Walk for Meals on Wheels 2010
New Walkers & Walking Groups are Needed!
Greenfield Savings Bank has set aside $10,000 to match funds raised by NEW walkers and groups this year. Click here to order walking papers for yourself. Or click here to register a team.
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Send me instructions & walking papers. I want to walk!
Click here to email your request for walking papers, OR call Martha Morse at 413-773-5555 Ext 2239 or 978-544-2259 Ext. 2239. Please leave your mailing address, as walking papers need to be sent through the US Mail.
Register Your Team
Click here to register a team, OR call Martha Morse at 413-773-5555 Ext 2239 or 978-544-2259 Ext. 2239. Please leave your mailing address, as walking papers need to be sent through the US Mail. We’ll put your team name on our website, where people can donate to your group online while you collect donations in your community.
Donate to a Team
Choose a team to support, then click the donation link below to make your donation. Teams in blue are NEW teams. Donations to new teams and walkers are doubled thanks to a grant from Greenfield Savings Bank.
- Athol:
- Athol Curves
- Athol Mealsite (Senior Center)
- Quabbin Valley Health Care
- Bernardston:
- Bernardston Sneakers (Senior Center group)
- Deerfield:
- First Church of Deerfield
- Erving:
- Dot Black & Erving Senior Center/Mealsite
- Gill:
- Gill-Montague Senior Center
- Renaissance Builders
- Greenfield:
- All Souls Unitarian Universalist
- Annie Keough Friends & Family
- The Arbors at Greenfield
- Baystate Franklin Medical Center
- Cohn Real Estate
- The Dirty Half Dozen
- Franklin County Community Development Corp.
- Gentiva Health Services
- Greenfield Community College
- Greenfield "Green Team" (MOW Packing Kitchen)
- Poet's Seat Health Care Center
- Seaman Family
- Sun Life
- Leverett:
- First Congregational Church of Leverett
- Leverett Lunch Bunch
- Montague:
- The Bridge Is Out
- Gill-Montague Senior Center
- New Salem:
- New Salem Mealsite Group
- Northfield:
- Bagley Family
- Northfield Walkers & Marian Holbrook
- Linden Hill School
- Orange:
- Academic Exchange Students w/ Cliff Fournier
- Desmond Callan Community Health Center
- Mahar HS Key Club
- Orange Methodist Church
- Orange Wheeler Mealers
- Petersham:
- Petersham Hill Toppers (Mealsite Group)
- Phillipston
- Phillipston Mealsite Group
- Royalston
- Royalston Walkers
- Shelburne
- Hardina-Blanchette Family
- Shelburne Mealsite Walking Group
- South Deerfield:
- Congregational Church of South Deerfield
- Frontier Regional High School
- Frontier Senior Center/Mealsite
- Turners Falls:
- Clogston Cloggers (FCHCC Staff)
- Franklin County Technical High School
- Greenfield Savings Bank - Turners Falls Branch
- Lightlife Foods, Inc.
- St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Click here to donate on behalf of your favorite team. During the checkout process, be sure to click the plus sign (+) next to Special Notes, and type the team's name in the Special Notes box so we can credit your team with the donation! Please note: Though we use PayPal to process credit card payments, YOU ARE NOT opening a PayPal account by donating with your credit card.
Can't Walk But Want to Make a Donation?
Click here to make a donation! Please note: Though we use PayPal to process credit card payments, YOU ARE NOT opening a PayPal account by donating with your credit card.
Get on the Bus and Walk!
FRTA is providing FREE bus service from Athol, Orange and Erving to the walk in Turners Falls. Bus will have a special drawing for prizes! Get your team together and then get on the bus and walk for Meals on Wheels. RSVP required by April 21. Please call the number below where you will get on the bus:
- Athol Senior Center: Call Joanne: 978-249-9001
- Orange Armory Senior Center: Call Charlotte: 978-544-7082
- Erving Senior Center: Call Home Care 413-773-5555 X 2226
Pre-Walk Events
April 23: Erving Spaghetti Supper to Benefit Meals on Wheels. Two sittings: 5pm and 6 pm on Friday, April 23 at the Erving Senior Center, 18 Pleasant St. Erving, MA 01344. $6 for adults/ $3 for children. Call to make a reservation, 413-423-3308.
April 28th: All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Supper to Benefit Meals on Wheels at Orange Senior Center, 135 East Main St., Orange, MA 01364. $6.00/adult. More info? Call Charlotte at 978-544-7082.
May 1st, 6:30-8:30 am a.m. FREE Breakfast for Walkers riding the bus from Athol Senior Center. Bus leaves at 9am. Reservations required by calling Joanne at 978-249-9001.
May 1st, 8 – 9 a.m. On the Bus Sen- Off Bi-Centennial Breakfast. $5 at Orange Senior Center. Reservations required by calling Charlotte at 978-544-7082
May 1st, Erving Pancake and Sausage Breakfast to Benefit Meals on Wheels. FREE TO THOSE WHO WILL WALK THE WALK and $5 for others. 8-9:30 am at Erving Senior Center, 18 Pleasant St., Erving, MA 01344. Free bus transport will then bring walkers to the walk. Please call and make a reservations 413-423-3308.
Walk Prizes
Thanks to many wonderful prize sponsors, we have great Walk Prizes!
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“Most Unique Costume” Receives Choice of Restaurant Certificate (French King Restaurant, or Four Leaf Clover, or Second Street Bakery), a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Yankee Candle;
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“Group with Highest Dollar Amount Raised” Receives: Twenty --$10.00 Gift Certificates to the elegant China Gourmet Restaurant in Greenfield, a $200.00 value.
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“Three Teen Fundraisers with Highest Dollar Amount Raised” Receive: Pizza Parties! One in North Quabbin, one in Greenfield/ The Valley, one in Hill Towns, and a Nalgene Water Bottle Kit from Trail Head in Orange. Top Teen Fundraiser receives, in addition, a Gift Certificate to “All About Beads” in Greenfield.
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“Walker with Highest Dollar Amount Raised” Receives, First Choice: Restaurant Certificate (Many possible choices: Whately Inn, Thai Blue Ginger, El Greco, Brad's Place, Denny’s Pantry, Mesa Verde) a $100 Gift Certificate to Foster’s Market in Greenfield, a Gift Certificate to Green Fields Market or McCusker’s, a membership in the YMCA, or Certificate for Athol Curves, or White Elephant Yoga.
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“Walker with Second Highest Dollar Amount Raised” Receives Second Choice, above.
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“Walker with Third Highest Dollar Amount Raised” Receives Remaining Choice, above.
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“Youngest Walker:” A Family Visit to the Butterfly Conservatory
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“Oldest Walker:” Restaurant Certificates, a ½ hour massage by Linda Romano, Gift Certificate to Pro-Tech Automotive, a gift from Silver Lace Treasures/Wild Tree.
Want to Volunteer?
We have many volunteer jobs ranging from providing staff support as we organize the walk to helping on the day of the walk, Saturday, May 1, 2010, setting up, dismantling or staffing the walk. Contact Pam or Robin via email (pkelly@fchcc.org) or 413-773-5555 or 978-544-2259. Contact Charlotte Weltzin if you’d like to help in the North Quabbin: cweltzin@fchcc.org or 978-544-7082.