State: Virginia

Food & Friends provides meals, groceries and nutrition counseling to people living with life-challenging illnesses. Determination of eligibility is entirely health-based; all meals are free-of-charge to the client.

Volunteers are matched with socially isolated seniors with whom they visit for at least an hour each week year-round TARGET POPULATION Residents of Alexandria, 60 years and older, who may not have family or friends living in the community. SOCIAL ISOLATION OR CONNECTION MEASURES USED Checking in with the volunteers and seniors periodically. Impact study […]