Sierra Roots offers 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.

NOTE: Sierra Roots does not provide motel vouchers or gas cards.

The Holy Trinity Episcoal Church serves a community meal for those in need on Tuesdays. In winter meal service may begin between 4 and 4:30pm. In summer it typically begins around 5pm. 

Email contact form at: https://holytrinitynevadacity.org/contact-form/

211 provides information about Food Banks and Pantries and Congregate Meals.

FOOD BANK OF NEVADA COUNTY
Check website for holiday distribution dates and times
November 2023 distributions will be Thu 11/16 and Thu 11/30 (closed Thu 11/23 for Thanksgiving)
Grass Valley
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month from 10am-12pm
Grass Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church
12889 Osborn Hill Rd, GV
 
North San Juan
2nd Tuesday of each month from 10am-12pm
Oak Tree School
18847 Oak Tree Rd, North San Juan, CA 95960
 
Town of Washington
3rd Wednesday of each month at 12pm
Washington Fire Dept
15406 Washington Rd, Washington

Higgins
3rd Thursday of each month from 3:30-5:30pm
United Methodist Church
22559 W Hacienda Dr, Grass Valley, CA 95945

Truckee
Tuesday from 4pm-5pm
12116 Chandelle Way, Suite, D2, Truckee, CA
Call to confirm if weather or other factors might affect distributions. 775-545-4083
 
GOLD COUNTRY SENIOR SERVICES

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Provides a free dinner for those in need on the last Friday of most months from 5:30 to 6:30pm (November and December meals are on second or third Friday, so check website or call for dates). If driving, go to the lot behind the United Methodist Church (access on S. School St). 530-272-1946.

Last Friday Supper (Nov and Dec will be 2nd or 3rd Friday)
● 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

Congregate Lunch Café
Senior Nutrition Program
Gold Country Senior Services has been providing senior nutrition programs for older adults in Western Nevada County since 1987. We provide hot nutritious meals in a warm and friendly setting that provides older adults an opportunity to socialize. Each meal is prepared fresh and from scratch.

Congregate Lunch Cafe
Nevada City Senior Apartments
841 Old Tunnel Road, Grass Valley
(530) 273-4961

Lunch is served at noon, Tuesday and Thursday in person
We do not serve meals on holidays or when roads are unsafe to travel.
Menu
Recipes and menus are planned and approved by a dietitian to ensure each meal meets the nutritional requirements for an older adult. Each meal includes an entrée, vegetable, fruit, and milk. Menus are available on our website and at our Café.
LUNCH MENU

How to Join In
Anyone 60 years of age and older is encouraged to attend. Other individuals may attend as guests for a fee.
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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:

• 60 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.

Easy
Hot meals are delivered to the door Monday through Friday (except for holidays)

Fresh & Healthy
Meals are prepared fresh daily in accordance with nutritional guidelines for seniors

Flexible
We offer regular service to those seniors who are homebound, as well as short term services for those recuperating from recent illness, hospitalization or convalescent care.

Enrollment
For more information or to enroll in Meals on Wheels contact us at (530) 878-5718.

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WWJD? Inc. is a nonprofit, non-denominational organization in Western Placer County serving people who are homeless, transitionally homeless, and working poor. From a mobile van in each community at conveniently located sites, they serve their clients a warm breakfast and provide a bag full of food for their dinner. WWJD? can also provide clothing, blankets, tarps, sleeping bags, toiletries, laundry soap, pet food, and other sundries.

WWJD? is an all-volunteer agency providing a mobile food service in the Roseville, Auburn, & Colfax areas of Western Placer County, along with medical care and transportation, referral services for adults and children who are homeless.

See service times and locations on the WWJD? website - https://www.wwjdinc.org/service-locations.html

We provide seniors over 50 with opportunities for socializing, activities, classes, and special events to remain active and independent in and around Auburn, CA

The Salvation Army is a charitable, faith-based organization that offers support services.

Services include:

• Church and Spiritual care
• Food pantry
• Housing and utility assistance
• Emergency Disaster services
• Youth programs and Summer camps
• Women’s and Men’s programs
• Senior services
• Intermittent Adult and Family Case Management
• Rehabilitation Services Referrals 

Auburn Social Service Office Hours

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am-2pm Food Pantry
• Monday-Friday: 10am-2pm. Homeless ready-made lunch bags ready all week
• Tuesdays and Thursdays: Appointment only. Appointments are scheduled by Deonna

PLEASE NOTE: You must call before bringing in non-food donations to ensure we can take them (PLEASE do not leave non-food donations if no one is here).

Regarding rental assistance, Salvation Army does not handle funding outside of their areas:   
   Auburn Corps handles Alta Vista to Newcastle.  
   Roseville Corps handles Newcastle to Roseville.

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: Zumba Gold at 9 am Stretchersize at 10 am Yoga at 11:00 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays Tai Chi starts at 9:00 am Art class on Tuesdays from 9:00 to noon Sewing and quilting on Thursdays from 9:00 to noon 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.