People are urged to continue donating to the Bermuda Meals on Wheels programme throughout the Christmas season.

The charity’s staff were joined by volunteers from Clarien Bank with a lunch for the community with the bank’s Holiday GiveBack programme last week.

Today, Clarien encouraged the community to “keep the wheels moving” by making a donation through December 31 at its branches or online.

The Clarien Foundation will match all donations up to a capped amount and all funds raised will go directly to the Bermuda Meals on Wheels programme.

Meals on Wheels delivers freshly-cooked, nourishing lunches across the island to those unable to prepare a proper meal for themselves, such as the sick, elderly and disabled.

It presently delivers 180 to 200 lunches four days a week, as well as about additional 80 frozen meal replacements for Thursdays and weekends.

The regular deliveries also provide an important and reassuring daytime check on the welfare of recipients.

Clarien customers, organisations and members of the public can make donations as follows:

• use one of the Holiday GiveBack no-wait deposit envelopes available at any Clarien Bank branch;

• make a donation directly to a teller at Clarien Bank main branch, 19 Reid Street, Hamilton, or Clarien Paget Plaza, 161 South Road, Paget;

• transfer funds to Clarien’s Holiday GiveBack account (account number: 4010060068)

All donations for the Clarien Holiday GiveBack Programme must be received by 4pm on New Year’s Eve

For additional information, visit www.clarienbank.com/giveback, e-mail

giveback@clarienback.com or call 296-6969.