On a Wing and a Prayer

It also provides much more than food, though walk-in emergency meals certainly are available. Long-term addiction treatment, education, life-skills development, and employment counseling are among the many services offered.

So why is it then that the first image you see on the UGM Web site is of an elderly man enjoying a meal? Here, UGM finds itself in something of a catch-22. Major donors don’t respond well to the old perception and it’s not really accurate anymore anyway, but the fact remains that it’s the perception people have had for 70 years and they’re not going to let go of it easily.