Meals on Wheels of Rowan will host its annual barbecue fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church.
Tickets are $8 apiece. Each Plate includes barbecue, roll, baked beans, slaw and a dessert and can be eaten at the church or carried out. Meals on Wheels will deliver orders of five or more plates.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Meals on Wheels office at 704-633-0352 or go online to www.mowrowannc.org/MealsonWheelsBBQTickets.aspx .
All proceeds from the event will benefit Meals on Wheels.
Meanwhile, Meals on Wheels of Rowan has received $5,000 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation to help feed those in need. Meals on Wheels will use the gift to cover the cost of hot, nutritious, noon meals delivered to the home-bound of Rowan County.
“We are thrilled to receive this grant.  There is an unprecedented need for this service.  Each day, more than 200 meals are delivered throughout Rowan County.  Many clients are financially unable to pay the full amount or any portion of the meal cost due to limited income. This grant helps us continue to serve the home-bound of Rowan County,” said Rita Sims, executive director.
Meals on Wheels is a non-profit, community- based, Rowan County United Way Agency committed to providing a hot, nutritiously well- balanced home- delivered noon meal, along with a personal visit each weekday to area home-bound residents. This service allows them to remain independent and in their own homes where they are most comfortable.