Newsletters

Happy 2018 to everyone!

We hope you have all had a lovely festive season, maybe enjoyed some family time, perhaps watching some cricket or tennis on the TV. We know many of our volunteer drivers have had a hectic time being grandparents over recent weeks and might be glad that school has gone back!

We have been very busy with our new chef Troy and the kitchen team prepar-ing extra frozen meals covering the public holidays and several Christmas func-tions we were delighted to host at the end of last year.
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Spring at Last!

I hope everyone is enjoying the (slightly) warmer weather as we all sur-face from our winter hibernation again and hope for more rain.

We have welcomed a number of new clients to the service since our last newsletter – if you are new to Meals on Wheels, we hope you are enjoying the meals and also not having to worry about cooking or shopping as much any more. Don’t hesitate to contact the office if you have any questions about the service.
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Greetings!

Welcome to our new clients and also to our new volunteers. We have had many new consumers join the ranks of meal recipients in both Armidale and Uralla and we hope our meals are helping you get through the cool winter days (and nights!).

Some new volunteers have also joined us recently so if you see a new face on deliveries, make them feel welcome as part of our wonderful network.

Our Volunteers would have noticed the glass partition that has been erected around the administration area, to provide the staff a level of privacy for when the café is established. MOW had previously secured funding under the Armi-dale Regional Council’s Stronger Communities Fund for this partition and for our new freezer room which is still to come.
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Greetings!

I would like to take the opportunity to thank Jo Heslin for her hard work and dedication to Armidale / Uralla Meals on Wheels and for building this organisation to what it is today.
After a few weeks in the chair I can clearly see that the business is well placed to grow further into the future as we consolidate our plans for the café and to finalise the premises (addition of freezer room, glass petition and solar panels)

Thank you all for your welcoming support and for those of you who were able to attend the afternoon tea to say Farewell to Jo and Welcome to myself, thanks again for your kind words and encouragement!
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Greetings from our ever busy premises!!

I have returned to Australia after a wonderful family holiday in New Zealand to a blooming garden, it is lovely to see all the Spring blooms. The weeding & lawn mowing begins!

Melissa & the team did a wonderful job in my absence, the operation ticked along like clock work. I must publically thank them for their hard work.

As we begin to plan for the Christmas period and 2017, I reflect on the year we have had. The AGM has been held and there was a very successful financial year highlighted with a profit and yet another increases in our meal numbers. Our clients are close to 93 % satisfied and our catering requests increase.
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Greetings from our very busy premises!!

Please take care of yourselves during these chilly winter months, a number of our clients are in hospital at present—we hope you have a speedy recovery.

I will be on holiday with the family in early July, looking forward to smelling the coastal air and watching the dolphins frolic in the waves.
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Greetings from our very busy premises!!

February has given us another record month of very close to 3000 meals. The growth has been large over the past few months & continues which has led the organisation to look at its operations and in particular the kitchen staffing. This is to ensure we are future proofed as numbers grow and to ensure we continue to meet our high level of food safety.
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