About Us

Purpose: 

Meals on Wheels of Horry and Georgetown County, Inc. will exist to provide nutrition, compassion, hope, assistance, and the love of Jesus to those who are or have family that is classified homebound, elderly, and terminally ill.

Mission:

Meals on Wheels of Horry and Georgetown County, Inc. Glorifies our Lord Jesus Christ by providing home delivered meals and fellowship to the homebound, elderly and terminally ill of Horry and Georgetown County.

Vision:

“Delivering God’s Love One Meal at a Time” in order to transform the lives of those we serve by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, focusing on the whole being, upholding the sanctity of life, and dealing with their current nutritional needs.

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Meet our Staff/Volunteers:

Care Team: Responsible for training volunteers to visit our grandparents in a Chaplain compacity outside of normal deliveries. A team dedicated to the spiritual well being of those we serve.

Care Team Leader:

Intake Team: Responsible for vetting and processing of all new client requests.

Intake Team Leader:

Kate Stout – Kate is a retired critical care nurse of 42 years. She continues to work as a freelance clinical editor for nursing publications. She is married to her husband, Rick, and they share 4 children and 4 grandchildren. Originally from the Philadelphia area, she moved to the southeast coast in 2016 from Las Vegas, where she lived for 13 years.

Intake Team Assistant Leader:

Head Chef Mondays:

Head Chef Tuesdays: Barry Kimmel

Head Chef Thursdays:

Meal Prep Team: Responsible for accurate meal counts, coordination with kitchen, special diet meals, proper packing and safety.

Meal Prep Leader Monday/Tuesday: 

Meal Prep Leader Wednesday/Thursday: Louane Powers – Grew up on a dairy farm in NJ.  She and her husband, Denny, have been married since 1981.  They have a son who works as a school based mental health counselor.  Louane retired from civil service after 39 years and relocated to Myrtle Beach.  She was employed by Coastal Carolina University and Coastline Women’s Center before going into “volunteer mode.”  Louane and her husband are members of First Baptist Church Murrells Inlet where she participates in a Precept Bible study and Awana.  In her spare time she enjoys:  exercising, volunteering, loving on her two golden doodles, mowing the grass, and sitting on the BEACH!

Delivery Bag Prep Team: Responsible for packing, auditing, organizing and preparing meals in our delivery bags for driver pick up.

Bag Prep Team Leader:(Coming Soon)

Bag Prep Team Leader:(Coming Soon)

Client Care Team: Responsible for taking all calls from clients and drivers with updates to current clients and their status.  Then disseminating the information to our mapping software and other concerned parties to include but not limited to client family members.

Client Care Assistant Team Leader:(Coming Soon)

Lead Donation and Delivery “Runner”: Stephanie Thomas – recently retired after 28 years in law enforcement in Pennsylvania. She served 12 years in USAR as a medic, volunteered for MOW in Montgomery County, PA for 3 years…and is now enjoying life in MB. Stephanie has been one of the most significant and impactful additions to our team in the last year. Her dedication and willingness to serve those in need truly is commendable.

Community Engagement Coordinator:

Volunteer and Discipleship Coordinator:

Executive Assistant: Marlene Straley – A native New Yorker who retired with her husband to Myrtle Beach in 2011. She has 2 adult sons who live in California and she absolutely with out a doubt loves them with ALL of her heart. They are never far from her heart, thoughts and discussions within the Meals on Wheels kitchen. She got involved with Meals on Wheels in the fall of 2011 after hearing about this wonderful Christian ministry at an activities meeting in her community held by the previous Director. She knew immediately that she wanted to become a part of this organization. In her 11+ years of services she had worn many hats and continues to serve helping our homebound seniors and working to be the hands and feet of Jesus.  Marlene states “It’s been a joy and a blessing in my life.”

Chief Executive Officer/ Chairman of The Board: Michael Snuggs -The CEO of Meals on Wheels of Horry and Georgetown Counties, grew up in Myrtle Beach. He served in the United States Army for 10 years and conducted 3 deployments to Afghanistan. Upon getting out of the service, he owned and operated a landscaping company, but then Jesus snatched him out of the darkness! Through the transformative power of Jesus Christ, Michael has overcome many demons and received supernatural healing in both his heart and physical body. He now lives to serve the Lord in every aspect of his life. His main focus is to help unite the body of Christ so that we may accurately demonstrate God’s Kingdom and more effectively take back the souls the enemy is trying to steal.

Board Member :

Board Secretary/ Care Team Leader:

Richard (Dick) Roche Hello Myrtle Beach and Horry County! I can best be described as a “servant of the ever-living God masquerading as a human resources professional”. My passion is following the Lord Jesus Christ; 5-fold ministry teaching; marketplace ministry, and making disciples: who make disciples, who then make disciples. Grew up in Southern California, received my college degree from California State University – Fullerton, and have lived in the southeast since 1974. My wife and I reside in Myrtle Beach after relocating from the Triad Area of North Carolina in 2021. My wonderful wife Karen is a certified public accountant, having business offices in North Carolina and in Myrtle Beach. I am now retired from the human resources profession where I served in various HR leadership roles for over a forty-three year career. Karen and I are very proud to have four children and twelve grandchildren. I joined Meals on Wheels as a volunteer in 2022 and serve as the Men’s Care Team Leader for our “grandparent” visitation program for those we honored to serve meals each week. I am a blessed man who gets the opportunity to meet with people; establish a relationship with them; develop mutual trust, which then allows me to ask their permission to share the live-changing good news of the Gospel in a non-threatening manner. I look forward to being of service to Meals on Wheels, Horry and Georgetown Counties as a member of the Board of Directors.

Board Treasurer/Chaplain/ Care Team:

Kerry Straley –  Kerry was born in upstate New York and in 2011 retired with his loving wife to Myrtle Beach. He has 2 adult sons who live in California and are his pride and joy. After being healed of stage 4 Lymphoma when they moved to Myrtle Beach, Kerry was given a 2nd chance at life and wanted to give back. He attended an Activities meeting in his community and started cooking for Meals On Wheels over 11 years ago. Kerry Said, “This Christ lead ministry has taught me so much about doing Gods work and being the hands of feet of Jesus fills me every day.”