1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Well, one organization that's been doing a lot of good 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: in the community for seventy years is celebrating that anniversary 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: their seventieth birthday today and it is Mills on Wheels, 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: which is fantastic. They have done some excellent work assisting 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: so many people. Maybe you get Meals on Wheels delivered, 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: love to hear from you this morning. If you do. 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: I wonder if people today will get a slice of 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: cake delivered with their whatever they're having, rose, lamb or 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: whatever it might be. Sharon Brower a CEO of Mills 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: on Wheels, and she joins me now Sharon, happy birthday. 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 2: Thank you Matthew. 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: Now this is wonderful news all these years later. Started 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: off in Port Adelaide, didn't it back in the day? 14 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 2: That's right today. Seventy years ago the first eight people 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 2: who receive support from Meals on Wheels got their meals. 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: So that is the day that we celebrate. And it's 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 2: been seventy years of strengthening South Australian communities with great 18 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: food and great people. 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: What's happening today anything special? 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: Look, there's a few things that are happening today. One 21 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 2: of the things that we were doing is we've actually 22 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: invited local businesses to shout lunch for our customers. So 23 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: today nobody receiving Meals on Wheels is going to need 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: to pay their share of the cost of the service. 25 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 2: That's on the business community. 26 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: Excellent, what a great initiative. So obviously wide support for this. 27 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 2: Yes, there's been more than forty four businesses across the state, 28 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: from local bakeries and plumbers and electricians and motels, caravan 29 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: parks three to some of the larger companies in South 30 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: Australia who've been more than happy to support the work 31 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: of Meals on Wheels and to give a little gift 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: forward to the people who receive our service. 33 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: And is everyone getting a slice of cake today? 34 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: Well, I think some cake might be going out, but 35 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: that the menu today you weren't far wrong. It's not 36 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 2: roast lamb though, it's marmalade glays roast beef as one 37 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 2: of our choices with all the roast, and we've got 38 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: a vegetarian option as an alternative. A beautiful cottage pie 39 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: with sweet potatoes, so some nice things they're pancotta and apricots. 40 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: Is the dessert of the day for people around Adelaide. 41 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: Certainly so a more modern contemporary menu today than I 42 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 2: think we would have been serving up seventy years ago. 43 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, indeed, so, yeah, I'm sure it is absolutely what 44 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: would have been the first meal. Any record of what 45 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: went out on day one, I've been having a look. 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 2: I seem to recall that it may have been lamb 47 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: chopped and ben yeah, and a pudding. So at the 48 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: time the meals were prepared in one of those miss 49 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: and huts, the sort of convex shaped huts that you 50 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: might be familiar with from post war years, and on 51 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 2: that they had no running water, so they hats off 52 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: to those hardy volunteers who needed to go down to 53 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: the river to get the water to do the washing 54 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 2: up on. 55 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: Incredible, isn't it. When you think about that Sharon being 56 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: down there doing the outside broadcast from your head office 57 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: earlier this year and just meeting some of the people involved, 58 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: You've got to take your hat off to the volunteers, 59 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: and you talk about those hardy people from seventy years ago, 60 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: no less hardy today and in the hours the effort 61 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: they put into help support the people that really need 62 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: the service. 63 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: Oh, exactly, We've got people who donate their time and 64 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: their talent, whether they're delivering meals, whether they're engaging in 65 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 2: a friendly visit one of our social programs, helping out 66 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 2: behind the scenes, or of course preparing meals in one 67 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 2: of our kitchens. There's lots of helping hands, willing people 68 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: who contribute, some of them, you know, many hours a 69 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: week to Meals on Wheels and we're grateful for all 70 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 2: of those people and the thousands of South Australians who've 71 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: gone before them as Meals on Wheels volunteers. 