Gas shortage disrupts Columbia Meals on Wheels schedule
Gas shortage disrupts Columbia Meals on Wheels schedule By Chris Joseph | May 14, 2021 at 7:29 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 7:29 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - For Meals on Wheels to operate, you need the wheels.
The ransomware attack of the Colonial Pipeline has slowed the flow of gasoline in the Southeast, presenting challenges to those looking to get their cars filled.
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Non-profit Senior Resources relies on volunteers (with gassed-up cars) to deliver food to homebound seniors.
Executive Director Andrew Boozer said the Meals on Wheels program traditionally relies on 50 to 60 volunteers to get the meals out, but a lack of gas meant 20 to 25% of his team had to call out.
Bonita Clemons helped feed thousands of South Carolinians in 2020. When I would go to my grandmamma s house, we would play in the fields. Instead of going in the house to eat, we would just eat what was in the fields and we d keep on playing.
Credit: Bonita Clemons
Clemons grew up eating fresh produce right out of the ground at her families farm.
In 2001, she took what she learned from childhood and her health studies and created the non-profit Dianne s Call, named after her mother who passed away at 42.
Credit: Bonita s Mother, Dianne (Courtesy Bonita Clemons) It s part of my mission to help improve the health of African-American women, explained Clemons, so I knew the nutrition is the first line of defense.
Bonita Clemons helped feed thousands of South Carolinians in 2020. When I would go to my grandmamma s house, we would play in the fields. Instead of going in the house to eat, we would just eat what was in the fields and we d keep on playing.
Credit: Bonita Clemons
Clemons grew up eating fresh produce right out of the ground at her families farm.
In 2001, she took what she learned from childhood and her health studies and created the non-profit Dianne s Call, named after her mother who passed away at 42.
Credit: Bonita s Mother, Dianne (Courtesy Bonita Clemons) It s part of my mission to help improve the health of African-American women, explained Clemons, so I knew the nutrition is the first line of defense.
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