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For the fifth consecutive year, Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging (PSR) is partnering with Meals on Wheels of America in the 2020 Subaru Share the Love Event.
To kick off the Event, PSR begin collecting items for their Senior Bags on Monday, Nov. 16 during normal business hours from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at their offices at 1413 South Main Street in Farmville.
“This edition of the Share the Love Event will definitely look different for our community partners,” said PSR Director of Nutrition and Transportation Thomas Jordan Miles III. “We will be employing social distancing measures through this process, including during our packing event, which will be held December 10 & 11 at the former Habitat for Humanity ReStore location in The Shoppes at College Park beside PSR’s Office.”
Anyone who brings in donations or participates in the packing event should wear a facemask and practice social distancing.
In addition to monetary donations to purchase needed items for our older adults, PSR is in need of non-perishable food items, along with toiletries, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand towels, shampoo, lotion, etc.
Just as PSR has done in years past, the donated items will be packed by staff and volunteers, and then delivered to home-bound and isolated seniors during the week before Christmas in December.
“Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, we now have well over 600 seniors who depend daily on our services who will benefit from the 2020 Subaru Share the Love Event, and they will receive a basket of staples for Christmas they can use,” Miles said. “We know and have been told that often, this is the only gift they may receive during the holiday season, and COVID-19 is going to directly impact the overall health of older adults.”
Over the last eleven years, Subaru of America and its participating retailers have donated more than $145 million to help those in need.
By the end of this, the 12th year, Subaru and its participating retailers will have donated over $170 million to help those in need through the Share the Love Event.
Local Meals on Wheels programs such as PSR’s provide daily nutritious meals, nourishing companionship and critical safety checks to America's homebound seniors. Each donation helps these programs enable seniors to age with independence and dignity in their own homes, where they want to be. Since its inception ten years ago, the Subaru Share the Love Event has helped deliver more than 2.2 million meals to America’s seniors!
For more information on the Event or PSR, call Jordan Miles at 434-767-5588 or email jmiles@psraaa.org.
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Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging (PSR) is partnering with Meals on Wheels of America in the 2020 Subaru Share the Love Event.
Saturday, November 28, 2020
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