72 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, indeed, so many people and over that period of time, 73 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: and great obligation on you, Sharon, to make sure it's 74 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: there in another seventy years. 75 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: Oh yes, we're really keen to make sure that the 76 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 2: organization stewarded and continues, we continue to evolve and make 77 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 2: sure that what we're offering is the right service for 78 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: the right people in the right places, and that we're 79 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: doing that to help people, particularly seniors, to live with 80 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 2: dignity and joy. 81 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, Sharon. For anyone listening who thinks, look, I 82 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: don't reckon I've needed the service, but I can see 83 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: the time is coming where it might be actually very handy. 84 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: What do they need to do? 85 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: Anybody can ring Meals on Wheels and inquire about our services. 86 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 2: You could look us upon by searching Meals on Wheels 87 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 2: essay in your search engine or ringing one eight hundred 88 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 2: eight five four four five three. Many of the people 89 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 2: who receive our services are eligible for a sub city 90 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: from one of the federal or state government programs, and 91 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 2: so those people will have an extra step to determine eligibility. 92 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: But Meals on Wheels is here for anybody who is 93 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: having trouble shopping and cooking independently and who wants to 94 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: be eating well so that they can keep enjoying life. 95 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, indeed, And you're always looking for volunteers, aren't you, 96 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: whether it's in the cooking space or helping with deliveries 97 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: or admin or whatever it might be. 98 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 2: That's right, We've got plenty of task to be done. 99 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: It could be collaging meal orders. It could be one 100 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: of the friendly faces who goes out into the community 101 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 2: and builds a great rapport and relationship with the customers 102 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 2: that they delivered to on a regular basis. 103 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,119 Speaker 1: Absolutely. Now, Gaale is caught in her dad's birthday today 104 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: and he gets Meals on Wheels. Gooday, Gail, Oh. 105 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 3: Hello, Matthew. Yes, good morning. Yes, my dad turns ninety 106 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: one today and he gets mills on wheels to live 107 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 3: in twice a week. It's very really lovely food and 108 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 3: it allows him to stay at home and be independent 109 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 3: and he does still courk for himself and it's just 110 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 3: sort of substituting those meals so he gets I think 111 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 3: Tuesdays and Thursdays and yeah, it's fantastic. So thank you 112 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 3: so much. And it's quite a fantastic service that you're 113 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 3: doing for so many people who need, you know, want 114 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 3: to stay at home and just need that extra nutrition 115 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 3: and the meals delivered to their doors. 116 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: So thank you so much, Gail, thank you for calling. 117 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: Thank you And you'd hear that so often, Sharon, I 118 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: don't doubt, Oh we do. 119 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 2: It's certainly the people that we see dat. You know, 120 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 2: today we're going to be knocking on over four and 121 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 2: a half thousand doors around South Australia and you know, 122 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 2: checking in to make sure that people are okay. And 123 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 2: I think although the meal is the really obvious tangible 124 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 2: thing that people receive from meals on wheels, the human 125 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 2: connection that they have and the peace of mind that 126 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: meals on wills. Volunteers bring for family members who can't 127 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 2: always be there, can't always call in as often as 128 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 2: they might like, and just sort of making sure that 129 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 2: somebody's not only getting nourishing food, but just making you 130 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: feeling part of their local community is incredibly valuable. 131 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: Indeed, well Sharon, great speaking with you again. Enjoy the day. 132 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure everyone there will, your volunteers included, and well 133 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,239 Speaker 1: done on the excellent work you've done and all your 134 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: recipients of meals today a very special day on the 135 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: seventieth anniversary, and happy birthday to Gail's dad as well. 136 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: I should have said that Gail indeed, have a great 137 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: day today, Sharon, Thank. 138 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 2: You, Thanks Matthew. 139 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: Bye bye Sharon Brower there CEO Meals on Wheels, turning 140 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: seventy today, tremendous achievement in South Australia. SA born Meals 141 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: on Wheels Doris Taylor back in the day in nineteen 142 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: fifty four. Excellent and it's been around ever since.