CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. – Hundreds of people who rely on a weekly breakfast service in the East Bay are bracing for the program to end.
The Breakfast Bag program offered by Meals on Wheels Diablo Region will conclude on Oct. 2. Notices went out with the latest round of deliveries informing clients the service will be suspended due to government funding cutbacks.
The board chair for Meals on Wheels Diablo Region Lindy Maynes-Kolthoff said the service is unique, as it is the only one in the greater Bay Area that serves free breakfast meals to more than 400 clients each week. The clients are unable to cook for themselves, are homebound, and limited in their mobility. The grocery bags are filled with items including, a cup of cereal, yogurt, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, veggies, a salad, a single-serve carton of milk, and a bagel. …