named programs · 2 · from sources
What they call their work
Blizzard Bag Program
Provides non-perishable food bags to clients before winter to ensure access to meals during weather-related delivery cancellations.
Home-Delivered Meal Program
Delivers two meals per day (one hot, one cold) Monday through Friday to homebound individuals in northern Brookhaven Township. Includes special diets and allergy accommodations.
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Home-Delivered Meals for Seniors and Homebound 4 activities
- Daily safety and wellness checks during meal deliveryConducts daily visual safety checks by requiring recipients to be present at delivery and having drivers confirm receipt, enabling early identification of health or safety concerns among homebound clients.
- Home-delivered meal program for homebound individualsProvides home-delivered meals to homebound, disabled, chronically ill, or convalescent individuals who are unable to prepare their own food. Delivers two meals per day (a hot lunch and a cold evening meal) Monday through Friday to ensure nutritional support and safe food handling in compliance with Health Department regulations.
- Special dietary accommodation in meal deliveryPrepares and delivers meals tailored to medical dietary needs, including bland, low sodium, low fat/low cholesterol, diabetic, low fiber, mechanical soft, puree, and allergy-specific requirements, ensuring clients receive medically appropriate nutrition.
- Volunteer-coordinated meal delivery operationsOperates a volunteer-driven delivery system with over 160 volunteer drivers using personal vehicles to deliver meals from distribution sites in Port Jefferson and Setauket; volunteer pairs pick up meals and deliver them along assigned routes, ensuring efficient and reliable service.
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Food Distribution and Hunger Relief 2 activities
- Client intake and assessment by volunteer nursesUtilizes volunteer nurses to conduct client intakes and assessments to determine eligibility and dietary needs for meal delivery services.
- Office volunteer support for meal delivery operationsEngages office volunteers to support operations including route coordination, data entry, mailings, and delivery of diet slips to meal preparation sites, ensuring smooth administrative functioning.
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Holiday and Seasonal Essentials Distribution 1 activity
- Blizzard bag food distribution for weather-related disruptionsPrepares and delivers blizzard bags containing non-perishable food items to clients in the fall to ensure continued food access during winter weather-related service interruptions, in partnership with community groups such as the Leo Club, Teen Connect, and Emma S. Clark Memorial Library.
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Direct Financial Assistance to Individuals 1 activity
- Need-based financial assistance for meal recipientsOffers need-based subsidies to assist clients with meal costs, ensuring no one is denied service due to inability to pay.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$288K
Contributions & grants$141K49%
Program service revenue$102K35%
Investment income$45K16%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$240K
Program expenses82%
Admin / overhead11%
Fundraising8%
Salaries & benefits$72K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$1.45M
Cash$68K
Investments$1.38M
Liabilities$602
Net assets$1.45M
Liquid reserves72.3 mo
4 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue +0.4%
relationships · 8
Who they work with
- Brookhaven Township Government — Provides services to clients in and around the northern part of Brookhaven Township.
- Emma S. Clark Memorial Library Partner — Staff supported the contribution of blizzard bags containing non-perishable food items for clients during weather-related delivery interruptions.
- John T. Mather Memorial Hospital Partner — Collaborates on meal planning and nutritional services through its dietary director.
- Leo Club from Earl L. Vandermeulen High School Partner — Supplies blizzard bags containing non-perishable food items since 1989 to support clients during weather-related delivery interruptions.
- St. Charles Hospital Partner — Collaborates on meal planning and nutritional services through its director of nutritional services.
- Stony Brook Community Church Youth Group Partner — Organized a Soup Supper event in April 2019 and donated proceeds to support 3 Village Meals on Wheels.
- Suffolk County Senior Citizen Info Line Partner — Refers clients living outside the service area to appropriate meal programs.
- Teen Connect Partner — Contributed blizzard bags containing non-perishable food items for distribution to clients during service interruptions.
strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Client-Centered Assessment for Holistic Service Intakemethodology: client_centered_assessmentBy conducting in-home assessments using registered nurses, we ensure accurate identification of medical, dietary, and social needs, because direct clinical evaluation enables personalized and timely service delivery.
- Medically Tailored Meals as Clinical Supportmethodology: food_is_medicineBy providing meals tailored to specific medical conditions and dietary restrictions, we improve health outcomes for clients, because nutrition is treated as an integrated component of clinical care.
- Social Connection and Wellness Monitoring Through Meal Deliverymethodology: social-support-integrated-serviceBy integrating meal delivery with daily social contact and wellness checks, we reduce social isolation and enhance client safety, because regular human interaction serves as both emotional support and a preventive health safeguard.