About Us
A group of citizens, organized by founder Edward Cruse, started the meal delivery program 40 years ago. Meals were initially prepared at St. Martha's Church in Sarasota and distributed from the Venice-Nokomis United Methodist Church. In 1978 the local service program became Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Overall direction and financial management is provided by a Board of Directors of 11; the office is staffed each morning with 2 managers, twice weekly for data entry, invoicing and accounts receivable. Route Directors manage 14 routes, and over 180 drivers and substitutes. All are volunteer, unpaid positions.
Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. does not receive federal aid from any governmental entity, nor is it associated with Meals on Wheels.org.
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Our Partners
Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. is a community success story, and would not have been able to provide over a million nutritious meals without the countless hours of volunteer hours, financial support from individuals and community associations, and the excellent working relationships and services provided to us by other not for profit organizations and local businesses.
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Since 1983 meals have been prepared and distributed from the premises of Village On The Isle, Venice, FL, (first known as Southwest Florida Retirement Center) and reimbursed on a cost per meal basis by Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc.
Village On The Isle is Venice's only faith-based, not for profit continuing care retirement community. Village on the Isle has 210 residential apartment homes in Matthew and Trinity Halls. Mark Manor Assisted Living Facility can accommodate up to 100 people needing assistance with activities of daily living and medication management. Luke Haven is a 60 bed skilled nursing facility providing extensive medical rehabilitation. For more information visit http://www.villageontheisle.com.
As Florida’s largest community foundation, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice is committed to improving the quality of life in the communities it serves. The Foundation was created in late 1995 and has awarded grants of more than $83 million in the areas of arts and culture, health and human services, education, civic affairs, and the environment. As well as a service resource that supports the area non profit organizations, they also provide expertise to donors to assist in their charitable giving goals.
The online donations made through this site for Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. are processed by a link to Gulf Coast Community Foundation website that performs the financial transaction on a Verisign secure server. For more information visit http://www.gulfcoastcf.org.
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A number of local businesses and internet sites have included contact information and a link to our website, for easy reference. www.MealCall.org provides an internet directory of all meal service organizations. A local realtor has provided a community directory of services in the Venice, FL area at www.live4Venice.com. We are also listed on Gulf Coast Community Foundation's Community Showcase.
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| Jim Peterson, President |
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Vice President
Sherry Eubanks
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Sloan
Treasurer
Philip Mueller
Transportation Officer
Donna Cubit-Swoyer
Public Relations
Joyce Peterson
Secretary
Ann Boeke
Director at Large
Robert Nicholson
Director at Large
Irene Smith-Childs
Director at Large
Gary Beck
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