Brand Recognition Opportunities at Heels for Meals & More Fundraising Event

The annual Heels for Meals & More fundraising event with 250+ expected attendees is a great way to build brand recognition and reach a potentially wider audience base. Sponsorships range between $300 to $3,500, with varying benefits and recognition. And guess what?! There’s still time to learn more about and maybe even purchase sponsorships! In…

Food Safety at Home and Dining Out

Preventing food borne illness is extremely important both when cooking at home and while dining out. Millions of people each year get ill from food borne illnesses. Often the symptoms feel like a stomach virus but can also cause serious illnesses and even death. Here are some tips to keep you healthy. 4 Food Safety…

Spring 2023 Letter from the Director

The predictions all look grim. Demand for services is increasing dramatically, and we are burning through our funding faster than expected. For a service nonprofit like us, that means we could be forced to turn away people who need food, who need transportation, who need US! Imagine having to tell you grandmother at the family…

Unprecedented Need: Rising Costs, Increased Demand and Shrinking Funds Means Some Seniors Waiting for Services

This is the story of two seniors. These women, aged 78 and 86, live alone and have trouble fixing meals to keep their nutrition levels where they should be. Both women suffered from being underweight and malnourished. Both women called to request Meals on Wheels, and that is where the similarities end. For Doris Hagood,…

New Auction and Checkout Platform for Annual Heels for Meals & More

AgeWell Services of West Michigan is hosting its annual Heels for Meals & More event at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at Trillium Event Center, 17246 VanWagoner Rd., Spring Lake, MI 49456. This festive fundraising event helps raise funds critical to support older adults to redefine their age. Throughout the fundraising event, guests…

Making Wishes Come True

Many of us wish for things we would like to have or have happen. AgeWell Services’ Wish Lists are tangible items to help us support adults 60 and over. Generous donors have funded many wishes and made dreams come true. Since 2016, $38,017 has been donated to fund 24 wishes. From home delivered meals for…

Brand Recognition Opportunities at Heels for Meals & More Fundraising Event

Caregiver Insights

I became a caregiver for my husband Dixon in 2005 when he was diagnosed with a rare lymphoma. Here is my story. We had arrived at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and I was anxious. We had no friends or family in the area. We were to be there for six weeks for Dixon’s…

New Auction and Checkout Platform for Annual Heels for Meals & More

AgeWell Services of West Michigan is hosting its annual Heels for Meals & More event at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at Trillium Event Center (17246 VanWagoner Rd, Spring Lake, MI 49456). This festive fundraising event helps raise funds critical to support older adults to redefine their age. Throughout the fundraising event, guests…

Identifying the Winter Blues vs. Seasonal Depression

The winter blues and seasonal depression (also known as seasonal affective disorder or SAD) are two different conditions. Knowing the difference can help a person feel better sooner. When the excitement of the holiday season is over, it is normal to feel a little sad. Decorations have been taken down, the house looks ordinary, fun…

Ways and Opportunities to Honor Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fifteen years after Dr. King’s assassination in 1968, the King Holiday Bill signed into law in 1983 designated the third Monday annually in January a federal holiday in observance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As shared by The…

Ways to Make Cooking Easier

We all face our own challenges. For some, cooking may be difficult. While some people may need a program like Meals on Wheels to help them get the nutrition they need, others may just need to make some adjustments to make cooking easier and safer in your home. There are many helpful ideas to make…

DTE Energy Holiday Meal: An Extra Special Year!

This was an EXCITING year for the annual DTE Energy Holiday Meal! The event took place on Thursday, December 15. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic during which the utmost caution was used, we were able to host a more traditional holiday meal at nine Lunch & Activity Centers in Muskegon and…

DTE Energy Holiday Meal: An Extra Special Year!

The annual DTE Energy Holiday Meal was extra EXCITING this year because we could finally host adults 60 and over in our dining areas! The event took place on Thursday, Dec. 15. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were able host a more traditional holiday meal at nine Lunch & Activity…

Feeding Seniors: AgeWell Services of West Michigan Provides so Much More Than a Meal

A big part of AgeWell Services mission is to keep adults 60 and over nourished. That means creating and delivering more than 261,057 meals and 69,250 more to meal sites across three counties each year. The 12-month average is 27,525 meals each month. It’s a herculean task! Each meal starts with rigorous nutritional standards to…

Winter 2022 Letter from the Director

We often use the phrase “so much more than a meal” when we talk about feeding adults 60 and over. But what does it really mean? Our meal programs provide important safety checks for homebound seniors, along with multiple opportunities for older adults to break bread together at a meal site and ward off the…

Be Prepared for Emergencies!

It is that time of year in Michigan where snowy weather can hit hard, making it difficult for our staff and our drivers for our Meals on Wheels and Lunch & Activity Center programs to be on the road. There are times that AgeWell Services may have to close and we want you to be…

A Holiday Tradition at AgeWell: From our art studio to your home

One of our favorite holiday traditions at AgeWell Services is the beautiful holiday card we send out, with a picture on the front from one of our local artists at the Tanglewood Park art studio. The warm and inviting artwork that graces the front of this year’s card was painted by Robert C. Burns. About…

Establishment and Growth of the Aging Network Part 4 – Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) and Conclusion

Founded in 1973, AgeWell Services of West Michigan’s mission invites adults 60 and older to redefine their age. We provide vital connections to keep one of our most vulnerable populations nourished, active, learning and living independently. In the first three blog posts of this four-part series, we learned about the Older Americans Act (OAA) and…

Giving Tuesday Impact

Since 2012, the Tuesday after the Thanksgiving holiday, known as Giving Tuesday, has been a unique community engagement tool for many organizations, including nonprofits, schools, universities, local businesses, foundations and more, around the world. Giving Tuesday was established at the 92nd St Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York…