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to come here and not

have any place to sit.

- [Victor] Oh, that's okay.

I just think we're

appreciative that you

let us come in here today.

- Why, sure, of course.

- There's a lot of people

in America that are hungry.

If we can feed them

all, we should.

I believe we can.

- I used to have a memory

like you can't believe it.

I'm now 81, and I

notice a big difference.

- Being that you're

81, and Meals on Wheels

delivers food to you everyday,

and it's something that

helps you keep going.

- Yes, when they told me

that I was going to

get Meals on Wheels,

I said, I'll see how that works.

And it's been working.

And when I become

short of something,

I tell them about it,

and it seems to get done.

- We get our funding through

a grant, partial grant,

that comes through the

Older Americans Act.

And we base that to be

about 63 to 65% of what

our expectant cost is going

to be for each meal served.

In there, there's still the gap.

There's still, you know,

35 to 40% that we need

to figure out how to cover,

so we ask for a contribution

from all the recipients

for each meal we serve.

If they can help us out, great.

It really does mean a lot.

Most of them can't

contribute though.

We have fundraisers

that we put on.

We try to bring in

additional money that way.

We plead for outside

donation support.

And we apply for

additional grants.

- There are 5,000 Meals

on Wheels programs

in the United States.

You can't feed

people with no money.

So we have to raise

all this money to feed

the six million seniors

who are going hungry.

We think of ourselves as the

voice for hungry seniors.

They have nobody else

to talk for them.

We go to Capital Hill, and we

try to get the message across

that there are Americans

in this country

who are 60 years

of age and older,

who are going hungry, in this,

the richest nation on Earth.

- This one program helps them

stay alive and independent.

And it costs a heck of

a lot less to keep them

in their home with a once

a day delivery of food,

than it does to put them into

a skilled nursing facility.

And that's the

part that kills me.

- [Seth] Thank you very much.

- Okay, all right.

- [Victor] Thank you.

Great to see you again.

- And I appreciate

everything you've done.

- Thank you.

(bleeping)

Patricia, hi, good afternoon.

It's Victor with

Marin Meals on Wheels.

It's about 3:
40 right now.

I wanted to give you a call,

let you know I'm trying

to deliver your meals,

but there's no

answer at the door.

And same thing

happened on Tuesday.

Would you please

give us a call back,

let us know you're okay?

It's 415-507-4300.

And when you give us a call

back, please also let us know

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