Where Mississippi Hospitality Feeds Homebound Seniors

You’re invited to join us in Feeding Hernando Homebound Seniors

Meals on Wheels Hernando is a non-profit, food-based, community-outreach organization.

We provide food and other caring connections for senior adults and those in the Hernando MS Community who are disabled and/or unable to consistently provide quality nutrition for themselves.
Our Seniors receive meals Tuesdays and Thursdays prepared by Parish and delivered by our volunteers. If you’d like to help us help Hernando Seniors live a better life, click ► HERE.

Our Providers

We would be unable to feed our Hernando MS seniors without the support of several area restaurants and food services. In years past, church members would prepare meals at home and deliver them to those who need assistance with their nutrition. But those days are no more.

All food that we deliver must be prepared by professional chefs and food employees in approved and licensed kitchens.

A strict business relationship exists between Meals on Wheels Hernando and our food providers. All dinners are paid for.

Our seniors depend on all of us.

 

Food Providers

We are only able to provide this mission because of the dedication of our food partners.  We cannot say enough wonderful things about them. They are a blessing to Hernando Meals on Wheels, and more importantly, to our recipients.

If you are interested in becoming a food partner with Hernando Meals on Wheels, please give us a call at 662-403-0944 or email us hernandomealsonwheels@gmail.com

Parish

Parish Restaurant in Hernando is a relative newcomer to providing meals but has actually been with us from the beginning back when they were Juniors. The name is different but the commitment to great food for our home-bound seniors remains the same.

When you purchase lunch at Parish on Tuesdays and Thursdays, a portion of your bill is donated to Meals on Wheels Hernando. When you see the folks from Parish, please thank them.

Our Volunteers

Meals on Wheels Hernando would not be possible without a dedicated group of volunteers. Each week, these faithful folks convey the love and care of Christ as they deliver hot meals to needy seniors in Hernando, Mississippi.

Meals on Wheels featured on WREG's Community Changers. Check it out: Click Here ▼

Meals on Wheels featured on WREG's Community Changers. Check it out: Click Here ▼

Our Clients

If you know a neighbor or have a family member in Northwest Mississippi who would have a better life if they were to have a meal delivered to them twice a week, sign up below with your name and a way to contact you. Please include the name of the person you are recommending so we can make sure they are not already on our delivery list.

And thank you for caring.

Nominate a Senior

Let food
be thy medicine.
Thy medicine
shall be thy food.

 —  Hippocrates

You may also write us at:

 

Meals on Wheels Hernando

1890 Mt. Pleasant, Hernando, MS 38632

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Our Events

January 22, 2025

Miles McMath Community Service Award

Miles McMath, owner of The Parish Restaurant in Hernando, was presented with a Certificate of Community Service Award at the Board of of Alderman Meeting on Wed, January 22, 2025.

McMath and his employees at The Parish produce 200 lunches each week to be delivered by volunteers from Meals on Wheels Hernando to registered homebound seniors in and around Hernando.

Thank you, Miles and Staff! 

Mar 27, 2025

Breakfast Fundraiser at Bazaar’s Restaurant

The Meals on Wheels Hernando Annual Breakfast fundraiser will again be held at Bazaar’s Restaurant. Come by from 8 until 2 and a portion of the cost of your meal will be donated to Hernando Meals on Wheels.

We will have an information table staffed by volunteers who can answer any questions you might have. We will also be selling pecans,  T-shirts, and tumblers.

Brenda Love and her staff have supported Meals on Wheels Hernando for more than 4 years and we appreciate her continued support.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Friday, Apr 25th 2025

Meals on Wheels Hernando Golf Tournament, The Krewe of Hernando. 2024 Winners!

On Friday, April 25, year 4 of the Meals on Wheels, Hernando, Golf Classic will take place. Keep watching this space; details will follow!

 

Quilt Raffle

Our homemade quilt raffle has become extremely popular. Our first-year winner was Todd  Quinton. Our 23 winner, Jane Massie of Crye-Leike Realtors, was selected at random by Mayor Chip Johnson. Check in later for information on how you could become our 2025 winner.

Become a

Member

When you sign up, you will receive notifications of events, opportunities, and stories about our clients. Please join our community in helping our community’s seniors. Annual membership is $50. Your signup bonus is a choice between a T-Shirt and a Tumbler, each with our logo.

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OUR BOARD

John Hornsby, President

John was born and grew up in Memphis. He graduated from Univ of Tennessee in 1978 with a degree in Business Marketing. He worked for 42 years in the commercial banking industry. He started Sycamore Bank in DeSoto County in 2003 and built 2 offices and hired 21 employees. He worked the last 11 years for BancorpSouth in Hernando and retired in October of 2021.

John is married to Vicki Curtis and they have 2 daughters. They moved to Southaven in 1987, and then to Hernando in 2006. He helped start and was the Treasurer for Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center in Southaven from 2012 to 2019. They are members of Hernando United Methodist Church.

