Book Bus: innovation award for Camden Meals on Wheels

The Book Bus has actually been a Camden Meals on Wheels initiative to help its clients continue to take pleasure in the benefits of remaining connected throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We understood during lockdown that centers such as libraries, bookstores and previously owned shops were all closed down– at a time when people, particularly our elderly customers were investing more time in their houses than ever in the past,”says Robyn Hartley, the neighborhood program organizer at Camden Meals on Wheels.

The Book Bus program has been such a hit, it has actually now made Camden Meals on Wheels a 2020 NSW innovation award– the 3rd such honour because 2013.

Along with guaranteeing social connection, the Book Bus indicated that Camden Meals on Wheels could continue to likewise examine on the health and well-being of their customers.

“We assist the senior neighborhood of Camden, but our effect goes so much further,”says manager Gary de Jong.

“We also assist households, giving them a complacency and convenience that their loved ones are being cared for.

“We supply a meal and so much more, and the Book Bus has actually been a great initiative that has permitted Camden Meals on Wheels to continue to adjust services to fulfill community needs,” he stated.

Camden Meals on Wheels is a not for profit organisation that has actually been providing the community of Camden with “more than just a meal” for more than 50 years.

It is located in Little Street Camden and can be gotten in touch with on 4655 6822.