● Meals on wheels in Charlotte-Mecklenburg ●
Here's an archive of newsletters mailed to supporters or made available to people visiting our lobby.
For an archive of our fund-raising appeals, click here.
Click above for a picture of the full-page map in our office where we track locations where we deliver. The map is changing constantly as people come on and off the program. Be sure to see the original when you're next in South End.
Let us speak to your group. We'll explain the mission, the methods, and the key role volunteers play in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's meals-on-wheels program. Send an e-mail to Executive Director Lucy Bush Carter for more details.
Come see us at 2401-A Distribution Street in eclectic South End. Here's a map. Or give us a telephone call at 704-333-9229 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. After 2 p.m., please leave us a message.
Learn more about our Driving Away Hunger Golf Tournament, held early in May each year. This is Friendship Trays' largest single annual fund-raising event and we'd love for your foursome to participate.
How you can help
Click on pictures to learn ways
you can make a difference
Volunteer
Volunteers are key to the strength and
effectiveness of the Friendship Trays program. There are many
opportunities for one to volunteer, from preparing meal
containers, to placing food in trays, to sorting meals by route to driving and delivering meals
to recipients. Here's a list. People volunteer as
often as once a week or as little as once a month. Interested?
E-mail Volunteer Coordinator
Lani Lawrence. Download the volunteer application form
here, in
Microsoft Word or as
a PDF,
print the file, fill it in and bring it along when you visit.
Donate
More than
half of Friendship Trays' annual budget is covered by
donations. There is a way for you to support this work that
fits your interests and means. Click at left for more
information.
Recruit
drivers Organize your
workplace to share the Monday-Friday task of driving a
Friendship Trays route. Your could have your own route near
your home or workplace if it's open, or you could substitute
on a route that has no permanent driver. For more
information, click at left to e-mail Lani Lawrence.Let
us hear from you Even if you don't
have e-mail, we'd like to hear from you about this mission.
Click at left to go to a form where you can send us a message.Friendship Trays, 2401-A Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203 voice 704-333-9229 fax 704-333-5947
Delivering, in a caring and friendly
manner, balanced meals to individuals in this community
who are unable, because of age or infirmity, to obtain and prepare their own
meal