SoDel Concepts’ Employees Make Cookies for Homebound Seniors

 Jen Bradour (left) and Maggie Williamson of SoDel Concepts organized a cookie drive for seniors in the Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth program. The chefs traveled in a decorated van to all 12 SoDel Concepts restaurants to collect 4,300 cookies for packaging and delivery.

SoDel Concepts chefs Jen Bradour and Maggie Williamson made a list and checked it twice. The coworkers organized a cookie drive involving the company’s 12 restaurants to provide holiday treats to homebound seniors in the Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth program.

To help counter the blues that some homebound seniors experience around the holidays, chefs Jen Bradour and Maggie Williamson of SoDel Concepts got creative. The chefs are on the team that prepares meals at Fish On for more than 200 seniors served by Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth (MOWLR).

 “We wanted to do something special this past holiday, so we organized a cookie drive,” said Bradour, who coordinates the SoDel Concepts MOWLR program. “Since SoDel Concepts has 12 restaurants, we were hoping to get about 2,700 cookies—enough for each client to receive a dozen.”

 Bradour and Williamson decorated a minivan in holiday finery and made the circuit, from Lewes to Fenwick Island. When they finished their route, they had a total of 4,300 cookies, which MOWLR volunteers packaged at Fish On. 

 On Christmas morning, each senior in the program received homemade cookies with their holiday meal. 

SoDel Concepts prepares meals for more than 200 seniors in the Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth program. This year, SoDel Concepts’ employees baked cookies for the participants’ holiday meal, and volunteers like Jim Myers packaged them for delivery.

 “Our team went above and beyond,” Bradour said. “The seniors we serve were ecstatic to receive something special on Christmas morning, and I am still receiving notes of gratitude.”

 Scott Kammerer, president of SoDel Concepts, praised the chefs’ initiative. “I’m always proud of our work with MOWLR, but Jen and Maggie took it to the next level,” he said. “They had a great idea, and were able to involve the whole company in doing something special for the seniors we serve at MOWLR.”

 For information on SoDel Concepts, visit sodelconcepts.com. For information on Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth, visit mealsonwheels-lr.org.