16 November 2016
Gingerbread Enchantment Helping
Keep Meals on Wheels Rolling
By Barb Armijo
G
um drops, lollipops, white
frosting and gingerbread are
the makings of a great gingerbread house. And if you so desire,
you can build one and enter it in the
upcoming Gingerbread Enchantment,
Gingerbread
Enchantment
Key Dates
REGISTRATION: $25 entry fee
DEADLINE: November 28
DELIVERY OF COMPLETED
HOUSES:
November 30
Expo New Mexico, Hispanic
Arts Building
300 San Pedro Dr. NE,
Enter through Gate 3
AUCTION & AWARDS:
December 2
6:30p.m. - 8:30p.m. (Silent
Auction 7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.)
Expo New Mexico,
Hispanic Arts Building
300 San Pedro Dr. NE,
Enter through Gate 3
a fundraiser for the low-income Meals
on Wheels program in Albuquerque.
Scheduled for December 2 at Expo
New Mexico, Hispanic Arts Building,
the event brings out creative talent for
a very good cause, said Shauna Frost,
executive director of Meals on Wheels.
“You’re not only building and
buying houses for fun, you’re also
helping to support our low income
meal program that supplies more than
500 meals a day to our most vulnerable
people, seniors and those who cannot
make meals for themselves,” she said.
“Our event allows people to build
houses individually or as a group, and
for those who don’t feel like building
a house, they can purchase one at the
event. All proceeds go to benefit our
programs and services.”
Since Meals on Wheels of
Albuquerque started in 1972, the
program has grown out of both
necessity and the community’s
willingness to expand, said Frost. In
1972, Meals on Wheels had 20 clients.
Today the program delivers more than
100,000 meals annually to hundreds of
clients.
“Our services enable those unable to
prepare their own meals to have a hot,
healthy, well- balanced meal delivered
to their door Monday through Friday,”
Frost said. “Often
thought of as only
serving the elderly,
Meals on Wheels
serves anyone of any
age who needs us.
Some of our clients
are recovering from
surgery and only
need our services for
a few weeks.”
Frost says one
of their clients,
Lorraine, is 104
years old and still
lives independently.
She has been
receiving meals
from the program for
seven years.
“Not only do we
deliver much needed
nutrition but we also
deliver a friendly
smile to our clients’
door,” she said. “Our
wonderful army of
volunteers delivering
meals each day grows to know and
care for those they meet on their
routes. Our clients know that someone
each day is checking on them to make
sure that their dietary needs are being
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met and they are safe and healthy and
not in medical distress.”
Frost said entries to Gingerbread
Enchantment each year come from
church groups, fraternal organizations,
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