Meals on Wheels Deserves Funding
Re the Orange County Newswatch of Jan. 15, in which Jerry Bellsmith says of Meals on Wheels, “We simply don’t have any more money”:
I have been a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels for over six years and consider it a privilege to be able to do it.
Most of the people who receive Meals on Wheels’ services are adults who spent 30 or more years earning income and paying taxes to county, state and federal agencies. Now that they are in their “golden years” and need a very small amount of assistance from us, it seems we cannot find the funds to assist our needy seniors. How is it that there seems to be no problem in finding the money to buy three limousines for the former Assembly speaker in Sacramento?
If we do not continue to help our seniors in need, we accelerate their entrance into nursing homes. At present, the government picks up about 60% of the cost. It’s a simple case of grammar school mathematics. In my opinion, if anything, the Meals on Wheels program should be expanded.
BRUNO BIAVA
Dana Point
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