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The Impact of the Senior Meal Delivery Changes in Broward County

The Impact of the Senior Meal Delivery Changes in Broward County

This is a historical moment for Heart2Heart and the seniors in Broward County. This month, Heart2Heart began providing outreach to the seniors receiving home-delivered meals through the Older Americans Act Nutrition Services Program.  This federally funded...

How the Nutrition Services Program is Changing in Broward County

How the Nutrition Services Program is Changing in Broward County

As of July 1, Heart2Heart is a subcontractor for a federally funded program that delivers meals to local seniors in need.  This development represents a big change for us. We’re moving into a larger office and hiring new staff to accommodate the expansion of our...

Connections through conversations, stories and plants

Connections through conversations, stories and plants

Every week, Sabrina Bortz looked forward to delivering meals to Louis.  After she handed off his weekly meals, the two of them wandered around his immaculate gardens, talking about all his wonderful plants. “It was so nice whenever I did his food delivery,”...

Volunteer Fulfills Her Calling by Giving to Seniors 

Volunteer Fulfills Her Calling by Giving to Seniors 

After Jessica Jean went down to part-time at work in order to spend more time with her two daughters, she realized she had a little too much time on her hands while her children were at school.  She prayed on it. After taking a Women’s League class about how to...

Volunteer Goes the Extra Mile to Help Seniors

Volunteer Goes the Extra Mile to Help Seniors

Greg Bartolai, 52, of Coconut Creek, goes the extra mile for seniors.  Not only does he deliver meals to seniors through Heart2Heart’s Food for Hope program every week. Greg also took on the responsibility of driving seniors to Heart2Heart special events. ...

John and Lynn Offerdahl deliver Food for Hope meals

John and Lynn Offerdahl deliver Food for Hope meals

John and Lynn Offerdahl saw firsthand how the meals made in their restaurants nurtured a relationship between Heart2Heart volunteers and seniors in the Food for Hope program. On March 8, they accompanied a mother-daughter volunteer duo as they delivered meals to Donna...

Volunteer cares through homemade meals and dominoes

Volunteer cares through homemade meals and dominoes

Damaris Pena cooks a homemade meal for a senior couple once a week, but her visits are not about the food.  What’s more important is the time she spends playing dominoes and conversing. We named Damaris the Volunteer of the Month for February because of her...

Volunteers Rally to Help a Senior Get Better Sleep

Volunteers Rally to Help a Senior Get Better Sleep

The strength of community translated to a comfortable night of sleep in a new bed for a senior named Sherri.  Three Heart2Heart volunteers recently helped Sherri assemble a new bed and throw out the old one — simple tasks that she just couldn’t manage on her...

Annual report: Heart2Heart’s reach doubled in 2022

Annual report: Heart2Heart’s reach doubled in 2022

In 2022, Heart2Heart volunteers reached twice as many seniors as they had the year before.  A total of 7,361 seniors were impacted by the work of our volunteers last year. That’s compared to 3,431 in 2021.  The growth is a testament to the innovation and...