Meals-on-Wheels Advisory Council Selects Officers

Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson & Ellis Counties’ Advisory Council selected Council officers at Wednesday’s March 16 meeting. Rusty Ballard of Waxahachie will serve as Chair, Charlie Morton of Ovilla will serve as Vice Chair, and serving as Secretary is Karen Cox of Midlothian. The officers will be responsible for guiding the group as a whole and being a liaison with the current Meals-on-Wheels Board of Trustees. In addition, the Council elected to hold monthly meetings every third Wednesday of the month.

The Council consists of 27 local persons representing the different communities throughout Ellis County. These service areas include Midlothian, Palmer, Waxahachie, Ennis, Ferris, Italy, Milford, Maypearl, Red Oak, and Ovilla. Each person on the Council voluntarily chose to participate after an invitation was extended to them. This Council has been established to guide Meals-on-Wheels services in Ellis County, as well as plan for the future of the organization which will include services and fundraising efforts.

“The Council is ready to get started,” Vinsen Faris, executive director said. “This month’s meeting was very exciting and we look forward to what is in store for the future of both the Council and the organization.”

In attendance at Wednesday’s meeting were: Bettie Gray, Betty Jeffcoat, Charles “Charlie” Morton, Debbie Box, Jeff Lincks, Joann Parker, Karen Cox, Rainey Hicks, Dick Braucher, Richard Dormier, Rusty Ballard, Bob Sokoll, Pat Payne, Mayor Todd Little, Ruth Shugart and Wayne Baggerly.