Meals-on-Wheels Celebrates National Philanthropy Day

Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson & Ellis Counties celebrated the 27th Annual National Philanthropy Day on November 15 by honoring The Waxahachie Foundaiton at a luncheon held at the Renaissance Worthington in downtown Fort Worth. The annual event was sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Over 500 people gathered to honor non-profit organizations, private foundations, corporations, clubs and individual donors from all over North Texas.

The Meals-on-Wheels Board of Trustees chose The Waxahachie Foundation as this year’s honoree because of their ongoing quarterly donations to Meals-on-Wheels over the last several years. “Their support has been incredible to Meals-on-Wheels providing over 5,000 meals to the Ellis County community,” said Vinsen Faris, executive director.

“The Waxahachie Foundation not only supports our work, but countless others in the Waxahachie area. Foundations like them are essential to making what we do possible,” he added.

National Philanthropy Day is the special day set aside each year to recognize and pay tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy - and those people active in the philanthropic community -- have made to our lives, our communities and our world. The theme for National Philanthropy Day this year was "Change the World with a Giving Heart." Past Meals-on-Wheels’ Philanthropy Day honorees include Walgreen’s Distribution Center, Fleta Rick Walls Charitable Trust, Art Norton, Community Bank, United Ways of Johnson County, West Ellis County , and Greater Ennis, Lowell & Shirley Smith, The Alton & Fay Talbert Memorial Fund, The Heritage Assembly, Mrs. Pat (Mary Anne) Wilkirson, and Bank of America Cleburne Banking Center.