“Even if a patient can only take ‘just a bite’ of food, it makes all the difference.” —Molly Bull, MSW, BAYADA Hospice

“Some of our patients have never set foot in a restaurant before. It’s a real treat to have the restaurant come to them in their final days.” —Agency Volunteer Coordinator

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Dinners with Love can help your hospice agency partner with local restaurants to care for your patients and their families by providing free, delivered meals.

We guide you through the process of establishing a Dinners with Love program in your hospice by offering support and training for you and your volunteers.

Once your program is up and running, it can operate smoothly and successfully through mostly volunteer efforts.

While you can customize the program to meet your agency’s particular needs, the following tasks are involved in running a successful Dinners with Love program:

• Assess hospice capacity and determine potential patients
• Recruit restaurants
• Invite patients to participate
• Coordinate weekly orders of meals
• Coordinate weekly pickup and delivery of meals
• Pick up meals at restaurants and deliver to patients
• Report monthly statistics to Dinners with Love
  
  

We support you every step of the way, from determining feasibility to orienting and training your volunteers, and beyond. Best of all, there are no membership fees.

If your hospice agency is interested in learning more, call us at 802-465-1027, or contact us through the form below.

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