Recruiting volunteers, holiday voting, and program updates!
November 2021
Deliver Nutritious Meals and Save Lives!
Volunteer shifts are less than an hour, can have flexible schedules, and save lives every day. Help us fill 20 routes or elect to be a substitute driver today!
Entire Month of December:Foster Applicance is donating $5 for every major appliance purchase to Horizons.
Tuesday 12/7:Wig and Pen Pizza Pub is donating 10% of total sales to Meals on Wheels of Johnson County.
Thursday 12/9:Map Room is donating 10% of total sales to Horizons!
Monday 12/20: Chipotle Lindale Mall will donate 33% of total event sales to Horizons’ programs.
The Gazette Gives Back provides over $525,000 in free advertising credits to select Eastern Iowa nonprofits throughout the calendar year!
How many credits are given to each? It's all about the vote. Help homebound seniors stay in the homes longer, healther, and more affordably by voting here!
Subaru Share The Love has returned! Help older adults age in place with the help of a friendly visitor check and nutritious hot meal by voting for Meals on Wheels of America when you purchase a new Subaru.
Ask Dave Wright if Horizons' Meals on Wheels program can be one of the 2022 Hometown Charities today!
More Than A Meal:
Social Determinants of Health
The recent COVID-19 crisis has brought many disturbing and unrecognized social determinants of health (SDOH) disparities in our communities and country. The pandemic has illuminated, perhaps more than ever before, that our senior population is among the most vulnerable because of SDOH disparities. Alarmingly, SDOH disparities are estimated to increase health care spending and lost productivity costs by $93 billion and $42 billion annually. Our society is not only confronted with a moral issue but also an economic crisis and call to action. Read more
Feeding hungry seniors and keeping them in their homes.
NTS: Growing Quickly
Poor and non-White Americans have the fewest jobs available to them within a 30-minute transit commute of their homes — and getting to work on the third shift is even harder, a new study finds. Read more
Download our app in Google Playor the App Store today for a curb-to-curb ride to work, school, or training.
Transportation should not be a barrier to employment.
FWC: Cost of Heating
Did you know that households who use gas to heat their home will pay 30% more on average this winter, and those using electricity can expect to pay 6% more!
How should you prepare for this rise in cost? If you cannot afford your energy bill, see if you qualify for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance! Read more
Empowering people to reach their financial potential.
Catering For A Cause
These meals save lives!
Visit our website to view our lunch options for your work groups and social gatherings!
Job Opportunities
Do you know someone looking for a great opportunity? Send them to our careers page!
Apparel For Sale!
Check out the Horizons store today, orders cut off on the 15th of every month.
