Share the Spirit: Meals on Wheels Contra Costa program provides vital connection

MARTINEZ — Meals on Wheels Contra Costa has a reputation among its clients of being a lifesaver a standard the organization takes with much pride.

The mission of the 34-year-old organization, which serves some 800,000 free meals annually to 3,600 seniors, is to “support homebound elders to maintain their health and dignity, and enable them to live independently in the comfort and security of their own homes,” as well as “to aid nutritionally at-risk senior citizens who have challenges that...