Volunteer Wally Grady of Chicago sorts hot meals at Central Baptist Village in Norridge to deliver through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. After more than a decade of volunteering, he joked, "I'm more committed to this job than any other job I've had." | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteers Anton Voelker of Chicago and his wife Kathy sort hot meals at Central Baptist Village in Norridge to deliver through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Jim Keenan (left) of Chicago delivers lunch to Norbert Rediger of Norridge through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Michael Keefe (left) of Norwood Park Township and his brother Chris sort meals at Central Baptist Village in Norridge to deliver through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. Michael is volunteering to earn service hours for college where he is a sophomore while his brother, a junior at Maine South High School, is helping him. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Jim Keenan (left) of Chicago delivers lunch to Walter Rogowski of Norridge through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Michael Keefe of Norwood Park Township and his brother Chris carry meals that they deliver through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. Michael is volunteering to earn service hours for college where he is a sophomore while his brother, a junior at Maine South High School, is helping him. Arleen Newhouse of Norwood Park Township is the coordinator of the program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Arleen Newhouse of Norwood Park Township, the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals coordinator, sorts bags of bread, milk, orange juice, tea, butter and dessert at Central Baptist Village which are delivered to elderly residents along with a hot meal. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Baked salmon with rice and carrots and parsnips which is one of the hot meals delivered to elderly residents through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

After sorting and packing meals at Central Baptist Village in Norridge, volunteer Jim Keenan of Chicago carries the meals to his car to deliver through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Jim Keenan of Chicago drives his route delivering hot meals to elderly residents through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Karl Kaufmann of Norridge checks to make sure he has all the meals for elderly residents on his route through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. During the warm months he delivers meals on his motorcycle. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Gail Menconi of Norridge packs hot meals at Central Baptist Village in Norridge to deliver to elderly residents on her route through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Gracjan Greda (right), kitchen supervisor at Central Baptist Village in Norridge, and Koula Zorba pack hot meals which will be delivered to elderly residents through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Marlene Wolter (right), director of dining service at Central Baptist Village in Norridge, fills meal trays with Nicole Randa, assistant food service director, for the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Jim Keenan of Chicago wishes Reba Ryder of Norridge a happy New Year after delivering lunch through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Jim Keenan of Chicago delivers lunch to elderly residents through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Arleen Newhouse of Norwood Park Township, the Home Delivered Meals coordinator at the Seniors Assistance Center in Norridge, carries hot meals made at Central Baptist Village for volunteers to sort and deliver to elderly residents. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Karl Kaufmann of Norridge packs meals at Central Baptist Village in Norridge for elderly residents on his route through the Seniors Assistance Center's Home Delivered Meals program. During the warm months he delivers meals on his motorcycle. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media