Carla Jutson: Outstanding Advocate for Older Adults

Today, the Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County is honoring our executive director, Carla Jutson, as the Outstanding Advocate for Older Adults. Carla has devoted her career to the older residents of Tarrant County. She is a strong advocate for older Americans and a leader in finding solutions to help this population remain active and independent in a safe and healthy environment for as long as possible. She truly believes Tarrant County is a caring place to grow old, and her work with the homebound has certainly helped make this so.

As executive director, she has led Meals On Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County from a small organization that delivered just 25 meals a day to one of the most recognized programs in the United States. She is active in the aging network at the local, state, and national level.

Carla is a founding member and past president of the Tarrant Area Gerontological Society, an organization of professionals working in the field of aging. She also is a founding member of the Meals On Wheels Association of Texas (MOWAT), a statewide organization that provides leadership training and support for professionals working with congregate and home-delivered senior nutrition programs. She is also involved with the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), for which she is a past president, board member, and committee member. She has testified before Senate and House committees in D.C. and on the state level as an expert in senior nutrition and isolation.

Congratulations to Carla on this wonderful recognition of her work!

Celebrating 39 years of service

Carla Jutson, Executive Director

Meals On Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County is 39 years old today! What started as a faith-based group of people wanting to feed the inner-city elderly has grown to a program serving almost 1 million meals a year and providing many additional services to those we serve. Volunteers, donors, and Tarrant County residents are the backbone of Meals On Wheels, Inc.  Without their help, none of this would be possible.  Thanks to all for making Tarrant County a caring place to grow old.

– Carla Jutson

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Donate when you shop for groceries

Did you know you can contribute to Meals On Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County just by shopping at Albertsons, Kroger, or Tom Thumb?  At Albertsons, just ask your cashier to scan our Community Partners barcode with each grocery purchase. Through Kroger’s Neighbor to Neighbor Program and Tom Thumb’s Good Neighbor Program, all you have to do is link your reward card to Meals On Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County.  Each time you have one of these barcodes scanned, we will get a percentage of what you spend!

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Kroger Neighbor To Neighbor enrollment form
Tom Thumb Good Neighbor enrollment form

If you have previously linked your Kroger reward card to our organization, Kroger requires you to relink it each year.  Customers can begin to re-link their cards each year during the summer.  No accumulation of funds occurs during May and June.  Accumulation of donations begins July 1 each year and goes through April 30 of the following year.  The Tom Thumb and Albertsons programs do not require you to re-enroll.

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