Clients
We are privileged to walk alongside our clients during their individual cancer journeys.
The clients of Village Project live in one of our service areas and are actively undergoing cancer treatment. Each and every week we seek to support the entire family unit with our nourishing meals.
Become a Client
Cancer does not discriminate. It is not limited to age, economic level, race, or religion.
Who is Eligible
- You must live in one of our service areas: Avon, Avon Lake, Bay Village, Rocky River or Westlake.
- Clients must be receiving active cancer treatment.
New Client Intake
- A Village Project Intake Volunteer will call to review your needs and the services we offer.
- Your identity is kept confidential.
- Your Client Intake Volunteer will work with you throughout the entire time that you are receiving services.
More Info
- Meals are delivered free of charge for up to 6 months. After 6 months, we will meet with the client to evaluate the situation.
- Village Project provides nourishing meals, flowers, and cards, all delivered every week by a caring Delivery Angel.
- The weekly volunteer prayer team will pray for each client by their first name at Village Project on Monday mornings, to aid in the well-being and confidentiality of our clients and their families.
- We also provide a Client Intake Volunteer to check in on clients, listen, and be a supporter and encourager.
The Meals
Clients receive nourishing meals with fresh ingredients designed to assist in maintaining strength and well-being. We know every bite counts!
- Food is free of processed sugar and white flour.
- Village Project will use organic ingredients when possible and necessary.
- Weekly menus are prepared by the Village Project Culinary Director and Kitchen Leader.
- Each week the client will receive three full meals including sides and a dessert for every person in the client’s home - free of charge - for up to six months.
- Included with meal delivery is a nourishing herb and vegetable broth, beneficial to clients who may be experiencing a loss of appetite or difficulty swallowing due to the side effects from treatment, radiation and chemotherapy.
- Meals are cooked on Tuesday and Wednesday by adult volunteers and high school student volunteers, who are all sharing and learning new kitchen skills each week.
- Village Project is unable to accommodate specific individual dietary needs, however, deliveries include a letter detailing the menu and all ingredients.
Delivery
Meals are delivered to our clients’ homes each week by volunteer Delivery Angels.
- Deliveries arrive on Wednesday between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
- If the client is not able to receive food at the time of delivery, arrangements can be made to leave food in a cooler or at a neighbor’s home
- Deliveries include 3 nourishing meals and a dessert for each person in the household. Along with a Village Project letter detailing the menu and ingredients, and handmade cards by children and adult volunteers, which are signed by those who prepared and packaged each meal.
- Throughout the year, deliveries include flower arrangements in vases, which are painted by adult and children volunteers. During the summer months, we cut our flowers from the Village Project garden plots located in the Bay Village Community Garden.
"Village Project supported my family during one of the most trying times of my life. The meals provided incredible nourishment, and they were one less stressor to figure out each week. I felt cared for by people I didn’t even know!"
Former VP Client
