Honorees

Carol Scullin

Morristown
2008 Honoree

Focus Area:

Food Security

Organizational Affiliation:

About

Carol Scullin of Morristown has helped homebound seniors receive nutritious meals as a volunteer with Morristown Meals on Wheels for the past 27 years. In 1981, as a busy mom to four children, she delivered meals once a week. In 1988, she assumed the responsibilities of Volunteer Coordinator, recruiting and managing the corps of volunteers, creating and maintaining delivery schedules, handling administrative details and serving as liaison to Morristown Memorial Hospital, which prepares the food. Two years ago, she became president of the organization and immediately set about updating the organization’s communications vehicles and intensifying fundraising efforts to help subsidize the cost of meals for those who can’t afford them. Although Meals on Wheels delivers 150 meals each week, Carol Scullin makes an effort to get to know each client personally. She often goes above and beyond to lend assistance, visiting the hospital to see an 87-year-old client who broke a hip, arranging for a motorized wheelchair and ramp for another and finding a county agency to help another solve his housing problems.