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Article: MEALS ON WHEELS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AND 80,000 DELIVERIES.(SUFFOLK SUN)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 23, 1997
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Byline: FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER
SUFFOLK -- Ten years ago, Margaret Riddick didn't know where her mother's next meal was coming from.
``She was sick. I tried to get some meals from SEVAMP (Southeastern Virginia Area Model Program),'' she remembered. ``I told 'em I'd come and get the food, but they couldn't make the arrangements.
``Later, when I saw that Meals on Wheels was starting in Suffolk, I said - I'm going to carry meals,'' said Riddick, 83. ``So many people are in the same fix my mother was.''
Meals on Wheels celebrated its 10th anniversary Thursday, honoring its 160 volunteers - honoring the fact that, in the past decade, ...