meals on wheels - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-28T10:25:56Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/meals+on+wheelsDining: Delray Green Market back with new vendors, chef showcasehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/dining-delray-green-market-back-with-new-vendors-chef-showcase2022-11-01T17:26:08.000Z2022-11-01T17:26:08.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10860249866,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10860249866,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10860249866?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></strong><em><strong>ABOVE:</strong> The Delray Beach Green Market opened for the season on a beautiful day in October. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star BELOW RIGHT: </strong>An abundance of locally grown produce is the backbone of South County greenmarkets.<strong> Photo provided by Lori Johnson</strong></em></p>
<p><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10860250665,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10860250665,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="300" alt="10860250665?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>By Jan Norris</strong></p>
<p>The weather still says summer at times, but the return of greenmarkets is a sign the temperature will stay cooler soon. <br /> The Delray Beach Green Market returned Oct. 22, with new vendors, a chef’s showcase, and an expansion of the federal SNAP program accepted for payment.<br /> Manager Lori Johnson is excited each year the market opens for the fall-winter season.<br /> “We have 50-plus vendors. This is our 27th year — I’ve been managing the market 23 of those years,” Johnson said. “I have an advantage, of being both a vendor and a manager.”<br /> She sold olive oils for 12 years and says she can see both sides of working the market. <br /> This season, she’s introducing a local vendor with a unique product: the Palm Beach Salt Company. A variety of salts are made from seawater collected in Palm Beach and dehydrated to produce a table salt. “It’s really unusual,” she said. “We haven’t had anything like this before.”<br /> The regulars are back, as well, including Red Splendor Farms, owned by chef Dan Ramos.<br /> “He brings some unique produce,” Johnson said. “He doesn’t just grow red and green peppers, he has a variety of unusual ones. He has herbs, edible flowers and in mango season, an incredible variety of mangoes I’ve never heard of.” <br /> This year, he’ll bring seasonal jams as well as fresh eggs. <br /> Gratitude Garden Farm, an organic farm in Loxahatchee, returns with its wide display of mushrooms, Everglades tomatoes, fruits, greens, sprouts and tinctures.<br /> “They’re really good about educating the shopper,” Johnson said. “That’s what’s great about farmers markets. You talk to the person who grew the vegetables, baked the bread or made the food you’re buying. You can have a conversation with them and ask questions. You can’t do that at a grocery store.”<br /> Also returning is Captain Clay and Sons, a seafood purveyor. It has its own fishing boats and buys fish and stone crabs, now in season, from other local fishermen.<br /> The market will have additional cheeses sourced from the United States this year, Johnson said.<br /> “Vito from Mozzarita is a regular favorite,” she said of Vito Volpe and his company. Volpe is an Italian cheesemaker who brings fresh cheeses — mozzarella, ricotta and the creamy burrata — to the market. Chefs frequent his booth and use his products in their restaurants.<br /> Starz Bakery, a New York Jewish-style bakery, brings pastries, bagels and bialys.<br /> Expect a line as shoppers head for this booth early in the morning, Johnson said. “They get coffee and go wait in line.”<br /> Also new at this market is the Cider Donuts booth, which sells mini cinnamon-sugar doughnuts cooked fresh on site, served hot with an apple dipping sauce. <br /> Johnson is also proud of the market’s chef showcase. Biweekly, an area chef will shop the market, then prepare a dish or meal in the display kitchen booth and serve samples to the audience. The recipe will be shared on the market’s website.<br /> “It’s really exciting to see shoppers, the next weekend, who have printed out the recipe and are going around the market buying the ingredients for it,” Johnson said.<br /> This season, shoppers using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for fresh produce purchases will get a bonus with the addition of a Fresh Access Bucks card, which adds $40 to their benefits to spend without restrictions. <br /> “We already started the SNAP program back in January,” Johnson said. “We’re the only market in Palm Beach County that accepts it.”<br /> <em>Delray Beach Green Market is in the field at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through mid-May. It will close for two weeks and reopen for summer. Go to <a href="https://delraycra.org/green-market">https://delraycra.org/green-market</a>.