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tribune march 30 1988 c7 audrey gibson taking care of meals on wheels a big winner jack israeli right president of jds ltd owner of markville shopping centre drew the winning tickets last week in the 6th anniversary draw sponsored by the mall helping him is economist and suntribune editorinchief don bernard and markville general manager eugenia cork prizes included weekends for two at viamede resort near peter borough a free weekend at the markham suites hotel and passes to the metro zoo cfocls ford spring special 1988 tempo l 4 door sedan automatic transmission air conditioning amfm stereo stk0884 100000 km powehtra1n coverage 160000 km corrosion coverage 12241 includes freight pre service taxes extra offer expires apr 688 step into the future mcarthurs in markham ltd kennedy road south of hwy 7 4741350 good meals for 15 years by denise mcdonald for 15 years audrey gibson and company have been making sure seniors in stouffville get a v- good meal at least three times a week meals on wheels volunteers has been helping seniors to remain in dependent in their homes since 1973 we provide nutritional lunch time meals three daysaweek to seniors at home who quite often when alone dont cook and satisfy themselves with toast and tea mrs gibson said according to the rupert street resident meals on wheels was established by her and founding committee members marjorie dukesbury arlene holden sheila jones kay hunt eleanor mercer audrey johnson doris lang merle matheson and dieti cian leana barkey we arranged this program in order to encourage seniors to stay at home rather than taking up re sidence in a retirement facility mrs gibson said she said many doctors within the stouffvilles community helped get the ball rolling by realizing there was a need for peo ple living in their own homes to have a better nutritional program it also helped knowing seniors ourselves who were lonely and didnt alway cook she said we could definitely see a need in the village mrs gibson also said the com- stfe mittee was fortunate to have joe nighswander the head of park view home attend their meetings and later offer his facilitys kitch en for the preparation of their meals we also have about 150 wonderful volunteers serving as drivers and runners who have been largely responsible for this program running as beautifully as it has for the last 15 years she said the volunteers serve 15 people compared with the four or five they started with originally sometimes the number goes as high as 25 we just cant handle more than that mrs gibson ex plained parkview only has so much time space and staff and with having to prepare their own meals as well thats as far as we can go with meals catered to specific diets including diabetics and those requiring low fat consump tion each gourmet delight con sists of salad soup main course dessert and two slices of bread all for a cost of 250 because weve been partly subsidized by the government weve been able to keep the price low and have had to raise it only slightly over the years mrs gibson said in order to qualify for meals on wheels mrs gibson said appli cants must be seniors living alone in their homes who dont feel cap able of preparing their own meals on a daily basis as well if someone is con valescing at home after surgery or the like we can arrange tem porary service she added doctors often refer their pa tients to us i really like the seniors their sincerity and wisdom she con tinued i also think its thrnks to my committee and the many wonderful volunteers that ive stayed with it all this time