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Meals on Wheels and Dining Centers
What are Meals on Wheels and Dining Centers?
Meals on Wheels are prepared nutritious meals that are delivered to homebound seniors age 60 or older. Dining Centers are congregate meal sites where seniors come together to eat lunch, meet with friends, enjoy activities, and find out about services and programs.
Am I eligible?
You are eligible for Meals on Wheels if you are a senior age 60 or older, homebound, and unable to buy and cook food on your own. You are eligible for Dining Center meals if you are a senior age 60 or over, or the spouse of a senior. There are no income limits for these programs and your immigration status does not matter.
What benefits will I get?
Meals on Wheels drivers deliver hot lunches and check on the well-being of the seniors they visit. Dining Centers offer weekday meals and activities for seniors at senior centers, senior housing developments, and other community locations.
Meals on Wheels and Dining Center meals are developed by a nutritionist, and special menus such as diabetic, kosher, and Spanish foods are available. The suggested donation for Meals on Wheels or Dining Center meals is $2.00 per meal. However, seniors who cannot afford to pay are still welcome.
How do I apply for Meals on Wheels or Dining Center meals?
To apply for Meals on Wheels, call the Nutrition Program of Elder Services of Worcester at 508-852-3205. A Meals on Wheels representative will meet with you to explain the program and set up your meal delivery.
For Dining Center meals, just call the Dining Center directly, or call Elder Services at 508-852-3205 to reserve your meal. See the list of Worcester Dining Centers below.
More information
More information about Meals on Wheels and Dining Centers is on our statewide web site MassResources.org. When you click on the link below, you will go to MassResources.org. Click "Back" on your browser to return to WorcesterResources.org.
For more information about Elder Services, see Elder Services of Worcester Area.
Worcester Dining Centers
Below is a list of Dining Centers in Worcester. To reserve a meal or to get more information, call the Dining Center directly, or call Elder Services of Worcester at 508-852-3205.
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Bet Shalom (kosher)
475 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-756-7109
(Tuesday and Thursday).
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Centro Las Americas
11 Sycamore Street
Worcester, MA 01608 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-798-1900
(Wednesday).
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Marble Street Apartments
11 Marble Street
Worcester, MA 01603 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-791-2236
(Tuesday and Thursday).
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Mount Carmel Church
23 Mulberry Street
Worcester, MA 01605 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-797-4546
(Tuesday).
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Mount Carmel Apartments
50 Shrewsbury Street
Worcester, MA 01604 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-752-8022
(Thursday).
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Worcester Senior Center
128 Providence Street
Worcester, MA 01604 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-799-8070
(Monday through Friday).
Note: Other nearby towns with Dining Centers are Auburn, Barre, Boylston, Grafton, Hardwick/Gilbertville, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Oakham, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, and West Boylston. Call Elder Services of Worcester at 508-852-3205 if you would like to visit a lunch site in one of these towns.
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