Leave it to Austin to combine charitable goodness, a hot meal and a good workout in one cool program.

Meals on Wheels and More is starting a bike version of its meal delivery service. On Sept. 15, the agency will launch “Meals on Two Wheels,” sending volunteers on bicycles out to deliver food to homebound elderly and disabled residents of Austin. They’ll deliver food along 12 pre-selected routes.

Just think: The volunteers get a little exercise, the non-profit agency cuts down on gas costs, we send fewer emissions into the environment and some of the most fragile residents of our community still get a healthy, hot meal.

A company that wants to remain anonymous provided a grant to keep a fleet of three specially-designed bicycles with cooler-holding carts at the agency’s headquarters. The program kicks off on Sept. 15.

I think it’s fabulous.

Source: Austin360