Nathan Acker, 88, Has No Intention Of Slowing Down
WESTBROOK, Maine -- A milestone Wednesday for a Meals on Wheels Volunteer from Gorham.Nathan Acker, 88, has been delivering meals from Prides Corner Congregational Church in Westbrook for 23 years.Every Wednesday he loads up 14 meals and hits the road.Wednesday was special because after all of those years, he delivered his 10,000th meal.Acker has no intentions of slowing down and said the people on the other end of the meals mean a lot to him."I like being with people. This isn't the only thing I do. I volunteer at nursing homes. I run a bridge game at one of the nursing homes. We have a program at our church. I say the only reason I got the job was that I was the only one who would do it," said Acker.Acker is a World War II veteran and a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He said he never retired because the company he worked for went bankrupt.