Yet more than 800 homebound seniors, who may be privileged or in poverty, depend on Volunteers of America for their essential nutrients and food preparation every week of the year.

Simply put, if it weren't for the VOA Meals on Wheels program, many of these seniors wouldn't prepare a meal for themselves. Even worse, some seniors admit they would go without a meal altogether.

"It's tremendous," said one senior woman in Denver, who received a hot meal and milk from a Meals on Wheels volunteer Wednesday. "You cannot believe [it] because... I probably wouldn't even try to fix some food. I would probably not eat at all because it's so difficult for me."

Imagine how much more difficult that task was during this week's snow storm, when a senior's typical daily visitors would have been snowed into their homes and off of the roads.

"It snows on everybody in the city today," said Larry Moskow, a driver and delivery volunteer for VOA Meals on Wheels of Denver. "The good people, the bad people, the hungry people, the poor people, the rich people... every family is in the same boat on a day like [Wednesday]."

Meals on Wheels volunteers don't sleep, because they know that, in many ways, a senior's wellbeing depends on the kindness of strangers. However, when those bad snow days become treacherous for drivers, seniors can turn to an emergency blizzard food kit for nutrition and sustenance. The kits are provided to seniors in early autumn.

For more information about the VOA Meals on Wheels program, click onto the Volunteers of America website.