How many elderly folk in the U.S. depend on Meals on Wheels each day? If you said somewhere between 1.3 and 1.4 million people you wouldn’t be far off the mark. That’s a lot of people who, without the help of Meals on Wheels, wouldn’t be eating a hot meal tonight.

Even though my family and I eat modestly, it’s hard for me to imagine what it must be like not to have something warm to eat each night. It must be tough, particularly when you’re older.

Unfortunately, things are becoming increasingly challenging for Meals on Wheels. Faced with a sharp upturn in demand for its services, coupled with a shortage in volunteer labor (as a result of record-high gas prices) their task seems almost overwhelming.

The good news is that there are companies out there willing to assist where they can. Aurora Organic Dairy, a leading organic dairy company, recently donated 920lb of high quality beef to the Dumas Meals on Wheels Association. The beef came from their newest organic dairy farm – the Coldwater farm – in Stratford, Texas.

That’s a lot of beef. And it makes me feel happy knowing that there’ll be a lot of good folk in Dumas who’ll be a lot less hungry tonight. Well done Aurora Organic Dairy!