Wellesley Hills Junior Women's Club Helps Local Seniors in Need

On behalf of the Wellesley seniors who will benefit by their support, Springwell would like to applaud the Wellesley Hills Junior Women's Club for their efforts to fund critical needs in the community.

Springwell is an independent, nonprofit organization and the grant we received this year will help seniors who rely on our agency's hot meals program for nutritional support. Engaged community civic organizations like the Wellesley Hills Junior Women's Club are a critical source of support for Springwell's programs.

While we receive a baseline of government funding for many of our programs, the need always exceeds this baseline. The Wellesley Hills Junior Women's Club's gift, raised through their year-round fundraising activities, will go to immediate use helping Wellesley seniors receive more than 12,000 hot meals from Springwell in 2018.

The majority of Wellesley seniors receiving meals live on fixed incomes and nearly one in three lives in poverty. Springwell is here for Wellesley community members. In addition to our nutrition programs, we help seniors and caregivers navigate the support systems that can help vulnerable people remain independent. We welcome readers to call Springwell at 617-926-4100 if it's possible that our Nutrition Program, including Home Delivered Meals, or any of our 20 programs or services, could be of assistance for yourself or a loved one. Once again, many thanks to the Wellesley Hills Junior Women's Club for their generous support of Springwell and our work helping Wellesley seniors.