Maa's Inspiration

ge. Now serving over 180+ households with senior citizens, Maa's Inspiration is working to provide warm and delicious food, drinks, and snacks for elderly citizens in the community. There are many families who have lost their access to these meals with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As elderly citizens, they are already a high-risk population, which makes normal grocery shopping difficult. In addition, some senior citizens who normally visit their families for meals cannot continue to do so and even transportation has been impacted. Serving 850 + Under previlged people in Downtown Dallas once a week to provide Goodie Bag (Chips, drinks, Granola Bars, crackers, cookies, etc) for them to get by rest of the week. Maa's Inspiration use drawstring bags so they can use and reuse those bags. Every week, Maa's Inspiration's team works together to help achieve our mission: provide good, nutritious meals to those with limited access. Every Saturday, meals are now provided with side dishes that can feed families and individuals for several days without them having to risk their own safety. The team began as two people, and has now expanded to 45+ volunteers, who help to pack and deliver meals directly to all of these homes (while maintaining social distancing, of course). And this isn't just beneficial for the community! The process is just as fulfilling for the volunteers who want to be helpful in such a difficult time. With specialty meals and events, including gifts for holidays and the intention of a voter registration drive, we hope to provide meals and boost morale and spirits at the same time! Our future projects involve providing warm meals and resources to other populations in need, including those who are not financially capable of affording healthy and nutritious meals.