EDITOR'S NOTE:  This story was modified on March 18, 2020, to reflect an updated list of meal pickup locations.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Metro government plans to provide thousands of free frozen meals to older Louisvillians, part of a three-week push to ease hunger concerns as the city tries to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The meals will be available starting Tuesday at six locations across Jefferson County from 10 a.m. to noon. People 60 and older will be able to receive one box of five meals each week until April 3.

In all, the Office of Resilience & Community Services expects to distribute 26,000 meals prepared by Masterson’s Catering. Metro government will pay Masterson's $400,000 to prepare the meals, according to Mayor Greg Fischer's office. 

The pickup locations are:

Mondays - New site being reviewed and will be announced once confirmed.

Tuesdays - Beechmont Community Center (205 Wellington Avenue, 40214)

Wednesdays - Sun Valley Community Center (6505 Bethany Lane, 40272) and East Government Center (200 Juneau Drive, 40243)

Thursdays - Slaughter Elementary School (3805 Fern Valley Rd., Louisville, 40219)

Fridays - Arthur S Kling Center (219 W. Ormsby Ave., 40203)

“As we ask the community to engage in social distancing as a response to COVID-19, we know access to nutritional food will be a barrier for some in our community,” Tameka Laird, Director of Metro government’s Office of Resilience & Community Services, said in a statement.

The Dare to Care food bank also is keeping its normal hours and working with Louisville Metro, Jefferson County Public Schools and others to create a food-access system, according to a press release.

"Now is not the time for folks here during a public health crisis to be suffering from poor nutrition and lack of food," said Stan Siegwald, Dare to Care spokesperson.

He said Dare to Care expects for the delivery of services to change over the next few weeks. The group is asking people to use Dare to Care's website to keep up to date. People can also request help and food through the website.

"Right now, our concern is getting food to people and creating access points," Siegwald said. "But there's going to be a huge increase in need that extends far beyond the special circumstances we're currently seeing right now in the community."

ElderServe is another organization offering services to seniors through non-medical in-home care and the Adult Day Health Center at 631 South 28th Street. However, ElderServe is canceling all group activities until further notice.

The Love Transformation Project, a non profit providing community services in Louisville, has acquired a commercial kitchen to help prepare food for those in need. Volunteers will then deliver meals to community centers, the homeless, and anyone in need. The group's founder, Calvin Wooten, said if any senior citizen needs a meal or grocery items to email cwlovetransformation@yahoo.com.

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