Meals on Wheels in need of help

Volunteers who routinely deliver meals to homebound area residents received a helping hand the other day from such notables as County Executive Janet S. Owens and County Council President Ron Dillon Jr.

Ms. Owens celebrated Valentine's Day by helping prepare food for Meals on Wheels at St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Annapolis and delivered meals to several clients at Clayborne Place Apartments.

"Meals on Wheels is a volunteer-based organization, and the county executive was happy to take time out of her day to help the program assist residents," said Matt Diehl, a spokesman for Ms. Owens.

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