VNA HealthCare gets $50,000 Grant for Meals on Wheels

 VNA HealthCare, a Hartford HealthCare Partner, received a $50,000 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority to support its Meals on Wheels program.  The grant will allow the agency to deliver approximately 5,000 additional meals to those who need assistance with paying for meals.   

The donation was presented to Ellen Rothberg, President and CEO, VNA HealthCare by Michael Morris, Assistant Director, Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority.     

"CHEFA is very pleased to be supporting VNA HealthCare and is committed to helping those in need in the communities where we serve," said Morris.  "Through this grant, we are hopeful that more residents in the greater Hartford and Waterbury areas will receive quality home delivered nutritious meals, regardless of age or disability status."

"This grant will provide about 5,000 home delivered, nutritious meals to over 200 individuals in need.  Such a partnership of public and private dollars will help ease Connecticut's pangs of hunger and give our neighbors a better chance of healthy, productive lives," Rothberg stated.

Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority's David Wasch, Legislative Liaison and ECE Program Specialist and Michael Morris, Assistant Director, presented a $50,000 check  to VNA HealthCare staff: Michelle Parlato, Executive Director Independent Living Services, Ellen Rothberg, President and CEO and Robert Nolan, Vice President, Development. The grant will support a charitable meals initiative to provide 5,500 free, home-delivered meals to those in need regardless of age or disability status. Submitted.