About
The Meals On Wheels Association of America is the
oldest and largest national organization composed
of and representing local, community-based Senior
Nutrition Programs in all 50 U.S. states, as well
as the U.S. Territories. These local programs are
our MOWAA Members.
All told, there are some 5,000 local Senior
Nutrition Programs in the United States. These
programs provide well over one million meals to
seniors who need them each day. Some programs
serve meals at congregate locations like senior
centers, some programs deliver meals directly to
the homes of seniors whose mobility is limited,
and many programs provide both services.
While remarkable, the one million meals per day
figure underestimates the size and shape of our
network and its reach and influence in communities
across America. In addition to the hundreds of
thousands of seniors who receive meals, there are
many thousands of professionals employed at the
various local Senior Nutrition Programs across the
U.S. More notable than that is the virtual army of
volunteers who also "work" for these programs. It
is said that this group, numbering between 800,000
and 1.2 million individuals, is the largest
volunteer army in the