PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - To prepare for dangerously cold days when Meals on Wheels can’t dealer food, the volunteer organization prepares “blizzard boxes” as early as November so the seniors they deliver to don’t go hungry.
Barb Hess with Meals on Wheels in the West Hills explained to KDKA Radio's Lynn Hayes Freeland what comes in the box especially prepared for a frigid day.
“A blizzard box is an item that contains non-perishable items and (it) can be soup, it can be crackers, material that they could put in their pantry and have just for a day like today. We get those out around Christmas time because we know the weather can start to turn nasty.
Hess adds their volunteers are also older citizens so they need to make sure they are safe.
“We have to be mindful of our volunteer base organization, seniors are delivering to seniors we have to be mindful of those.”
Meals on Wheels also make their own homemade frozen meals and give them out with a memo to put away and save for a poor winter weather day.
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