The knock at the door is brief and familiar. A volunteer steps forward, a meal changes hands, a few words are exchanged. From the outside, it looks simple. But the meaning of that moment has always depended on what the person answering the door is carrying. In 1989, the Peterborough Examiner marked...
In a scrapbook tucked inside our archives, there is a photograph from 1989–1990: the Meals on Wheels Board of Directors gathered around a long meeting table. They have paused from their work, looking up at the camera with the sort of relaxed attentiveness that comes from familiar company. The ...
On a bright September afternoon in 1992, Meals on Wheels volunteers gathered for what looked and felt remarkably like a family reunion. Folding chairs appeared wherever people wanted to settle — some placed in the warm sun, others tucked gratefully into pockets of cool shade. A few volunteers ...
In the summer of 1964, the idea of Meals on Wheels in Peterborough was little more than a hope shared by a handful of neighbours. On June 3, community members gathered at the Senior Citizens Recreation Centre on McDonnell Street “for the purpose of welding into a responsible organization those...
On May 15, 1992, the familiar rhythm of the late morning at Meals on Wheels headquarters at the Queen Alexandra Centre took an unexpected turn. As volunteers gathered to sort meals freshly brought in from local vendors—and prepared to fan out across the city—several RCMP officers in full...
