Help Us Spread the Bright Light of Holiday Cheer to Our Clients!

Every December, we send each of our clients a holiday joy bag with essential items and seasonal gifts. Volunteers have a special opportunity to share holiday cheer with neighbors when they deliver the bags. We rely fully on donations from the community to pack each joy bag.

Want to help with just a few clicks?

On our online Walmart registry, you can purchase each of the items we need for a joy bag to be shipped directly to our office. We aim for all bags to have the same kind and number of items, so we suggest purchasing one of each item in the registry. The total will remain under $50. Please make any purchases by Friday, December 12th, 2025.

Want to pack your own Joy Bags?

View our list of items to be included in each joy bag below:

Meals on Wheels is happy to provide bags for you to use! You may stop by our office at 704 Rose Hill Drive any time between 9 AM and 1 PM Monday-Friday to pick up bags. You are also more than welcome to provide your own bags. Please drop off all joy bags packed at home to our office by Monday, December 15th, 2025.

If you are interested in contributing in a smaller capacity, we suggest a $10 gift card to Food Lion, Giant, or Walmart.

What Our Joy Bag Program Means to Clients:

“Dear Meals on Wheels, Thank you so much for the wonderful gifts. Everything I pulled out of the bag I kept saying ‘Oh, I need this!’ How did you know? I am so thankful for Meals on Wheels in so many ways. Thanks, for treating us like family.” — a client

“I get choked up talking about it. You just made my Christmas the most wonderful Christmas I ever had!” — a client

“Thank you, thank you, you were my 'Santa Claus'! What a joy to find 'Santa Claus' at my door!!” — a client