Tom O'Connor closes the oven door door Friday as he prepares a holiday meal to be delivered to around 100 elderly shut-ins in the Portland area through Southern Maine Agency on Aging's Meals on Wheels program. Using the kitchen in the Westbrook Community Center, volunteers like O'Connor cranked out the meals while drivers delivered them. This year's meal included ham with a raisin sauce, sweet potatoes, a broccoli casserole, bread, and apple pie for dessert. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Kate Putnam, director of development and marketing for Southern Maine Agency on Aging, double-checks and counts the about 100 meals that her company sent out to elderly shut-ins on Christmas Day through its Meals on Wheels program. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
From left, Molly Brennerman and her parents Nancy and David deliver a meal to a Portland home on Friday as part of the Southern Maine Agency on Aging's Meals on Wheels program. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Nancy Brennerman, center, chats with Josephine Hayward, 93, of Portland, after delivering a meal to Hayward as part of the Southern Maine Agency on Aging's Meals on Wheels program Friday. David Brennerman started volunteering with the program in 1976 and on Friday was delivering meals with Nancy, his wife, and their daughter Molly. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Josephine Hayward, 93, of Portland, holds a meal of ham with a raisin sauce, sweet potatoes, a broccoli casserole, bread, and apple pie for dessert, that was delivered to her by the Brennerman. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Bruce Moore and Jan Chapman look over their delivery route for Meals on Wheels program at the Westbrook Community Center on Friday. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Volunteers with the Southern Maine Agency on Aging, including Tom O'Connor, center in Santa hat, and Jackie Harkins, package meals to be delivered to elderly shut-ins throughout the Portland area at the Westbrook Community Center as part of the group's Meals on Wheels program. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
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