Jim Stotler
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island driver Jim Stotler loads his basket from his delivery truck before bringing meals to his elderly and disabled clients at an apartment complex, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Central Falls, R.I. Meals on Wheels America said its branches across the country are currently serving 37% more clients compared to pre-COVID levels. Over the summer that number was as high as 79%. In a recent survey, the organization found that 86% of programs don’t feel they’re meeting the needs of their communities as it is, and 74% worry that as the pandemic eases they’ll lose the emergency funding but still keep many of the clients they added during the pandemic. (AP Photo/David Goldman)