On March 19, North Township Trustee Frank J. Mrvan began gathering volunteers and coordinating food resources. Since then an army of volunteers and organization members has delivered meals to more than 1,000 seniors twice a week, according to a news release from North Township.
The efforts also include deliveries of food boxes to 200 seniors in North Township and Calumet Township twice a month.
“Both programs will continue as long as our seniors need the help and we can get the food,” Mrvan said. “Experts predict it will be at least a year before the virus is contained, meaning that seniors and those with pre-existing conditions will continue to be vulnerable. By delivering food to their doorsteps, they are kept out of harm’s way.”