It looks like the community raised $125,027 in folding paper during Monday's Mobile Meals telethon at West Town Mall, according to the spin release, just sent out by county communications manager Michael "Big Sexy" Grider.
That's enough to cover
39,691 meals at $3.15 per meal, or to serve 152 seniors for an entire year.
“People ask me if I’m surprised by the generosity of this
community,” said Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett in a released statement. “We all know that Knox
County residents are some of the most generous people anywhere, but the
community’s support of Mobile Meals exceeded my expectations.”
The Mobile Meals program serves noon meals, five days a week and holidays, to Knoxville and Knox County citizens who are at least 60 years old, who cannot cook for themselves and have no one to prepare meals for them.
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