CHRISTMAS MEALS HEAD FOR SENIORS.LANCASTER - Hundreds of senior citizens received a treat as workers with the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Committee on Aging delivered Christmas meals to homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. elderly people. Delivered on Christmas Eve, the meals included a main course, vegetable, fruit, salad, dessert, bread and milk. The area served by Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. ranges from the Kern County border to Acton and from 120th Street West to Pearblossom, Llano lla·no n. pl. lla·nos A large, grassy, almost treeless plain, especially one in Latin America. [Spanish, plain, from Latin pl and Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging pays AVCOA to deliver the meals. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) From left, supervising cook Ruth Thompson of the Antelope Valley Committee on Aging, assistant cook Gary Hardison, chef Robin Amnote and volunteer Nikki Richard prepare food on Christmas Eve for the Meals on Wheels program. (2) Loading Meals on Wheels in Lancaster are driver Gisela Schaefer and program coordinator Jack Brawner. Hundreds of senior citizens will be getting the holiday meals. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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