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About Our Meals on Wheels Program
Circle of Care’s Meals on Wheels program is one of the largest meals on wheels programs in Canada, serving Toronto and the southern part of York Region for more than 50 years. Each year, we deliver more than 280,000 meals thanks to the help of over 140 friendly volunteers. We offer delicious and nutritionally balanced meals to meet the needs of our diverse clientele.
We offer three meal options, delivered as frozen trays that can be heated up in the microwave when needed: regular, certified Kosher, and vegetarian.
Certified Kosher are meals prepared by Baycrest Health Sciences and Sepha Foods. These meals are prepared in certified Kosher kitchens under the Kashruth Council of Canada (COR).
Regular meals are prepared by Aromas World Kitchen. While these meals are not kosher, they are “kosher-style” and do not include pork or shellfish, and do not contain both meat and milk together.
We also accommodate a variety of dietary needs, including modified texture and special diets such as gluten free, renal or diabetic. While we can accommodate some allergies, there may be ones we cannot as our meals come prepackaged from our food suppliers. If your loved one is not currently a client with us, we will contact them directly to ask about their dietary needs.
Hear from our client Zhanna:
I have been receiving Meals on Wheels for a couple of years now. I find the services helpful because it’s been getting harder for me to cook, and I like variety in my meals. With Meals on Wheels, a very efficient volunteer always shows up at my door on time and delivers exactly what I asked for. Circle of Care has also asked me to provide feedback on menu options and participate in tasting exercises, so I can share my opinions on what I prefer.
We offer bulk deliveries of frozen meals (as well as Ensure meal replacements, sandwiches, and soup packs, if applicable) once per week or once per two weeks to our clients.
Delivery times have been expanded to 10am to 1pm, Tuesday through Friday. Clients have been assigned a delivery day, and should stay home to receive their meals on their delivery day.
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Eligibility
Our Certified Kosher meal delivery area boundaries:
- North: Green Lane in Newmarket
- South: Lakeshore Blvd in Toronto
- West: Jane St. (south of Steeles to Bloor), Keele St. (north of Steeles)
- East: Don Mills Rd. (south of Steeles) and Bayview (north of Steeles).
To be eligible for the Meals on Wheels program, a client must meet all of the following conditions:
- Be 55 or older with nutritional concerns;
- Have a physical, emotional, cognitive, or developmental disability;
- Have difficulty shopping/cooking for themselves.
Highlights
- Options for special dietary needs
- Affordable prices
- Flexible ordering
- Delivered by volunteers trained to identify health and safety concerns
Volunteer Opportunity!
Our Meals on Wheels program could not run without the dedication of our amazing volunteers. This is a terrific team-building opportunity for corporate groups, retirees, or anyone with a few hours to spare on weekday mornings.
