 DayBreak Adult Care Services presents check to Meals on
Wheels, July's winner of the Charitable Donation
Contest.
Columbia-Daybreak Adult Care Services is
celebrating their tenth anniversary and saying thank you by giving back to the
community. Each month the nonprofit organization receiving the most votes on
the DayBreak website receives a check from DayBreak Adult Care Services for
$500.00. The winner of the July contest was Meals on Wheels. The Meals on
Wheels program is part of Senior Resources whose mission is to "Keep Seniors
Living Independently." According to Anne Eveleigh, Director of
Development for Senior Resources, the Meals on Wheels program started over 30
years ago with 2 volunteers and 1 route. Today it has grown to close to 40
routes and 1000 volunteers. The program now offers 4 components - 1) Hot Meal
Delivery Monday - Friday; 2) Frozen Meal delivery to outlaying areas; 3)
Wellness Centers (with transportation included to/from the centers included)
and 4) Monthly Pet Food delivery. Rose Johnson (volunteer for Meals on
Wheels) saw a flyer posted at the Trenholm Road United Methodist Church "Meals
Site" where she helps packs meals in May when Senior Resources asked their
volunteers to vote daily for the Charity of Choice offered by DayBreak Adult
Care Services. Rose checked monthly to see if the Meals Site had won. But Rose
never gave up. She continued to vote daily and check monthly. Her breathe was
taken away when she received a call from Coker Day, owner of DayBreak,
announcing that the Meals Program had won the July Charity give away. Ms.
Johnson said "I was so stunned I couldn't speak. I didn't even know what to
say. I was just thankful that finally we got it." Rose's mother received home
delivered Meals On Wheels about 15 years ago and when Rose decided to give back
to her community, she chose our Meals On Wheels program. DayBreak Adult
Care Services is locally owned and operated by Coker Day. With the increased
need for quality personal care in the aging population of our community,
DayBreak Adult Care Services can meet the needs of its clients while
maintaining their dignity and independence in daily living. For more
information please contact Coker Day at 803-356-4451or
coker@daybreakcare.com.
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