Share the Love Holiday Campaign Kicks Off on the Shoreline

The Estuary Council of Seniors, Inc. Partners with Reynolds Subaru of Old Lyme, CT to “Share the Love” this Holiday Season

  Subaru’s “Share the Love” Event helps deliver nutritious meals and compassion to Old Saybrook, Westbrook, Old Lyme, Lyme, Killingworth, Madison, Essex, Deep River, Clinton and Chester’s  elderly.  

Old Saybrook, CT.  (November 15, 2012) – The Estuary Council of Seniors, Inc. is proud to announce it has partnered with Reynolds Subaru of Old Lyme  this holiday season to deliver meals to seniors in all ten towns.  The campaign kicks off on November 21st with the three generations of the Reynolds family participating.   Hayden Reynolds, his daughter, Lilly and his father, Gary will personally deliver meals that day in the Subaru auto Reynolds Subaru is  donating for meal delivery throughout the six-week campaign.     Each week thereafter through the holidays  Reynolds Sales, Parts and Service staff as well as local Rotary Clubs and the First Selectmen of these towns will also visit seniors delivering meals.  Local Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troops from the shoreline towns are making holiday cards which they will deliver  to each senior along with  their meal  and a Christmas plant the week before Christmas. Christmas plants have been donated  Clinton Nurseries and Grove Gardens of Clinton, Riggio’s of Essex, VanWilgens of North Branford and the  Old Saybrook Walmart store. This local effort is part of the Meals On Wheels Association of America’s (MOWAA) participation in the national Subaru of America, Inc. “Share the Love” Event.  

As one of the five Subaru “Share the Love” Event charitable partners, the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) is awarding $200,000 in “Share the Love” grants to local Meals On Wheels programs that partner with Subaru dealerships in the fight to end senior hunger. The Estuary Council of Seniors, Inc.  is eligible to win a MOWAA-Subaru “Share the Love” grant of up to $35,000 to help provide nutritious meals to homebound seniors in all ten towns it serves.

"We are honored to be part of ‘Share the Love’ for a fifth straight year," said MOWAA Interim CEO, Larry J. Tomayko.  "Subaru recognizes the importance of giving back to the communities it serves. Working together, MOWAA and Subaru are helping to provide more than just a meal; we’re bringing warmth and compassion to so many hungry and homebound seniors who would otherwise go without.”

The Subaru “Share the Love” Event runs from November 21, 2012 to January 2, 2013.   Subaru is donating $250 for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased during “Share the Love” to the customer's choice of one of five charities, including MOWAA. Over the past four years, proceeds from the Subaru “Share the Love” Event have provided funds to MOWAA to support its vision to end senior hunger by 2020.  

About Meals On Wheels Association of America

The Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) is the only national organization and network dedicated solely to ending senior hunger in America. MOWAA is the oldest and largest organization composed of and representing local, community-based Senior Nutrition Programs in all 50 states as well as the U.S. territories.  MOWAA’s vision is to end senior hunger by 2020. To obtain more information about MOWAA or to locate a local Meals On Wheels program, visit the MOWAA website at www.mowaa.org.

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