</em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Other markets</span><br />The <strong>Lake Worth Beach Waterside Farmers Market</strong> has begun its 16th year.<br /> Manager Emily Theodos-sakos said shoppers will see 60 or more vendors with home-grown or homemade foods, plants and other products.<br />Solace Farms is one of the market’s oldest vendors, with a variety of organic produce, eggs and this year, meats. <br /> Holland’s Produce, based in Jupiter, brings all types of organics, Theodossakos said, including purple and orange cauliflower. “They’re said to be high in antioxidants,” she said.<br /> Le Petit Pain bakery offers French-style pastries and breads. Honey comes from Loxahatchee beekeepers, and other vendors have homemade Bundt cakes and empanadas. Several more offer prepared foods.<br />Theodossakos said that “the best baba ganoush in the county” is available from a European bakery at the market.<br /> International gourmet items sourced just for the market are here, including olive oil “straight from Greece,” she said.<br /> A few vendors specialize in table items. “We have two potters making ceramics,” she said, and hand-blown glass for serving, as well.<br /> <em>The market runs through April, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at Old Bridge Park, Lake Road at State Road A1A. Parking is free till 1 p.m.</em> <br /><strong>In Lantana</strong>, an outdoor market will be held Sundays, starting Nov. 20 through the end of May, at the Recreation Center, 418 S. Dixie Highway.<br /> The market will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. <br /> It will have limited produce, but 20 vendors will include those with jewelry, soaps and this year, a bonsai grower. A food truck will be on site, and prepared foods such as jams and jellies and popcorn will be sold. Arrangements are being made with a farm to have a weekly box produce program, market manager Hector Herrera said.<br /> The <strong>Artisan Market and Greenmarket</strong> at Mizner Park in Boca Raton begins its season in mid-January, after the Christmas and holiday displays are taken down, said Joanne Polin, market manager.<br /> The <strong>Boca Raton Greenmarket</strong> will skip the season after failing to find a suitable site, said market director Emily Lilly, and its future is unclear. It had a longtime home at Royal Palm Place and briefly set up in a parking lot at City Hall.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Pie It Forward</span><br /> The fall fundraiser for Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches is underway. Order a pumpkin, pecan or apple pie ($30) or a Key lime pie ($35) through Nov. 17 at mowpbpie.org, and pick it up Nov. 22, two days before Thanksgiving. <br /> Money from the pies, which are donated by chefs at resorts, restaurants and country clubs, goes to feed housebound seniors throughout the county. Hot meals are delivered by volunteers five days a week.<br /> This year, Pie It Forward lets donors add an extra $5 to buy a slice for a senior. The money goes to a dessert fund to provide special treats for birthdays and holidays. You can also send pies as gifts with each recipient getting a voucher allowing him to choose a flavor and a pickup location. <br /> The Baker’s Bundle gives buyers three of the ready-to-serve pies of their choice plus a reusable tote for $100. <br />Pie pickup locations include Duffy’s Sports Grill on Federal Highway in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County Convention Center on Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, and Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. <br /> <br /><span style="font-size:14pt;">In brief</span><br /> Bond Street Ale and Coffee in Boynton Beach’s Riverwalk Plaza has opened a second location up the road at the Casa Costa condos. It’s a trio of themed eateries with two now open: Bond Street Market Italian, at 308 N. Federal Highway, and Bond Street Cantina, at 324 N. Federal, for Mexican fare. They are open for lunch and dinner.</p>
<p><em>Jan Norris is a food writer who can be reached at nativefla@gmail.com</em></p></div>Philanthropy Notes: Boca Helping Hands asks for assistance to feed hungryhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/philanthropy-notes-boca-helping-hands-asks-for-assistance-to-feed2022-08-30T14:56:17.000Z2022-08-30T14:56:17.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p>September marks Hunger Action Month, and Boca Helping Hands is offering the community ways to contribute to the fight against food insecurity.<br />The public can get involved by donating nonperishable items, volunteering and contributing money.<br />“Hunger Action Month is a reminder that there are local families and children who do not know where their next meal is coming from, and as a community, we can help,” said Greg Hazle, executive director of Boca Helping Hands.<br />Feeding America projects that more than 180,000 Palm Beach County residents are suffering from food insecurity; of those, nearly 53,000 are children.<br />“Unfortunately, inflation being the highest it’s been in four decades has made it much harder for families to put food on the table,” Hazle said.