Meals on Wheels Atlanta Honored at Charity Event

Channel 2's Karyn Greer and ABC's Sam Champion emceed an event supporting the Atlanta senior nutrition organization.

Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Philanthropy

Plain white delivery van parked beside a red-brick porch under a magnolia tree on a quiet Atlanta residential street. — Meals on Wheels Atlanta, a senior nutrition organization serving the city for more than six decades, was honored at a charity event emceed by Karyn Greer and Sam Champion. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Channel 2's Karyn Greer and ABC's Sam Champion emceed an event supporting Meals on Wheels Atlanta, an organization that has served the city for more than six decades. The event highlighted volunteers, donors, and community supporters.

Why it matters

Rising hunger and growing demand have placed additional pressure on the organization's resources, making community support central to its work of delivering meals to seniors. The organization's stated goal is ending senior hunger in Atlanta.

Meals on Wheels Atlanta traces its roots to a 1965 local soup kitchen and has served the city for more than six decades. Its emergency pantry program provides a month-long supply of dry goods to seniors, though the extraction does not report how many seniors it reaches or the funds raised.

The players

Meals on Wheels Atlanta

A nonprofit that delivers prepared meals and related home support to seniors in Atlanta, grown from a local soup kitchen founded in 1965.

Karyn Greer

A Channel 2 Atlanta television journalist who emceed the event supporting Meals on Wheels Atlanta.

Sam Champion

An ABC television journalist and meteorologist who emceed the event supporting Meals on Wheels Atlanta.

The details

Meals are prepared by chefs and a dietitian to accommodate heart-healthy, carbohydrate-controlled, vegetarian, kidney-friendly, modified, and bite-sized needs. Beyond meal delivery, the organization provides home repairs, pet food, and emergency pantry supplies, and volunteers take prepared meals directly to seniors throughout the community.

1965: A local soup kitchen is founded that later grows into Meals on Wheels Atlanta.
Over six decades: Meals on Wheels Atlanta serves the city of Atlanta.

Philanthropy Context

Meals on Wheels Atlanta's home-delivered model sits within the home-delivered meal framework funded under Title III of the Older Americans Act. Community fundraising events like this one supplement that public support as demand for senior nutrition services grows.

Atlantans who want to support senior nutrition can contribute time or donations to local programs like Meals on Wheels Atlanta. Residents who know older neighbors facing food insecurity can connect them with home-delivered meal and pantry services.

The takeaway

Community support remains essential to sustaining senior nutrition programs as hunger rises. Individuals can help by volunteering, donating, or checking on older neighbors who may need meals or pantry supplies.