Monroe County Meals On Wheels
9 North Ninth Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
1-570-424-8794

                                  Information For Clients

The Meals

Two meals, one hot and one cold, are delivered each Monday through Friday (excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day). The meals arrive at the clients' homes between 10AM and 1PM. Meals are available for the weekend in the form of two frozen meals delivered on Thursdays and two extra bags delivered on Fridays.

The meals are planned by a registered dietician to provide 2/3 of the recommended dietary allowance for adults 51 years of age and older and are in a 5-week cycle. The regular diet, a generally healthy diet, provides 1300 to 1600 calories per two meals, 2.5 grams of sodium, and 30% to 35% of calories from fat. No salt is added in cooking. Sample menus can be obtained by calling the MOW office.

In addition to the regular diet, a modified diet for diabetics and cardiac patients as well as a renal diet, a soft / chopped diet, and a pureed diet are available.

The meals are prepared at Burnley Employment and Rehabilitation Services in Snydersville, another United Way Agency.

The Cost

Client fees are on a sliding scale, based on the client's ability to pay. The full price for clients whose income does not qualify them for the sliding scale is $4.50 per meal or $45.00 per week. Weekend meals are $9.00 per day or $18.00. These fees are subject to change.

Food stamps are an acceptable form of payment.