Meals on Wheels of Greenville was one of 22 Greenville County organizations to be awarded a grant as part of the Greenville Health Authority’s “Healthy Greenville” program. The awards, which were announced Tuesday, bring the total amount of Healthy Greenville grants to nearly $19.4 million since the program began two years ago.
Meals on Wheels of Greenville was awarded $6,250 for a continuity of care program for highly vulnerable homebound seniors and individuals. The program delivers frozen meals for evenings and weekends for those individuals. Collaborators include the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority.
“We look forward to working with Greenville Health Authority’s ‘Healthy Greenville’ grants program to improve the health of our community,” said Catriona Carlisle, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels of Greenville. “This grant will help to support our frozen meal program and allow us to continue providing daily volunteer visits for the homebound of Greenville County.”
Prisma Health-Upstate, formerly Greenville Health System, is committed to improving the health and well-being of citizens of Greenville County, which includes health promotion, disease prevention and taking care of all in need. Part of that commitment is providing to GHA an annual commitment of $4 million for the Healthy Greenville program to support health-related care, health research and health education initiatives benefiting the residents of Greenville County.
For more information on the Healthy Greenville program, visit www.ghs.org/healthygreenville