The Auburn Senior Center (ASC) serves as a hub offering socialization, recreation, and resources for seniors in Placer county.

Activities and services include:

• Fitness and Wellness | Tai Chi, yoga/chair yoga, line dancing, low impact aerobics, and strength training
• Games and Social | Regular sessions for bingo, mahjong (Chinese and American), chess, cribbage, and pinochle
• Hobbies and Education | Classes in watercolor painting, woodcarving, knitting, and ukulele
• Special Services:
• AARP Tax Services: Free tax preparation by appointment (typically February - April)
• Genealogy: Professional consultations available by appointment
• Conversational Spanish classes

Additional notes:

A membership fee of $30/year applies to seniors under 90 years old.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.auburnseniorcenter.com/

The Holy Trinity Episcoal Church offers a weekly community meal to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity.

Services include:

• A free hot meal every Tuesday
• Indoor dining space for guests

Web pages

• Home - https://holytrinitynevadacity.org/

Gold County Senior Services operates the Congregate Lunch Café, offering hot, freshly prepared lunches in a community setting for older adults in Western Nevada County.

Services include:

• Hot lunch at noon on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays

Additional Information:

• Welcomes adults age 60 and older; others may attend as guests for a fee
• Collects a suggested voluntary contribution of $3.00 per meal for eligible participants
• Charges a $7.00 meal fee for guests under age 60

Meals are served at Nevada City Senior Apartments, 231 Colfax Ave, Grass Valley, CA 95945. Service is unavailable on holidays or during unsafe travel conditions. First-time participants must complete an intake form.

No eligible participant is denied service due to inability to contribute.

Web pages

• Home - http://www.goldcountryservices.org/

Sierra Roots provides weekly meals and clothing to people who are homeless. Clothing, including socks and shoes, is available every week. Individuals can get clothing once every two weeks.

During winter months, lunch served on Thursdays at 11:30am at the First Community Church at 300 Main Street, Nevada City.

During summer months, Thursday lunches are served at 11:30am at Pioneer Park, 421 Nimrod Street in Nevada City in the picnic area near the horseshoe pits.

Web pages

• Home - https://sierra-roots.org/

St. Vincent de Paul provides a Dining Room program which provides a warm, prepared meal three days a week, and a cold meal two days a week.

Volunteers create and serve balanced meals to hundreds of clients each week. All are welcome.

The Dining Room operates:

• Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 12-1:30pm
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:30-4pm
• Closed Friday and Monday

Additional notes:

A free meal is available to both homeless and low-income people and families in Roseville every day of the week.​

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placersvdp.com/
• Dining Room Program - https://www.placersvdp.com/get-help/#bags

The Truckee Navigation Center operates a drop-in day center that provides facilities and resources to people in need.

Day Center services include:

• Daily meals
• Access to restrooms
• Hot showers
• Laundry services
• Mail and storage services
• Shelter referrals, if needed

Additional notes:

A referral is not needed for day center services; however, the day center is intended for people not already sleeping at the Navigation Center.

The Salvation Army of Roseville offers community meals, a food pantry, and food boxes for people and families in need.

Services include:

• Community meals
  • Lunch on Fridays
  • Breakfast on Saturdays
• A food pantry, which can be used as needed
• A once-monthly food box, stocked with groceries

Additional notes:

Residential proof and identification documents are required to receive food boxes.

Web pages

• Home - https://roseville.salvationarmy.org/roseville/
• Community Meals & Food Pantry - https://roseville.salvationarmy.org/roseville/social-services/
• Food Boxes - https://roseville.salvationarmy.org/roseville/overcome-poverty/

The Grass Valley United Methodist Church provides the Last Friday Supper, a free dinner for those in need on the last Friday of most months from 5:30-6:30pm. If driving, go to the lot behind the United Methodist Church (access on S. School St).

Last Friday Supper 
● 5:30-6:30 p.m.
● 1st Come, 1st Served
● Drive-thru or Walk-up
● Masks & distancing please

Grass Valley United Methodist Church
236 S. Church St, Grass Valley, CA 95945

Web pages

• Home - https://gv-umc.org/
• Last Friday Supper - https://gv-umc.org/last-friday-supper-2/

Loomis Senior Life Center provides numerous programs and meets at the 1st United Methodist Church in Loomis. The center's goal is to expand the mind, the body, and the spirits of seniors to enable them to stay in their homes for as long as possible.

Programs include:

• Craft
• Zumba Gold
• Stretchersize 
• Yoga 
• Tai Chi 
• Bingo
• Art class 
• Sewing and quilting 
• Special programs (provided once in a while)
  • Choirs
  • Instrumentalists
  • Speakers on topics of interest to seniors
  • Card games
  • Board games
  • Conversation

All services are provided for $4.00 per person per day.

Loomis Senior Life Center provides a continental breakfast and a full nutritious hot lunch each day. There is a pianist that plays at lunch time. Come and share your joys and concerns in a warm, friendly atmosphere.

Web pages

• Home - http://www.loomisseniorlifecenter.com/

Seniors First offers Meals on Wheels and Senior Cafes.

Meals on Wheels

A service designed to help Older Adults Age in Place by targeting people who are home alone during the day and who have difficulty preparing simple meals. For clients who need the service temporarily.

Eligibility

At the time services are provided, clients shall be:

• 62 years of age or older, sufficiently functionally impaired and homebound; or,
• The spouse, of any age, of an eligible client; or,
• A person with a disability (of any age) who lives with an eligible client.

Senior Cafés

The Senior Cafés program provides a hot, healthy lunch five days a week to seniors age 60 at over eight Senior Café locations throughout Placer County including Auburn, Lincoln, Rocklin and Roseville. The Senior Cafés are lively gathering places that help maintain clients' sense of community and connectedness.

Cost

Meals are provided for a small optional contribution. No one is ever turned away for lack of financial resources.

There is a suggested d…