Grab a meal with friends.

Waitress Kelly Houde fills coffee cups for older people having breakfast together. (AP/Charles Krupa)
A donation box for the Meals on Wheels Dine Out Club is posted at the White Birch Café in Goffstown, New Hampshire. (AP/Charles Krupa)
The Dine Out Club serves healthy meals. Would you eat some of these foods? (AP/Charles Krupa)
Debbie LaBarre (on the left) laughs. She eats breakfast with her sister, Suzanne Marchand (on the right). (AP/Charles Krupa)
Older people look over the breakfast menu at the White Birch Café. (AP/Charles Krupa)

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Many older people live alone. That can be hard. They miss time with others. The Dine Out Club helps.

People go out to eat. They talk over meals. They do not feel so lonely!

Pray: Thank God for the joy of time with friends. Meals with those we love are a blessing.

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One in four Americans is at least 60 years old. Older people are more likely to live alone. Meals on Wheels runs a Dine Out Club in New Hampshire. The government gives struggling restaurants money to feed the elderly. Restaurants make healthy meals. Meals on Wheels drives older people to the restaurants. The meals are free. Donations help the restaurants. Debbie LaBarre is 67. She looks forward to weekly time with friends over food.

“Encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:11)