Our Mission:
Mobile Meals helps preserve the health, dignity and independence of homebound adults by delivering special diet meals.

Mobile Meals of Tucson, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in Arizona. Your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law.

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(520) 622-1600

Heroes and Angels

"I volunteer all over town but delivering meals always gets me my biggest smiles and thanks as most of the clients are so thankful of the service."

About Mobile Meals

Mobile Meals of Tucson, Inc. is a volunteer based, non-profit organization delivering special diet meals to the homebound. We deliver two meals a day, Monday through Friday. Our meals are delivered by volunteers in the Tucson metropolitan area.

Meals are prepared at eight different facilities in Tucson and Green Valley including hospitals, assisted living facilities and a medical rehabilitation facility.

We are dedicated to providing services needed to contribute to an individual's health, and to enable them to remain independent and living in their own home. This includes the provision of food, nutritional information, social contact and a connection to other community organizations.

Mobile Meals clients are referred to the program by their physicians, family members, social workers, home healthcare workers and dialysis units. Clients are eligible if they are homebound, have special dietary needs, and cannot cook or shop for themselves.

Our strength is our volunteers. While they deliver meals, they often make a personal connection with the people they help. Our Heroes & Angels page profiles many of our volunteers and shares their personal stories. Volunteers deliver meals to over 200 clients Monday through Friday except Christmas and Thanksgiving.

How It All Started
Formed on September 24, 1970, Mobile Meals of Tucson, Inc. is the result of a two-year experimental program funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity. When the funding ended the continued need to provide special diets for the elderly and disabled in their homes was the catalyst that Virginia Clements, of the Pima County Medical Auxiliary, needed to organize volunteers into a chartered entity. Virginia chaired the first organizational meeting, with Joann Butterbaugh as the first president. In 1970, Mobile Meals began with four hospitals and the University of Arizona Student Union preparing meals for 40 clients. In 2008, eight hospitals and healthcare facilities prepared meals for over 200 clients, and there are over 400 volunteers help carrying out the mission.