Aid for friends

AID FOR FRIENDS MISSION STATEMENT

Aid For Friends' mission is to serve needy, isolated shut-ins, primarily the frail elderly, in the 5 county Greater Philadelphia area, with free daily home-cooked meals delivered weekly by empathetic volunteer visitors, and also to provide shut-ins with free out reach services. The goal is to help our homebound "client/friends" maintain their cherished independence by supporting their determination to remain in their own homes for as long as possible and to enhance their quality of life.

Learn more at Aid for Friends Web Site:

Aid for Friends Web Site

Newtown UMW Aid for Friends group meets the third Wednesday of the month in the church kitchen at 9:00. This group has been preparing meals monthly growing from 55 meals and 16 soup dishes in Oct of 1995 to 600 meals in June of 2008.

Meals produced annually

June30,2005 through June30,2006: 5029

June30,2006 through June30,2007: 5427

June30,2007 through June30,2008: 4795

Food used in this project come from donations, leftovers from our covered dishes, UMW donations and members donations. The food is cooked, cooled, put in containers, labeled and frozen until delivery to the Aid for Friends Center in Philadelphia. Please join us for any month you can. You will come away with a feeling of accomplishment that comes with joining together in a Christian Effort.