<br />For more information, call 561-417-0913 or visit <a href="http://www.bocahelpinghands.org">www.bocahelpinghands.org</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Joy Bauer to headline Meals on Wheels fundraiser</span><br />The keynote speaker for the “More than a Meal Breakfast” — a benefit for Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches — is Joy Bauer, the nutrition and healthy-lifestyle expert on NBC's <em>Today</em> show.<br />During the Sept. 14 event, guests will have an opportunity to mingle with supporters of the nonprofit and learn more about its role in addressing hunger among seniors in the community. Additionally, VIP attendees will be treated to a meet-and-greet with Bauer following the breakfast and offered a signed copy of her latest cookbook, <em>Joy Bauer’s Superfood! 150 Recipes for Eternal Youth</em>.<br />“We are so excited to have Joy returning to our ‘More than a Meal Breakfast’ as our keynote speaker,” President and CEO Pamela Calzadilla said, referring to the celebrity’s 2019 appearance at the inaugural fundraiser. <br />The breakfast will take place at 7:30 a.m. at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Tickets start at $175. For more information, call 561-802-6979 or visit mowpb.org.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Help improve childhood literacy by being a tutor</span><br />With school underway, the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County is looking for tutors for its Building Better Readers children’s program.<br />Building Better Readers provides one-on-one assistance for elementary-age students in select schools as well as after-school assistance at the coalition’s Blume Literacy Center in Boynton Beach.<br />“In Palm Beach County, 47% of third-grade students are reading below grade level,” according to a news release. “To address this, the literacy coalition, in partnership with the School District of Palm Beach County, has completed its seventh year of Building Better Readers.”<br />Training sessions for interested volunteers are scheduled for Sept. 21 and 29. Both take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the center — 3651 Quantum Blvd. For more information, call 561-635-8423 or visit literacypbc.org.</p></div>Health & Harmony: Joy Bauer shares wisdom on food, life ahead of Meals on Wheels fundraiserhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/health-harmony-joy-bauer-shares-wisdom-on-food-life-ahead-of-meal2022-03-29T16:34:48.000Z2022-03-29T16:34:48.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10246700872,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10246700872,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="436" alt="10246700872?profile=RESIZE_584x" /></a><em>Nutrition expert Joy Bauer says when you take care of yourself and eat the right food, you ultimately feel better psychologically, physiologically and emotionally. <strong>Photo provided</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>By Joyce Reingold</strong></p>
<p>Joy Bauer says her fans and followers ask her everything. How tall are you? How can I get my spouse to eat more vegetables? But what she’s asked most, she says, is how can I get started living a healthier lifestyle, and how do I stay motivated?<br /> And who better to ask than Bauer, the nutrition and wellness expert who inspires, educates and entertains from a dizzying number of platforms including the <em>Today</em> show, Amazon Live, best-selling cookbooks, social media and her website, <a href="https://joybauer.com">https://joybauer.com</a>. At 7:30 a.m. April 8, she will be the keynote speaker at the Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches More Than a Meal breakfast fundraiser at the Kravis Center. <br /> “Those are really big questions from a behavioral standpoint, because I think 50% of starting and staying with a health plan is your attitude, without a doubt. And so, maybe finding your reason: Why do you want to get healthier and start eating better and exercising more? Everybody has to do some soul-searching. You want to make sure that your reason is significant and personal and enduring,” she says.<br /> “It can’t be a flimsy little, ‘I want to fit into a certain dress.’ I think like the bigger reasons are: I want to be around for my grandkids, or I want to reduce the risk of a breast cancer recurrence, or I want to lower my cholesterol so that I live a long, healthy and energetic life. <br /> “And also, I think a really significant one is, I want to be able to go into my closet and wear anything I want to wear and feel more comfortable in my skin and have more energy.”<br /> After that, Bauer, a registered dietitian nutritionist, suggests creating a series of smaller, short-term goals that are “tangible and concrete” to fuel your journey and keep you tracking toward your goal. <br /> “I love the action-oriented goals, like I’m going to try two new dinner recipes this week, or I’m going to walk 30 minutes every single day this week, or I’m going to think ahead and brown bag my lunch for work. … Or maybe it’s, I want to try two new fruits or something like that.”