Citymeals on Wheels

Older New Yorkers struggle with soaring grocery prices and SNAP cuts. Citymeals' home-delivered meals help neighbors like Lillian stay healthy. #NationalNutritionMonth

From our Distribution Center to the doors of older New Yorkers, our breakfast boxes bring 30 days of healthy food to recipients like Alfred & Isabelle. It's one way we're working to end elder hunger. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how it all comes together! 🍽️💙 #Citymeals #SeniorHunger

Billy, 63, was born and raised in Alabama and moved to NYC in his 20s. He enrolled in culinary school and cooked in restaurants, a nursing home in Queens and even at Rikers Island. Citymeals is proud to support older New Yorkers like Billy. 💙

#BlackHistoryMonth #Citymeals #MealsOnWheels

Stay safe, everyone! 💙❄️ #citymeals #mealsonwheels #nycsnowstorm

SNAP is essential. H.R. 1 threatens millions of people with food insecurity, state budget stress, and local economic harm. Speak out today and tell Congress to repeal these provisions. secure.everyaction.com/Fmmxo-UVYE6J...

Our volunteer, Letitia, was born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx. When she has a free Saturday, you can find her out in Manhattan, delivering meals to her older neighbors in need. "This is just another thing I can do to support my city." 💙

➡️ Sign up to volunteer at citymeals.org!

Each meal we deliver shows our older neighbors they’re cared for and not forgotten. Help us end elder hunger in NYC by 2040 — volunteer, donate or support us at citymeals.org 💙 #Citymeals #MealsOnWheels #NYCAging #EndElderHunger

SNAP doesn’t just feed families—it strengthens local economies, supports farmers, and helps grocery stores thrive. H.R. 1 threatens that stability. Speak out and tell Congress to protect SNAP. secure.everyaction.com/Fmmxo-UVYE6J...

"Treating food & human connection as fundamental components of health care is not only compassionate but also a preventive public policy."  Read our op-ed with Life Story Club in City & State NY on hunger and isolation among older New Yorkers:
https://ow.ly/IVew50Y9X7N

When our meal recipient Leon was in his early twenties, the Voting Rights Act had just passed. As only the second Black person hired by NBC, he was truly a trailblazer. https://www.citymeals.org/news-more/meal-recipient-stories/leon

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #Citymeals #MealsOnWheels

Person in a maroon sweater holding a colorful handmade Valentine's Day card with a heart and 'Happy Valentine's Day!' text in an office setting.

🌹Send a Valentine to an older New Yorker! 💙 You can make cards on your schedule, mail them to us, and we'll make sure they're delivered alongside a nutritious meal. It's a great way to brighten someone's day. #ValentinesDay #SpreadLove #VolunteerNYC #CommunityCare #CitymealsOnWheels #NYCNonprofit

We're grateful to all of our delivery staff and service providers who made sure older New Yorkers had enough food to stay safe at their homes during this weekend's storm! Keep checking on your older neighbors and loved ones and offer to help with groceries or shoveling snow if you can. 💙

Check on older neighbors before the storm! Citymeals delivers storm boxes and emergency food to ensure they have supplies. We're also providing 2,000 extra meals to partners across the boroughs. Stay safe! ⛈️ 💙 #citymeals #mealsonwheels #nycnonprofit #nycweather #nyc

Every knock on the door from a Citymeals volunteer or staff member means a nutritious meal for an older neighbor in need!

As one of our recipients put it, "That knock is the miracle coming."

#Citymeals #MealsOnWheels #NYC #Aging #Hunger #Senior Hunger 💙

🚨 On days like today, older New Yorkers are especially vulnerable. Make sure to check on your neighbors today! Citymeals delivers weekend, holiday and emergency meals no matter the weather. ❄️ All donations support our lifeline of meals and check-ins: https://donate.citymeals.org/page/74448/donate/1

Dr. King challenged us to imagine a world without hunger. 🍽️ Citymeals answers that call every day, delivering a lifeline of meals and connection for our older neighbors in need. Everyone has a role to play in ending food insecurity. What will yours be? #MLKDay #EndHunger #FoodInsecurity #Citymeals

There is a solution to fully address the SNAP harm caused by H.R. 1. Tell Congress to support the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act and #stopthatSNAPshift to states in FY26 appropriations. Act now: secure.everyaction.com/Wf7TjlCO3kue...

