Donate to Meals on Wheels!
Your donation to Meals on Wheels by ACC directly impacts our ability to provide services to seniors and to provide resources to our dedicated volunteers. Meals on Wheels by ACC operates with a small staff and is largely supported by dedicated volunteers who provide roughly 5,000 hours of work each month. This helps keep administrative costs down and ensures that the majority of your donation goes directly to the preparation, delivery, and service of the meals themselves.
While volunteers’ time and skills are a large part of our operations, our program also needs financial resources to provide volunteers with the supplies and tools necessary for them to complete their work, as well as to help coordinate services through our office.
Your generous donation to Meals on Wheels by ACC enables us to:
- Provide seniors with nutritious meals 250 days a year, rain or shine
- Prepare, deliver, and serve about 2,000 seniors per week
- Improve the livelihood and health of seniors through balanced nutrition and nutrition education
- Reduce the isolation and loneliness of homebound seniors
- Promote socialization and friendship at our All Seasons Cafés
- Avoid the premature institutionalization of seniors who cannot prepare their own meals
- Help seniors maintain their independence and dignity
- Continue to provide meals for thousands of seniors currently in the program and expand on our existing services in Sacramento County
Make a donation to Meals on Wheels by mail!
SEND TO:
Meals on Wheels by ACC
7375 Park City Drive
Sacramento, CA 95831
HONOR AND MEMORIAL DONATIONS: To donate in honor or memory of someone, please complete and mail the donation form below. Alternatively, you can also make an online donation, then email the completed form to volunteer@mowsac.org.
Other Ways to Support Meals on Wheels
In-Kind Donations:
Meals on Wheels by ACC welcomes in-kind donations that support seniors who participate in our home-delivered meal and cafe programs. We accept new and/or unexpired donations of the following:
- Dog and cat food (canned or dry)
- Word search books
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Place mats (purchased or hand decorated)
- Gift cards for grocery stores, drugstores, or restaurants
- Bingo games and prizes
- Adult coloring books and color pencils
- Greeting cards for Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, and winter holidays
- New items like scarves, blankets, gloves, and socks (only accepted in November and December for our annual Project Warm Wishes campaign)
To schedule a donation drop-off or pick-up, please call us at (916) 444-9533 ext. 143 or email volunteer@mowsac.org.
Vehicle Donations:
Your car, truck, van, RV, or other vehicle makes a real difference to Meals on Wheels by ACC. We accept vehicle donations through Charitable Adult Rides Services or CARS (careasy.org), which includes a free pick up of your vehicle, running or not, by a professional towing company.
Charitable Adult Rides Services handles all the paperwork and you will be sent a receipt for tax purposes. They will send the proceeds from the sale or salvage of your vehicle to Meals on Wheels by ACC.
To donate your vehicle, visit https://careasy.org/nonprofit/meals-on-wheels-by-acc or call 844-411-5768. If you have questions, you may contact Donor Services at Meals on Wheels by ACC at 916-503-2083.
Legacy Gifts and Bequests:
Charitable bequests provide much needed funds to operate the Meals on Wheels by ACC’s programs and services. You would not need to rewrite your will or living trust if you decide to make a charitable bequest to Meals on Wheels ACC. You could simply add an amendment, or codicil, to your will or living trust.
Here is some example language you can have your attorney review:
“I give, devise, and bequeath the sum of $_____ or ___% of my estate to Meals on Wheels by ACC, tax identification number 30-0610870, located at 7375 Park City Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95831.”
Your bequest is entirely under your control during life and becomes irrevocable only at death. Please consider making an everlasting commitment to the seniors in our community and include Meals on Wheels by ACC in your will or living trust today.
Workplace Giving:
Do you participate in a United Way Campaign or other charitable giving program where you work? If so, please consider designating your contribution to Meals on Wheels by ACC or ask your manager if your company participates in a charitable giving program. Workplace giving is an easy way to support Meals on Wheels by ACC and help us carry out our mission.
For more information on workplace giving, please contact Ted Fong, ACC Donor Services Manager, 916-503-5392, tfong@accsv.org.