<br /> Each week pick as many as you think you can accomplish — even one — and make sure to celebrate your wins, she says.<br /> “Obviously, give yourself a great big hug. But maybe you also want to come up with some sort of fun, non-food reward system. Like manicures, pedicures, massages when you accrue 10. … It’s so well worth taking the time to plan the format for these short-term goals, because at the end of the day, the payback is ginormous. It’s your health, it’s your energy, it’s your feel-good attitude,” Bauer says.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Food should be easy</span><br /> Eating for good health should be joyful, too. And if all the at-home cooking during the coronavirus pandemic has depleted your cooking mojo, “you can learn to love it again or learn to love it a little,” Bauer promises. <br /> “People really want easy, delicious. They want to be healthy … but they don’t want to compromise on the foods that they love. So, what I try to do is figure out how to make all of these foods that we crave, and we obsess over, in a healthier and a lightened-up fashion. And it’s so fun because really, you can make just about anything better. You really can.”<br /> Bauer mentions her spinach artichoke dip and smashed Parmesan Brussels sprouts, which are a new family favorite. Her BBQ salmon bowl hit a home run when it made its <em>Today</em> show debut.<br /> If you have a sweet tooth, she even has a healthier take on a classic candy bar. Bauer calls her chocolate peanut butter dates “copycat Snickers bars.” She stuffs medjool dates with peanut butter and salted peanuts, drizzles them with melted semi-sweet chocolate chips, sprinkles chopped peanuts on top and chills them in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. <br /> “I dare you not to think that it has similar flavors as a Snickers bar,” she says. “And when you use medjool dates, it’s about the same size as the fun-size Snickers. It’s so good. It’s got all the candy bar feels.”<br /> Bauer, whose books include <em>Joy Bauer’s Superfood! 150 Recipes for Eternal Youth</em> and <em>From Junk Food to Joy Food</em>, publishes these and a host of other recipes on her website. You’ll also find Joy Bauer’s Food Cures, articles about “food as nature’s medicine.” <br /> “You know, when you take care of yourself, you ultimately feel better psychologically, physiologically, emotionally. It really elevates every single aspect of your life. And the best part is, it’s just food. It’s so easy. We eat several times a day and just by being more thoughtful and selective over what we put into our bodies and on our plate, we have the capability of feeling markedly better,” she says.<br /> “And with so many things that are out of our control these days, I think it’s so empowering that food is really within our control.”</p>
<p><em>Joyce Reingold writes about health and healthy living. Send column ideas to joyce.reingold@yahoo.com.</em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>If You Go</strong></span><br /><strong>What:</strong> More Than a Meal breakfast to benefit Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches.<br /><strong>When:</strong> 7:30 a.m. April 8 Where: Kravis Center<br /><strong>Tickets:</strong> Start at $175, with a limited number available through April 4. Call 561-802-6979, ext. 5, or visit <a href="">www.MOWPB.org.&nbsp</a>; <br /><strong>Guest speaker:</strong> Joy Bauer, whose mother was a Meals on Wheels volunteer, says she feels “super connected” to the organization, which delivers nutritious meals to homebound seniors. <br />“I have so many fond memories,” she says. “I used to go on a lot of the runs with my mom. … This has always been an organization that’s near and dear to my heart.” </p></div>Veterans Day: Meals on Wheels goes extra mile to serve WWII vethttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/veterans-day-meals-on-wheels-goes-extra-mile-to-serve-wwii-vet2020-10-28T18:41:22.000Z2020-10-28T18:41:22.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8088151300,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8088151300,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8088151300?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>Army veteran Ed Manley, 98, receives two ready-made meals, a loaf of bread and container of juice from John Sallee at his home in Briny Breezes. <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>By Ron Hayes</strong></p>
<p>On June 6, 1944, a U.S. Army paratrooper named Ed Manley jumped into Nazi-occupied France on a D-Day mission to blow up the cannons overlooking Omaha Beach.<br /> He was 22.<br /> On Sept. 11, 1944, he jumped into Holland during Operation Market Garden, on a mission to capture roads and bridges in the vital communications city of Eindhoven.<br /> On Dec. 17, 1944, he was in Bastogne, Belgium, helping to hold off Hitler’s Fifth Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge.<br /> And on Oct. 9, 2020, Ed Manley was at home on Hibiscus Drive in Briny Breezes, waiting for someone to bring his lunch.<br /> He is 98.<br /> “I was lying in a ditch,” he explained, “and John came along and said, ‘Can I help you?’”<br /> The ditch is a metaphor, of course, but the help John Sallee brings is real. Like the U.S. Army’s 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches has a mission.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8088152497,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8088152497,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8088152497?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a> <em>The slogan on a volunteer’s T-shirt states the organization’s goal.</em></p>
