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Wondai Meals on Wheels treasurer Michelle Smith and president Marion Barnes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 4, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wondai Meals on Wheels volunteer Michelle Smith has been with the service since the very first meeting, held on August 18, 1983.<\/p>\n

At that meeting, Michelle was elected treasurer … and she’s been treasurer ever since.<\/p>\n

Michelle and thousands of other Meals on Wheels volunteers across Australia celebrated National Meals On Wheels Day last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Wondai service began with 16 clients, and the meals cost $1.50 each.<\/p>\n

The team did their first delivery run on September 12, 1983.<\/p>\n

These days the number of clients has only grown slightly – to 21 – but it still requires a keen group of volunteers to keep things running smoothly.<\/p>\n

During the past year, Meals on Wheels Wondai has delivered more than 5000 meals to people in need in the Wondai area.<\/p>\n

The community-run service would not be possible without the 76 volunteers who assist with meal preparation and delivery.<\/p>\n

“Some of them would be older that the clients!” Michelle joked.<\/p>\n

The deliverers are on a five-week roster, and include residents from BASS (the Barambah Accommodation Support Services) who go out with a carer on the run.<\/p>\n

Michelle said Meals On Wheels provided valuable interaction for many residents who lived by themselves and had few visitors.<\/p>\n

“Without us, they could have no one visiting them,” she said.<\/p>\n

Wondai Meals On Wheels delivers meals on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and offers seven meals a week.<\/p>\n

The meals are prepared in the kitchen behind the old Wondai Shire Council Chambers and are cooked on the morning of the delivery.<\/p>\n

There are 15,000 Meals on Wheels volunteers in Queensland, who deliver two million meals annually to more than 40,000 clients in cities, regional and rural areas.<\/p>\n

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Working hard in the kitchen behind the Wondai Town Hall were cook Elaine Moore and volunteers Cornelia Van Kleef and Gloria Bell\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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