亚特兰大送餐上门第38届慈善晚宴举行 表彰年度志愿者夫妇 逾800名长者仍在候餐名单
佐治亚州富尔顿县亚特兰大市，送餐上门组织 Meals on Wheels Atlanta 第38届年度慈善晚宴 A Meal to Remember 11月6日晚在 Buckhead 的圣瑞吉斯亚特兰大酒店举行，11月9日的报道披露了晚宴详情。
晚宴以希望盛放为主题，五位名厨联手奉上四道菜配酒的晚宴，现场为依赖上门送餐的长者筹款。晚宴表彰 Dwayne Williams 和 Valerie Williams 夫妇为2026年度志愿者。
本组织成立于1965年，迄今已为亚特兰大地区的长者送出超过600万份餐食，其经费97%来自私人捐赠。主办方表示，需要上门送餐服务的长者等待名单仍在不断延长，目前已有800多名长者在名单上，许多独居老人每天就盼着送餐员的一次敲门。去年的晚宴曾筹得创纪录的130万美元。
晚宴是该组织每年最重要的筹款活动，所得款项用于餐食制作与配送，帮助面临饥饿与孤独的长者。截至11月9日，主办方尚未公布本届晚宴最终筹款总额，称数字出炉后将再行公布。
Meals on Wheels Atlanta Holds 38th Annual Gala, Honoring Volunteers of the Year as More Than 800 Seniors Remain on Its Waiting List
ATLANTA, Ga. — Meals on Wheels Atlanta held its 38th annual gala, A Meal to Remember, on the evening of November 6 at The St. Regis Atlanta in Buckhead, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, with details of the evening reported on November 9.
Under the theme Hope in Full Bloom, five celebrated chefs served a four-course dinner with wine pairings to raise funds for seniors who depend on home meal deliveries. The gala honored Dwayne and Valerie Williams as the 2026 Volunteers of the Year.
Founded in 1965, the organization has delivered more than six million meals to seniors across the Atlanta area, and 97 percent of its funding comes from private donations. Its waiting list keeps growing: more than 800 seniors are currently on it, many of them living alone and waiting each day for a delivery driver's knock. Last year's gala raised a record $1.3 million.
The gala is the organization's signature fundraiser, paying for meal preparation and delivery for seniors facing hunger and isolation. As of November 9, the organization had not announced the final total raised this year, saying the figure will be released when it is ready.
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