<p>Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, a team of five couriers leaves the organization’s kitchen on Old Okeechobee Road in West Palm Beach, bearing both hot and frozen meals to 40 volunteers, who deliver them to about 300 elderly clients living between Tequesta and Lantana.<br /> Here comes John Sallee now. As his 2017 blue Ford Equinox stops on Hibiscus Drive this Friday morning, Manley eases down the steps of his mobile home to greet him.<br /> Sometimes Chef Daniel Laudia prepares meatballs and mashed potatoes, salmon with rice and broccoli, or glazed pork and sweet potatoes. Veggie lasagna. Chicken piccata. Laudia cooked at a country club before coming to Meals on Wheels.<br /> Today, it’s quiche, Tater Tots, a side salad, juice or milk and, October being National Cookie Month, extra cookies.<br /> “The food is excellent!” Manley exclaimed. “I wasn’t eating enough vegetables and they give you a lot of grass. They give you spinach and carrots and peas and string beans.”<br /> He paused.<br /> “The only thing I don’t like is the beans, because they give me gas.”<br /> Actually, Ed Manley’s Friday lunch didn’t really begin on Old Okeechobee Road that morning. It began back in September, when his caregiver at the VA Hospital called Debbie Emerick, Meals on Wheels program director.<br /> “Ed was OK cognitively,” Emerick recalls, “but she had concerns about his nutrition. He’s homebound, his family’s in Washington state, and neighbors were bringing him groceries. As soon as I heard he was a World War II vet, I wanted to help.”<br /> “I was getting old,” Manley said. “It’s that simple. I was cutting down to two meals a day.”<br /> Now, to make sure this old soldier eats well, Meals on Wheel isn’t just going an extra mile. It’s going an extra five miles.<br /> Briny Breezes is south of Lantana, the agency’s southern boundary, but Ed Manley is being served anyway, thanks to the Quantum Foundation, which gave Meals on Wheels a $75,000 grant last year to support its Meals For Veterans outreach. Most of the agency’s 95 vets, who had been paying about $7 a meal or less on a sliding scale, now pay nothing.<br /> The organization’s $1 million annual budget comes primarily from donations and grants. Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches receives no government funding.<br /> John Sallee is a courier, but because there’s not an official delivery route this far south, he delivers Manley’s meals.<br /> “It’s very satisfying work,” Sallee says. “You get to know people like Ed. I’ve been doing this 2½ years, and I can only think of one person I didn’t like. And he moved into assisted living.”<br /> After delivering the quiche, plus a frozen meal for the weekend and a big loaf of bread, Sallee didn’t speed off. He waited, smiling and nodding as Manley talked on. He listened.<br /> “That’s our More Than A Meal model,” says Pam Calzadilla, the organization’s president and CEO. “You’re not just getting a UPS truck dropping a bunch of meals off. It’s making sure they’re well and giving them that social interaction. <br /> “We provide check-in and report back to clients’ families. And we call 911 on occasion as well. Too many times.”<br /> For clients who have pets, there’s Animeals. During hurricane seasons, there’s a box of shelf food to last three days. On birthdays, there’s a cake.<br /> Before the COVID pandemic struck, meals were delivered five days a week. Now John Sallee and his colleagues arrive on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, with frozen meals to tide the clients over.<br /> “We’ve had trouble getting some foods from vendors,” Calzadilla reports, “and we’ve had to change some of our meals because they had no stock or had furloughed employees.”<br /> Manley is Briny Breezes’ only Meals On Wheels client, so far.<br /> “Now that we’re there, we can accept more seniors who need the service,” Emerick says. “This is how we build. We find a need, then another, and establish a volunteer route.”<br /> For Manley, old age seemed to come suddenly.<br /> “Two years ago, I was hanging out with 45-year-olds,” he told Sallee. “I had a 6-year-old Mini Cooper with 9,000 miles on it. I went to Publix, the bank and the hospital. But I fell asleep twice while I was eating and woke up 45 minutes later, so I quit driving. I was afraid I could hurt somebody.”<br /> Born in the Bronx in 1921, Manley grew up in an orphanage called Sheltering Arms at 129th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem.