Emergency Day Respite Center is available for day use only.

The Emergency Day Respite Center provides:

• Warm meals
• Showers (not ADA compliant or wheelchair roll-in accessible)
• Laundry
• Case Management
• Access to counseling, community, and basic necessities
• Longer-term support when possible

Offers assistance in multiple languages through a Language Line service.

HOURS
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1 pm to 5 pm.
Starting 2024, hours will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1 pm - 5pm. 

LOCATION
Church of the Mountains at 10079 Church Street, Truckee, CA 96161
(This is the new location as of June 1, 2021. Lower level.)

CONTACT
For more information please email: NTTHS@amihousing.org

DONATIONS
Call NTTHS program phone at 530-386-7954 to inquire if we are receiving donations. DO NOT DROP OFF DONATIONS WITHOUT CALLING. We may accept donations at Church of the Mountains at 10079 Church Street during open hours. The Emergency Respite … [read more]

Sierra Senior Services offers community dining at the Truckee Donner Senior Apartments at 10040 Estates Drive, Truckee, CA 96161. Open to the public Tuesday through Friday from Noon-12:30pm. Visitors under the age of 60 may enjoy lunch for a contribution of $10 per meal. Voluntary contribution for seniors is $6 per meal but no senior will be turned away due to inability to contribute. 

Sierra Senior Services offers community dining at the North Tahoe Event Center at 8318 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA 96143. Open to the public Tuesday from 11:45am-1pm. Please make reservations by 4 PM the day before at 530-550-7600. Visitors under the age of 60 may enjoy lunch for a contribution of $10 per meal. Voluntary contribution for seniors is $6 per meal but no senior will be turned away due to inability to contribute.

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/

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.
On your first visit to the Congregate Lunch Café, you will be as… [read more]

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

• Meals on Wheels is delivering on Tuesdays and Thursdays (no deliveries on week…

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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

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

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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