In September of 2019, he became the Board President for Hernando Meals on Wheels.

John Hornsby
President

ML Fuchs, Secretary • Treasurer

Mary Louise was born and raised in Memphis and graduated from Memphis State University in 1974 with a degree in Social Work. In 1978 she moved to Lubbock, Texas and lived there for 30 years. During that time she worked for a foundry for 10 years and then at Llano Estacado Winery as Administrative Vice President for 20 years.

In 2008, she moved back to Memphis, and came to Hernando in 2011. While in Lubbock, she was very familiar with Meals on Wheels, and in about 2016 became aware of a need in Hernando. In searching for a similar service, she talked to David Cox about the need and that there were no similar services available . David Cox is the one who pursued her suggestion and turned it into a reality.

In September of 2019, she became the Secretary/Treasurer for Hernando Meals on Wheels.

ML Fuchs
Secy-Treas

David Cox

David and his family moved to Hernando in June of 2013. His experience with Meals on Wheels began as a young teenager when he accompanied his mother to deliver meals in Clinton, MS.

He is married to Dale Cox and they have 5 children. He serves as pastor of Hernando United Methodist Church and is excited about the new relationships that Hernando Meals on Wheels is helping to foster among neighbors

David Cox

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Steve Edmonds

Steve Edmonds has worked for the Baptist Healthcare system for 24 years and for the last 11 years at Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven where he is the Hospital Chaplain.

He is married with one grown son and one grandchild. He lives in Olive Branch.

Steve is involved in fundraising for Meals on Wheels Hernando.

Steve Edmonds

Jay Goss

Jay Goss has worked for Trustmark Bank for the last 9 years as a Commercial lender. He is married with one daughter and lives in Hernando.

He has volunteered delivering food for us about 2 or 3 times.

Jay is involved in fundraising for Meals on Wheels Hernando.

Jay Goss

Hollie Anderson

I have been in the insurance industry for 9 years, starting out my career at State Farm. During my years as a sales agent, my knowledge of the business grew, but I always had a strong desire to give back. After I went into business for myself at Alfa Insurance in 2017, I was able to direct some of my attention to doing just that.

I started my blessing box shortly after opening my office. My husband built the box, we painted it, and put the phrase “Take what you need. Give what you can. Above all be blessed.” I never could have imagined the impact this little box would have, not only from people getting what they needed but from the hundreds of donations we have received to keep it stocked. It stays outside the office and it is open 24/7, so people don’t have to come in and ask for anything, and that lifts a burden of embarrassment that some people might have.

By having this blessing box, I have been able to see the best in people and it has humbled me more than words can say.

I also was a part of Meals on Wheels during 2019/2020.

Hollie Anderson

Frank Pevey

Frank Pevey grew up on a family cattle and sheep farm in rural Clarksdale MS. He later served as a foreign missionary to Africa for several years and returned to the US when his wife was stricken with cancer.

He became a church administrator for Longview Point Baptist shortly after the church was formed in 2004 and still serves today. He is the only original staff member still at the church.

He lives in Hernando and has three grown children.

Frank Pevey

George Ready

George Ready is a native of DeSoto County. He has served our community as a City Court Judge, a State Senator, and a Circuit Judge before he going back into private practice. His law office is in Hernando.

George Ready

Christy Savage Johnson

Christy was born and grew up in Cleveland, MS. She began her Real Estate Career in DeSoto County in 2005 and was named Realtor of the Year in 2017. In addition to her volunteer work with Toys for Tots, Tunica Animal Shelter, Habitat for Humanity, Palmer Home for Children and Mid-South Food Bank, she served the Northwest Mississippi Board of Realtors (NWMAR) as MLS President in 2020 and served two consecutive terms as Board President in 2018 and 2019. She served on the NWMAR board of directors in 2016, RPAC Chair for 2016 and RPAC State Representative for 2016. Christy is a graduate of the NWMAR Leadership Class of 2015 and the Mississippi Association of Realtors Leadership Class of 2017. She is an active advocate for homeowner rights and lobbies lawmakers at Realtor Day at the Capitol in Jackson, MS and the National Association of Realtors Washington, D.C. Capitol Hill visits.

Christy is married to Mayor Chip Johnson and has two sons and six grandchildren. They are members of First Presbyterian Church, Hernando. She enjoys serving the community, delivering Meals on Wheels, cooking, gardening, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. In addition to Meals on Wheels, Christy also serves as an Ambassador for the Hernando Main Street Chamber of Commerce.

Christy Savage Johnson

A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

You know who you are!

“Society needs people who take care of the elderly and who know how to be compassionate
and honest . . . Society needs all kinds of skills
that are not just cognitive; they’re emotional, they’re affectional. You can’t run the society
on data and computers alone.”     — Alvin Toffler

Dear friend,

I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.

John 3:2

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Sponsorship is available to any individual, group, or business who values the idea of helping to feed our seniors. Simply fill out this contact form and someone will get in touch with you. Thanks for your interest and your willingness to be of service.