<br /> “They used to give us two nickels every Wednesday to go down to the YMCA on the trolley,” he recalled, “and I’d hang on the back of the trolley to save the nickels.”<br /> Before joining the Army, he played trumpet in an 11-piece band. In the Army, he played the afternoon dances for the noncoms.<br /> After the war, he was a New York State trooper, and 40 years ago he arrived in Briny Breezes on a sailboat from Ocean City, Maryland.<br /> Dorothy Ann died in 1984, after 31 years of marriage. His two sons and a daughter are far away. He lives alone.<br /> “I’m a widower,” he said, “so I was cooking for myself.”</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8088154473,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8088154473,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8088154473?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a><em>While recounting his younger years, Ed Manley breaks into dance on his porch steps. Manley says the Meals on Wheels food is ‘excellent.’ <strong>Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p><br /> On Jan. 3, 1945, Ed Manley was wounded in Bastogne, taken prisoner and imprisoned in Stalag 12A for 4½ months, until he escaped.<br /> He has two Bronze Stars, from Normandy and Bastogne, a Purple Heart and two presidential citations.<br /> In 1994, he jumped out of an airplane once more, to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day.<br /> He was 72.<br /> In 2009, he had a triple heart bypass.<br /> “But I look around and I see other people,” he said, “and every time I think I’m hurting, I see how the powers-that-be have taken care of me. How many people live to be in their 90s?”<br /> On Nov. 5, he will turn 99.<br /> “Meals On Wheels was a big surprise,” he said, clutching this day’s delivery. “They surprise me all the time with this stuff.”<br /> And then, turning to go back inside, out of the midday heat, he paused.<br /> “When I was in shape,” he added, “you didn’t mess with me.”</p>
<p>To learn more, call 561-802-6979 or visit <a href="http://www.mealsonwheelspalmbeaches.org">www.mealsonwheelspalmbeaches.org</a>.</p></div>Home, Health and Harmony: Thanksgiving -- Sharing the bountyhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/home-health-and-harmony-thanksgiving-sharing-the-bounty2015-11-04T17:11:31.000Z2015-11-04T17:11:31.000ZChris Felkerhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/ChrisFelker<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Soup Kitchen delivery program</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">a prescription for compassion and dignity</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960604464,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960604464,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="438" alt="7960604464?profile=original" /></a><em>Josette Giguere, left, of Boynton Beach, accepts meals from volunteers Margaret Hudson, center, and Janet Irish, right.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Giguere, who had spinal surgery recently and is unable to cook, and her mother-in-law, Anna Giguere (not pictured),</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>have been receiving meals from The Soup Kitchen’s Meals on Wheels program for two months.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>By Linda Haase<br /><br /></strong> We’re all grateful for our annual Thanksgiving feasts but at The Soup Kitchen in Boynton Beach every single meal is a much-appreciated blessing.<br /> More than 400 hungry people line up at The Soup Kitchen daily. Volunteers dish up meals — and kind words — to those in need. They also give out bags with food and basic necessities. <br /> It’s a big help to those who might not otherwise eat. But the staff and volunteers worried about those who aren’t able to get to the Boynton Beach Boulevard venue. <br /> Now, thanks to a $100,000 grant from Impact 100 Palm Beach County, the nonprofit organization is bringing food to homebound seniors in Boynton Beach. The free home delivery program offers meals five days a week (weekends are excluded). <br /> “For over 30 years The Soup Kitchen has been feeding the hungry and consistently evolving to address the many needs of our guests,” explains Executive Director Enrique Zuanetto. “Providing home delivery service was a natural offshoot of what we already do in the kitchen.”</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960604289,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960604289,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="410" alt="7960604289?profile=original" /></a><em>Volunteers hand out bread donated by Publix at The Soup Kitchen in Boynton Beach.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><br /> The organization’s Meals on Wheels program was launched in July to help homebound seniors and/or physically challenged residents in the Boynton Beach area. <br /> “While we are not affiliated with the Meals on Wheels national program, the Meals on Wheels of The Palm Beaches was instrumental in providing us guidance and support for the launch of our program,” says Zuanetto. “The organization was more than generous with their time in helping us minimize obstacles.” <br /> A hot meal — along with a hefty snack and a protein shake — is delivered to seniors who are homebound due to medical or health-related mobility issues, transportation limitations or age. <br /> “We give them two trays with food. We give them a lot of food. We are very proud to be able to do this,” says Zuanetto.