Wayne County Department of Seniors Services
Wayne County Department of Seniors Services
3600 Commerce Court
Bldg. E
Wayne, MI 48184
United States
Wayne County Senior Services Department’s senior nutrition program is a volunteer driven program that provides congregate, home-delivered (Meals on Wheels), liquid, and Halal meals to the eligible senior residents in the 34 communities of Western Wayne County and Downriver. Meals are packed, picked-up or delivered from, or consumed on-site at 40 nutrition sites consisting of churches, senior centers, senior apartment buildings and schools in Out-Wayne County.
2-hour commitment: Assisting with packaging home-delivered meals, serving congregate and/or assisting with site prep and clean up.
3-hour commitment: Delivering the meals to home-delivered meal recipients. (This commitment requires a valid license, auto insurance, and vehicle).
4-hour commitment: Assisting with packaging home-delivered meals and delivering meals to home-delivered meal clients (This commitment requires a valid license, auto insurance, and vehicle).
Volunteers using personal vehicles to deliver meals will be reimbursed .585 cents per mile.
- In FY 2023, the Department of Senior Services served a total of 833,346 congregate, home delivered, liquid, and Halal meals to over 5,000 older adults.
- The Senior Services Department has been providing Halal home delivered meals to eligible older adults in Dearborn since 2003.
- In July 2023, The Senior Services Department opened a Halal Congregate Meal site at ACCESS in Dearborn, we believe it is the only one in the United States.
