FCSS offers frozen meals program

Shannon LeClair
Times Reporter

 

A new meal program has come to Strathmore that will make dinner-time a little easier. The Frozen Meal program, offered by Strathmore FCSS in conjunction with Calgary Meals on Wheels, allows people to purchase ready-made frozen meals to stock their freezers.
“We’re finding that a lot of clients don’t want to use the hot meal program because they don’t feel like they need it, but the frozen program is more flexible because you don’t have to be home for when it’s delivered, you can come and pick it up on Wednesdays and then it’s in your freezer and it lasts for up to three months,” said FCSS Programmer Dahrlyne Knaus.
“We were only able to do this because we’ve received funding from the United Way.”
She said it provides a convenient option for residents, while remaining delicious and wholesome. Some of the options available are curry chicken legs, roast beef with gravy, chicken noodle soup, borscht, muffins, cookies and much more. There are also family-size items on the menu.
The meals are prepped at Calgary’s Meals on Wheels kitchen, and then volunteer drivers for FCSS head into the city to pick them up and bring them back to Strathmore.
“We’re looking for volunteer drivers to drive in to Calgary bi-weekly, every other Tuesday morning, to pick up our meals to deliver them back here,” said Knaus.
Everything can be found online on the Town of Strathmore website under the Family and Community Support Services link. The full menu, and order form can be found there. Orders can also be phoned in, or faxed in. Payment is required when the orders are placed. The next order date for Strathmore is May 12, and deliver will be on May 20.