Gov. Paul LePage joined a variety of Waterville city officials at the Muskie Center Thursday to help prepare meals for Meals on Wheels as part of the month-long nationwide celebration of the organization that provides meals for the homebound.

Other officials at the March for Meals event Wednesday morning included Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro, Waterville Director of Health and Welfare Linda Fossa, city councilors and others.

Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro, center, pitched in with other city officials and Muskie Center personnel to fill meals for the Meals on Wheels program during the March for Meals celebration on Thursday. Staff photo by David Leaming

Events this month throughout the state also include community dining meals, bottle drives and other programs to get the community engaged in focusing on “isolation, hunger and loss of independence” experienced by many seniors, according to a news release from the organization earlier this week.

“The services that we provide to central Maine seniors are critical and the need is rapidly increasing. Together, we can keep seniors living independently, healthier at home and feeling more connected to their community as they age,” Karen Wiswell, nutrition director, said in the release.

Spectrum Generations provides services to older and disabled adults and those who care for them in Kennebec, Somerset, Knox, Waldo, Sagadahoc and the towns of Harpswell and Brunswick, according to the release. Spectrum last year prepared and delivered 217,985 Meals on Wheels to 1,541 homebound seniors and disabled adults and each months serves more than 17,600 meals to homebound seniors and disabled adults.

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