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Wheels in motion for people on fixed incomes to get a holiday meal

For hundreds of people across the Valley they'll spend Thanksgiving alone, but they won't go hungry thanks to a program that's had its wheels on the road for a long time.

George Kegley is a man on a mission making sure this holiday those who can't afford it -- get to stop and smell what's important.

"It's probably the highlight of their day when somebody brings food to them," says volunteer George Kegley.

On average Meals on Wheels delivers 625 dishes a day.

This year volunteers are dropping off Thanksgiving dinners one day early. Otherwise the company that prepacks one meal would raise the price from $3.56 a meal to $10-- call it inflated holiday labor.

William McCormick usually snacks on sandwiches all week. His holiday menu wasn't looking much better.

"I probably well, I was going to have turkey T.V. dinner, that's what I was going to have for Thanksgiving and this is homemade," says Meals on Wheels recipient William McCormick.

"The economy the way it is, if it wasn't for Meals on Wheels a lot of these people would go without," says Director of Maintenance Ronnie Baird.

Whether he's coming or going. This volunteer wouldn't have it any other way.

For him it's a short distance for miles of satisfaction.