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Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc.

Providing Meals on Wheels to the Venice FL area since 1969

 

About Us


A group of citizens, organized by founder Edward Cruse, started the meal delivery program 43 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.

Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. is a fiscally responsible, all volunteer organization that provides a "Mobile Meals" community service to the Greater Venice, FL area to anyone unable to prepare a meal due to mental or physical disability, regardless of age or financial situation, 6 days a week, 52 weeks a year, holidays included.

Overall direction and financial management is provided by a Board of Directors of 13. The office is staffed each morning with 2 managers, and other volunteers twice weekly for data entry, invoicing and accounts receivable. Route Directors manage 16 routes and over 160 drivers and substitutes.

Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. is not associated with Meals on Wheel Association of America, nor does the organization receive any financial funding or support from any government entity.

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 volunteers, financial support from individuals and community associations, and the excellent working relationships and services provided to us by other non-profit organizations and local businesses.

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.

Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. has chosen PayPal as it's preferred method to accept online donations.

PayPal is the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows anyone to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts, PayPal Smart Connect or account balances, without sharing financial information.

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PayPal has received more than 20 awards for excellence from the internet industry and the business community -most recently the 2006 Webby Award for Best Financial Services Site and the 2006 Webby People's Voice Award for Best Financial Services Site.

Located in San Jose, California, PayPal was founded in 1998 and was acquired by eBay in 2002.

Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. gratefully acknowledges Gulf Coast Community Foundation for multiple grants over the years to improve efficiencies, effectiveness or earned revenue. 

A $30,000 grant was awarded In December 2010 to help the organization upgrade its use of technologies, provide furnishings to better utilize office space, and assist with office and volunteer support supplies. The final report, providing a description of the improvements and efficiencies realized from this grant may be viewed online.  

Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc. is better positioned and prepared to meet the mobile meals needs of area residents now and in the foreseeable future.

A number of local businesses and internet sites have included contact information and a link to our website, for easy reference.  Meal Call at  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. 

 

 

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Don Dwiel, President
 
2012 Board of Directors

Don Dwiel
President

Vice President and
Technology Officer
Nigel Fairbank

Past President
Bob Nicholson

Secretary
Joan Houston

Treasurer
Joan Bartlett

Assistant Treasurer
Bobbie Gilbert

Information Officer
Carol Steensen

Transportation Officer
Peter Norrman

Public Relations Officer
Sara Peterson

Website Officer
Janice Bartner

Directors at Large
Irene Smith-Childs
Mark Ring
Lynn Hippensteel


 
Village on the Isle proudly displays this plaque in the corridor outside the main kitchen facility, which prepares all meals for Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc.

 

Venice Area Mobile Meals, Inc.

is a non-profit corporation

listed with the State of Florida, Department of State.

Official records are available

for online viewing at SunBiz.org