Meals on Wheels of Wake County
Ashley McCumber currently serves as the Executive Director of Meals on Wheels of Wake County, an organization dedicated to providing meals to over 1,400 homebound older adults and persons with disabilities. Prior to this role, McCumber was the President and CEO of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, overseeing a nonprofit that addresses hunger in 34 counties. McCumber also held significant positions in various organizations, including President of Meals on Wheels California Inc. and CEO of Meals on Wheels of San Francisco. McCumber's leadership experience encompasses board roles with Meals on Wheels America and the California Association of Nonprofits, and involvement with the City of San Francisco LGBT Aging Policy Task Force. McCumber holds an Executive Education Certificate from Harvard Business School and degrees in Speech Communications and Public Relations from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and in Science from the University of Mt. Olive.
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Meals on Wheels of Wake County
Meals on Wheels serves home-delivered meals to residents of Wake County who are 60 years old and over and are homebound and vulnerable. Homebound means the applicant cannot work, volunteer, drive or leave their residence without assistance. Vulnerable means the applicant is unable to perform the basic activities of daily living without assistance due to physical, cognitive, emotional, psychological, or social impairments. Over 2,200 volunteers help us deliver meals Monday through Friday each week. Meals on Wheels of Wake County was founded on February 12, 1974 with ten volunteers meeting at Hillyer Christian Church to deliver meals in downtown Raleigh. Since then over 9 million meals have been served in Wake County alone. Meals on Wheels of Wake County is associated with the Meals on Wheels America, which is comprised of over 5,000 Senior Nutrition Programs and 800,000 volunteers in the U.S. dedicated to ending senior hunger. Meals on Wheels allows older adults in Wake County to maintain their dignity and independence and remain in their homes. When a volunteer delivers a meal to a homebound recipient, we are not only providing a meal, but we are also providing a visit and a check up. It is comforting to family members to know that someone is stopping in daily to be sure that everything is okay. Over the years, we have touched so many lives in Wake County and beyond by reaching out to our seniors and people with disabilities to keep them connected to our community.