Elaine, 82, has lived in her Upper East Side Apartment for 66 years. She loves where she lives, and has been able to age in place thanks to home-delivered meals, her home health aide and a caring community of neighbors who check on her often. 💙 #NYCNonprofit #MealsOnWheels

In the U.S., hunger is often hidden. But it can still leave scars on body and mind In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last a lifetime.

We refer to the homebound older New Yorkers we serve as the "hidden hungry." They live behind closed doors, unable to stand in line at a food pantry. As @npr.org notes, it's dangerous to underestimate the physical and psychological consequences of hunger: www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Thanks for supporting Citymeals on Wheels in 2025! 💙 Because of you, we deliver over 2M meals each year to 22,000 older New Yorkers in need. Here's to another year of impact. 🥂 Learn more and get involved at citymeals.org #seniors #eldercare #elderhunger #citymeals #mealsonwheels

Our New Year's resolution? Spread joy in 2026! 🌟 Join our volunteer programs to help deliver meals, create cards, and connect with older neighbors in need. Sign up today: citymeals.org/volunteer

📢 Big news: our match is now TRIPLE! No one should be hungry or alone in NYC, especially our older neighbors. 💙 Last chance to make a tax-deductible gift by midnight! 🎁 Every donation is matched 3X! 👉 Donate today: https://donate.citymeals.org/page/91738/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=YESOC3X

Is providing nutritious meals for your older neighbors in need on your to-do list for the end of the year? If not, it should be! ✅

🎁 Your gift to Citymeals today will be matched, doubling your impact: https://donate.citymeals.org/page/91737/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=FY26EOYSocial

Big thanks to NBC New York and Gaby Acevedo for featuring our Christmas Day meal deliveries to thousands of homebound older New Yorkers, and to the incredible Citymeals volunteers, staff and partners who took time out of their holiday to make the magic happen. 💙🎄 #Citymeals #MealsOnWheels

Did you know that in addition to festive meals on Christmas Day, Citymeals also delivers "Seasons Greetings" boxes to older New Yorkers in December? The boxes contain meals, pantry staples, special treats and of course greeting cards handmade by our volunteers!

Beth Shapiro joined NY1's "Rush Hour" to highlight two realities facing older New Yorkers: the loneliness many feel during the holidays, and a year-round hunger crisis made worse by rising food costs and benefit cuts. Thank you to Spectrum News NY1 and Dean Meminger for the coverage!

Citymeals delivery person wearing a winter coat and helmet handing a plastic bag with a meal to a senior at a snowy house entrance in the Bronx, NY.

🚨 Today is a cold one in #NYC, with real-feel temperatures below freezing. ❄️Please check on your older neighbors/family members today to ensure they have access to heat & sufficient food. Citymeals delivers no matter the weather. You can do your part by looking out for your fellow New Yorkers. 🌡️💙

📢 Citymeals needs volunteers for holiday calls to isolated older neighbors from Dec 22 to Christmas! 📱 A friendly check-in shows they’re not forgotten. 💙❄️ Call from anywhere, on your schedule. Sign up today: https://citymeals.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/holidayvolunteers

A gourmet dish featuring crispy latkes, smoked salmon, and cream garnished with fresh herbs.

🕎 From latkes to gelt, your Hannukah shopping trip to Citarella can shine even brighter!⭐ Round up at the register or purchase our tote to support meals for older New Yorkers in need.

Feeding Senior Neighbors | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Beth Shapiro, CEO of Citymeals on Wheels, the nation’s largest operation to deliver meals to homebound seniors, discusses the state of elder hunger in the city.

One in 10 senior citizens in New York City lack reliable access to affordable and nutritious food.

ICYMI: @citymeals.bsky.social on the state of elder hunger in the city and the lasting impact of federal funding cuts.
www.wnyc.org/story/feedin...