Colene Frederick spent 34 years working for the Internal Revenue Service. But after three decades at an agency whose primary function is “taketh away,” Frederick invested herself in “giveth.”

Frederick, 72, and her husband, Peter, each devote a substantial portion of their retired life to delivering hot meals to homebound seniors under Fairfax County’s Meals on Wheels program, run by the Area Agency on Aging. The couple, who met at the IRS, now work as a pair, teaming up to coordinate volunteers and drive meals on a 26-mile route near Fairfax City to more than a dozen clients.