State College Area Meals on Wheels

State College Area Meals on Wheels The award-winning State College Area Meals on Wheels program has served more than a million meals to homebound neighbors in need since 1971. www.scmow.org

The idea for a Meals on Wheels program for the State College School District area originated in March 1971 as a Lenten project of the State College Ministerium led by the Rev. Canon James B. Trost of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and The Rev. Peter Mackey of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ. The Ministerium worked with members of The Altrusa Club of State College and Church Women United to fund

this program. A task force was developed to put together a Meals on Wheels Program and consisted of the following:

Lillian Husted, Chair
The Rev. Peter Mackey
Dr. Rose Cologne
Ann Cook
Eleanor Eccelston
Louise B. Hamilton
Mary Lou Herlocher
The Rev. Trost
Margaret Yost
Charles Weyandt, attorney, drafted the original bylaws

First Meal Served: August 16, 1971 to 28 clients

Executive Directors:
1971-1985 Margaret Yost
1985-1986 Christine Helwig, Interim
1986-1988 Teresa M. Reis, RD
1988-2014 Anna Carol Buffington, RD, LDN
2014-2020 Christine Tyler
2020-2021 Suelynn Shiller


Meals on Wheels Presidents:
1971-1974 Eleanor Eccleston, R.D.
1974-1975 Lillian Husted
1975-1977 Louise W. Hamilton, R.D.
1977-1978 Ken H. Kulp
1978-1981 H. K. “Hank” Anders
1981-1984 Thurston Reeves
1984-1985 John Swinton
1986-1989 Ethel Quarles
1989 Blair Bice
1989 Adele Haugh
1990-1991 Helene Rayburn
1992-1995 Harold Walton
1996-1999 Helen Schroeder
2000-2002 Joel Mock
2003-2004 Donn Frazier
2005 Michael Conti
2005-2015 William Haner
2016-2018 Michael Scott
2019-present Sharon Ambrose

First Board of Directors (1971):
Eleanor Eccleston, President
Bill Jeffries
Frances Forbes
Adele Haugh
Ken Kulp
Madge Spearly
John Swinton
The Rev. James Trost

05/25/2026

Meals on Wheels will be closed Monday, May 25, 2026 in observance of Memorial Day.

Thank you to our friends at the Student Farm at Penn State for creating these bucket gardens for our clients. The Studen...
05/22/2026

Thank you to our friends at the Student Farm at Penn State for creating these bucket gardens for our clients. The Student Farm offers tomatoes, peppers and zinnias to the clients and they can reap the harvest later in the season! A special thank you to our delivery team- Melanie and Steve, Paul and Mary, Carla and John, Bob, Mary Jo, Dany K!

💙 Centre Gives is here! 💙Support State College Area Meals on Wheels and help deliver meals, connection, and care to neig...
05/06/2026

💙 Centre Gives is here! 💙
Support State College Area Meals on Wheels and help deliver meals, connection, and care to neighbors in our community.

During Centre Gives, every donation counts even more—thanks to the stretch pool, a large pool of bonus funding distributed based on how much each nonprofit raises.

Please make your gift by May 7th to help support your local neighbors in need. https://centregives.org/organizations/81-meals-on-wheels-state-college-area

Welcome back to our wonderful Larry! We missed you and are so happy to have you back on Tuesdays!😀
03/31/2026

Welcome back to our wonderful Larry! We missed you and are so happy to have you back on Tuesdays!😀

Gather up your dull knives! Our friends at Kitchen Kaboodle are having a knife sharpening event tomorrow and all knife s...
03/20/2026

Gather up your dull knives! Our friends at Kitchen Kaboodle are having a knife sharpening event tomorrow and all knife sharpening proceeds benefit State College Area Meals on Wheels!

Wonderful Wednesday Team is packing up Brad's slow cooked BBQ Pulled Pork to accompany Mike's homemade Chicken Salad for...
03/18/2026

Wonderful Wednesday Team is packing up Brad's slow cooked BBQ Pulled Pork to accompany Mike's homemade Chicken Salad for the cold offering!

03/17/2026

We are closed today due to hazardous travel conditions.

03/03/2026

Meals on Wheels is closed today due to hazardous weather conditions.

02/23/2026

We are open today!
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Thank you to the YSB -JUMP Program, with the help of our friends at the State College Police Department, who created the...
02/13/2026

Thank you to the YSB -JUMP Program, with the help of our friends at the State College Police Department, who created these fabulous cards for our clients!
Happy Valentine's Day to one and all❤️

Address

205 S. Garner Street
State College, PA
16801

Telephone

+18142378135

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