals-on-wheels-even-seniors-living-alone-eat-well\/","title":{"rendered":"With Meals on Wheels, even seniors living alone eat well"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although he\u2019s always been in a good financial and social situation, Jean-Claude<\/strong> now relies on the help of the Centre d\u2019action b\u00e9n\u00e9vole de Boucherville<\/a> (Boucherville volunteer action center) for food. At 90 years old and living alone, the dishes delivered by Meals on Wheels volunteers twice a week help him eat well and break social isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy name is Jean-Claude and I\u2019m 90 years old. I used to be an entrepreneur and businessman. My daughter inherited my company, which now has 400 employees. Throughout my career, I made donations, particularly to Centraide. : I could never have thought I would be on the receiving end of these donations one day. When you\u2019re 30 years old and everything\u2019s going well, it\u2019s hard to imagine you might need help one day. At 90, I\u2019m so thankful for hot Meals on Wheels delivered to my home twice a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Centre d\u2019action b\u00e9n\u00e9vole de Boucherville was just behind my place. One day, the manager came over and offered to bring me meals, as I live alone. I didn\u2019t think I could benefit from the help of an agency, but I must say that it makes a huge difference to my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE VAL-MARTIN COMMUNITY CENTER WAS VERY WELCOMING. I FOUND A FAMILY THERE, AND I BECAME CLOSE WITH THE FACILITATORS. I REALLY ENJOYED MY EXPERIENCE.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMaking meals isn\u2019t always easy when you\u2019re old and living alone. Sometimes we tell ourselves we\u2019re not hungry as an excuse to skip a meal. The delicious dishes cooked with love by the Centre d\u2019action b\u00e9n\u00e9vole de Boucherville<\/a> really help me.<\/p>\n\n\n

I pay a small fee, but it\u2019s nothing for the delicious food and human contact I receive when Meals on Wheels delivers my food every Tuesday and Thursday. The volunteers always make sure that I am well and that I enjoy the meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have always been proud to help and volunteer. I must say that getting help from others when you need it is heartwarming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jean-Claude<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watch Jean-Claude’s testimony<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Although he\u2019s always been in a good financial and social situation, Jean-Claude now relies on the help of the Centre d\u2019action b\u00e9n\u00e9vole de Boucherville (Boucherville volunteer action center) for food. At 90 years old and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":29336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"21177,20728,942,21649,28534,1077","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[663,674],"tags":[664,683],"content-type":[709],"sector":[31,127],"class_list":["post-29557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essential-needs","category-social-inclusion","tag-food-security","tag-seniors","content-type-testimonials","sector-rive-sud","sector-boucherville"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 04:20:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29557"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52265,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29557\/revisions\/52265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29557"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=29557"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=29557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}