MARCH FOR MEALS

March For Meals is an annual national campaign to raise awareness of senior hunger and to encourage action on a local level. Senior Nutrition Programs across the United States promote March For Meals in their local communities through public events, partnerships with local businesses, volunteer recruitment and fundraising initiatives. The campaign takes place in the month of March because it was during this month that the law was enacted that included Senior Nutrition Programs in the Older Americans Act.

Mayors For Meals is a component of March For Meals that utilizes the involvement of local mayors. Mayors and other local officials deliver meals on one day in March to show their support of their local senior nutrition program. In 2011, Mayors For Meals day will be on March 23.

This year MOWAA added a new aspect to the March For Meals campaign by incorporating the Pledge to end senior hunger in America by 2020. Local Senior Nutrition Programs encouraged as many people as possible during their March For Meals events to sign the Pledge and take action against senior hunger.

Highlights from Mayors For Meals 2010