<br />“There are so many seniors that need help and we appreciate the grant from Impact 100. It made this program possible,” he says. Impact 100 Palm Beach County, a women’s charity organization, donated $436,000 to six nonprofit groups in southern Palm Beach County in April. The Soup Kitchen was one of four nonprofits that received $100,000. <br /> “We have heard that many of these people can’t afford to buy food or are too tired or weak to prepare it,” Taryn Wheat, The Soup Kitchen’s grant writer, noted during a speech at the Impact 100 Grants awards ceremony. “We want to ensure that their health does not deteriorate due to lack of nutrition. Equally important is the daily check-in and a human connection. In many instances, this program is a prescription for compassion and dignity.” <br /> Impact 100 members obviously agreed, voting to give the organization one of the four top grants. <br /> “We’re here for our community,” says Zuanetto. <br /> And that includes people like Peter Moshonas, one of The Soup Kitchen volunteers helping with the initiative. “The program is an important one,” says the Lake Worth resident and chef. “It will help a lot of people.”<br /><br /><em>For more information on The Soup Kitchen’s Meals on Wheels Program, call 561-806-8636.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><strong>Ride Against Hunger</strong></span><br />Volunteers will use pedal power to collect food for the hungry during the 2015 Cranksgiving Bike Ride/Scavenger Hunt hosted by the Community Caring Center. The 15-mile route will include stops at four grocery stores where riders will purchase nonperishable items (a minimum of $20) to help fill 250 Thanksgiving baskets and help stock the food pantry. <br />Prizes will be awarded to the riders with the best turkey costumes. <br /><strong>When:</strong> Registration at 8 a.m.; ride starts at 9 a.m. Nov. 15. <br /><strong>Where:</strong> Begins and ends at The Backyard, 511 N.E. Fourth St., Boynton Beach. <br /><strong>Cost:</strong> $10 registration fee. <br /><strong>Information:</strong> <a href="http://www.cccgbb-org.webs.com">www.cccgbb-org.webs.com</a></p></div>Along the Coast: Sales of pies help feed homeboundhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-sales-of-pies-help-feed-homebound2015-11-04T17:01:00.000Z2015-11-04T17:01:00.000ZChris Felkerhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/ChrisFelker<div><p><strong>By Linda Haase</strong> <br /><br /> Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa’s pastry chef Robert Bellini is gathering sumptuous ingredients for a very special pie. Make that 100 special pies. <br /> He and other chefs — including those at Table 26, Boca Grove Golf & Tennis Club, Four Seasons Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago Club, Howley’s, Whole Foods Market and Testa’s — are donating their time and talent to “Palm Beach County’s Biggest Thanksgiving Pie Sale” hosted by Meals on Wheels of The Palm Beaches. <br /> The Pie It Forward campaign, which runs through Nov. 14, unites local chefs and philanthropists — including sponsors Bank of America, TBC Corp., Bush Brothers Provision Company and Suffolk Construction — in support of Meals on Wheels’ mission to feed homebound seniors. <br /> Apple, pecan and pumpkin pies can be purchased online at <a href="http://www.mowpb.org">www.mowpb.org</a> and picked up at the Palm Beach County Convention Center Nov. 24. Each pie costs $25 and will feed one homebound senior a week of hot, nutritious meals. <br /> “Pie It Forward is built on community spirit. From local businesses to local chefs and our incredible pie selling teams, it has been so exciting watching the community come together for the common goal of supporting Meals on Wheels of The Palm Beaches,” says Maura Nelson, Pie It Forward campaign director. <br /> Every bite will help. Meals on Wheels of The Palm Beaches, which expects to deliver at least 25,000 meals to seniors who are homebound in areas including West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach and eastern Lake Worth this year, doesn’t receive any government funding and relies on grants and donations.</p>
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<p><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Pie It Forward</span></strong> <br /><strong>What:</strong> Pie It Forward, hosted by Meals on Wheels of The Palm Beaches. Pies are $25 and each purchase will provide a homebound senior with a week of hot, nutritious meals. <br /><strong>When:</strong> Through Nov. 14.<br /><strong>For more information:</strong> Pumpkin, pecan and apple pies can be ordered online at <a href="http://www.mowpb.org">www.mowpb.org</a>. <br /><br /></p></div>