VNA has answered the call to help another local nonprofit when their facility was vandalized. When Hunger Busters was no longer able to prepare food for various kids’ summer camps, VNA Meals on Wheels knew we could find a way to help. With funding from the Mavs Foundation, VNA is delivering 1,920 meals (breakfast and lunch) for the two Writer’s Garrett summer camps.

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VNA is partnering with four area nonprofits to provide case management, transportation, housing assistance, health insurance assistance, and nutritious food to low-income adults recently diagnosed with cancer.  This important collaborative project, funded by McKesson, is designed to study the impact of how addressing the whole person may increase the likelihood of patients seeking treatment and how these services impact health outcomes.

VNA’s role is to provide weekly frozen meal packs to patients enrolled in the program.  The rationale behind the frozen meal delivery is to enable patients to attend medical appointments and treatments during the day, when regular meal service is delivered, and still receive meals to address nutritional needs.  Drivers delivering weekly frozen meals ask the participating patients a series of questions related to their health and well-being. If there are other patient needs identified by the driver, the VNA social worker works with clinical and collaborative partners to address them. 

Since the program began in February, 24 patients have been enrolled and four of them are now in remission.  VNA looks forward to continuing this initiative and similar efforts to help address the whole person as it relates to achieving positive health outcomes.

Our summer fan drive is underway! We are collecting fans to keep our homebound seniors cool during the upcoming hot summer months. Please consider helping by:

1. Purchase a fan from our Amazon Wish List link below. The fan will be sent directly to our Haggerty Kitchen and delivered to our seniors in need. https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3GBNVME3ZHD2U/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?
2. Make an online donation toward the purchase of a fan, by going to: http://vnaot.convio.net/site/Donation2?df_id=2323&2323.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T
3. Drop off a fan anytime between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm on “FAN FRIDAYS” every Friday in July! Please drop off fans at our VNA Haggerty Kitchen located at 1440 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75247.

July is a month of celebration with the July 4 holiday, but did you know it’s also the official month to celebrate a variety of foods including blueberries, watermelons, nectarines, and raspberries? At VNA, food is central to our mission of helping people age with dignity and independence at home. Healthy food is also crucial to improving wellness and health outcomes. You may be familiar with the term “food as medicine” and VNA believes we provide this every day we deliver our nutritious meals. The article above highlights our partnership with McKesson to serve meals to cancer patients and Blue Cross Blue Shield recently featured VNA and our partnership with Methodist Health System discussing how our meals provide the “medicine” clients need to thrive in their homes. With our roots in health care coupled with our expertise in hospice and palliative care, the daily miracle of delivering food and friendship to more than 4,800 seniors shows how perfectly VNA’s mission intersects with the needs of the vulnerable individuals we serve.

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