Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels provides a helping hand
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Chelten Plaza developer Patrick Burns says the Save-A-Lot grand-opening event marked a great day for the community. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Save-A-Lots carts have a personal message for customers. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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A customer weighs a head of lettuce in the produce aisle. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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A Save-A-Lot employee places canned goods in Aisle 3. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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The facade of the newly opened Save-A-Lot grocery store at Chelten Plaza. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Photos were displayed outside the store to remind everyone of what the site looked like when dilapidated as recently as last year. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Save-A-Lot operator Shawn Rinnier ceremonially cut a ribbon to mark the opening of Germantown's newest supermarket Friday morning. City Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller and Chelten Plaza developer Patrick Burns -- fourth and third from the right -- were among those flanking Rinnier. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit organization that provides food to those are no longer able to leave their homes because they are elderly or recuperating from an illness or surgery. This collection of photos shows Thomas, Diane, and Larry, who each began volunteering at Meals on Wheels in 2010, as they deliver food to residents of Chestnut Hill. One of the residents shown is Mike, a paraplegic client who has been receiving meals since spring of 2011. Joe is a widower who also struggles with mobility as a result of several health issues. He has been getting food through Meals on Wheels for over a year, and also appears in the series of photos.The headquarters Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels is at 8765 Stenton Ave. in Wyndmoor at the Keystone House. It relocated here from the Chestnut Hill Hospital to take advantage of a modern kitchen and improve the meals that were being served. Since then clients have increased from 17 to 35. Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels delivers two fresh meals to its clients Monday through Friday throughout the year including holidays. The Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels volunteers provide a helpful service to the community who find it difficulty in leaving their homes.
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