# @mealsonwheelswest on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY47n-PozHa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70172959-mealsonwheelswest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/77e887151e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-28T16:48:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Meals On Wheels West (@mealsonwheelswest) — https://gondola.cc/mealsonwheelswest

## Caption

This #WorldHungerDay, we want to introduce you to Elani.

Elani is 90 years old and has lived in her building in Santa Monica since 1973. She spent her career working front desks - greeting people, making them feel seen. When she could, she traveled the world, discovering new places, people, and cultures. "I learned that we are all alike," she says. "We have the same things happen to us happen all over the world. People are people."

Today, Elani lives on a fixed income. Getting to a grocery store and cooking for herself are no longer possible, especially with rising meal costs. Without Meals on Wheels West, she says simply: she would struggle to eat.

Over the next three months, we need to deliver 33,124 meals throughout Los Angeles County's coastal communities. Every meal we deliver tells a homebound neighbor like Elani that their community hasn't forgotten them.

Today, on World Hunger Day, we invite you to give back to our community. Donate at the link in our bio.

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