Meals
The Senior Nutrition Program provides high quality, cost efficient, nutritious meals to seniors and promotes the role of nutrition in preventative health and long term care. Nutrition education is provided to seniors participating in the Senior Nutrition Program to support this promotional effort. All meals are planned to meet one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowances for adults. The meal plans are approved and monitored by a staff of Registered Dietitians.
Call: (408) 975-4860
Alma Senior Center is a program of the City of San Jose, and serves over sixty seniors Monday to Friday in the hot meal lunch program. At the Center, seniors gather for group activities and a healthy meal. .Located south of downtown San Jose, the Center is in an area populated largely by the working poor. The seniors, majority Spanish speakers, live independently at home and are between the ages of 60-99 years young.
136 W Alma Ave
San Jose, CA 95110
Call: (408) 275-1315
Offers a variety of services to ages 50-60+. Programs include nutritious lunches, HICAP, Senior Peer Advocates Program, Senior Adult Legal Assistance, and more.
6445 Camden Ave.
San Jose, CA 95120
Call: (408) 268-1133
If you are looking for a place to have fun, come on down to the Barbara Lee Senior Center! Senior citizens 50 years “young”, are welcome to participate in the activities and programs offered at the Barbara Lee Senior Center. The Senior Center offers many programs and activities, such as classes, trips, socials and a weekday lunch program.
40 N Milpitas Blvd
Milpitas, CA 95035
Call: (408) 586-3400
Catholic Charities Older Adult Services
From hot meals to respite care, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County offers a number of services to low-income seniors and their caregivers that help keep families together while empowering older adults to stay involved in their community. Catholic Charities also serves as the county's Ombudsman for older adults living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities to ensure they are being cared for properly.
Catholic Charities
2625 Zanker Rd
San Jose, CA 95134
Call: (408) 468-0100
Eastside Neighborhood Center
2150 Alum Rock Ave
San Jose, CA 95116
Call: (408) 251-0215
John XXIII Multi Service Center
195 East San Fernando Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Call: (408) 899-7140
Lunch program/brown bag grocery program. Computer classes. Blood pressure screenings. Craft, music, and movement classes.
7371 Hanna Street
Gilroy, CA
Call: (408) 846-0414
Provides dietary consultation, nutritional education, and serves hot meals daily. Eligibility: Older adults that have a medical condition that requires treatment/rehabilitation services but no physical/medical impairment that requires 24/7 care. Sliding scale.
33010 Olcott St.
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Call: (408) 731-8686
Provides mid-day meal in social setting to seniors 60+ and their spouses, caregivers, or guests. $3 donation suggested.
450 Bryan Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Call: (650) 322-3742
Provides Meals on Wheels, Rides, Companionship, Fall Prevention help for seniors and disabled.
3300 Capitol Ave
Fremont, CA 94538
Call: (510) 574-2090
Offers hot lunches, fellowship, adaptive physical exercise, music programs, arts & crafts projects, group discussions, and community visits to clients 60+ who are unable to live independently, need support/help in daily activities, and are unable to participate in programs for independent seniors.
20920 McClellan Rd
Cupertino, CA 95014
Call: (408) 973-0905
Offers: Brown Bag Program through Second Harvest Food Bank; health insurance counseling; income tax help through AARP, 55-Alive Mature Driver Classes through AARP; meals ($3 donation) and social activities for elders aged 60+.
208 E. Main St.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Locate senior meal programs.
Delivers weekly frozen meals to homebound seniors who are 60 and over.
2115 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
Call: (800) 510-2020
Provides nutritious meals and home delivery, daily wellness checks at home visits, and limited case management program. Eligibility: physically challenged, home-bound individuals, whether elderly, recuperating after hospitalization, or disabilities that confine to a wheelchair.
1400 Parkmoor Ave, Ste 230
San Jose, CA 95126
Call: (408) 961-9870
Provides comprehensive fitness classes, lunch program, educational classes, social services and enrichment programs.
171 W Edmundson Ave
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Call: (408) 782-1284
The Mountain View Senior is an all-purpose facility that offers programs and services for adults 55 years of age and over. CSA provides hot and nutritious subsidized lunches for anyone over 60 years old, 5 days/week at the Mountain View Senior Center in partnership with both Santa Clara County’s Aging and Adult Service Department and with the City of Mountain View. Entertainment, dancing, bingo, health and nutrition education is offered both before and after the lunch program.
266 Escuela Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94040
Call: (650) 903-6330
Low-cost, nutritious meals for seniors 50+. Lunches are served Monday through Friday at noon. Dining room opens at 11:30am. Late arrivals after 12:15pm will not be served unless special arrangements have been made in advance. Meals not purchased by 12:15pm will be released to the next name on the waiting list.
550 E. Remington Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Call: (408) 730-7371
Fitness center and Natatorium (pools), lunch program with suggested donation, and classes and wellness program.
1303 Fremont St
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Call: (408) 615-3170
Provides in-home support to adults 65+. Meals on Wheels program, health insurance counseling and advocacy and resource and referrals.
2115 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
Call: (408) 350-3200
Hot meals are served at 11am weekdays with live entertainment for seniors of Santa Clara County.
First United Methodist Church of Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Provides classes, recreational activities, cultural activities, volunteer opportunities, social events and day trips, and lunch programs to Sunnyvale residents aged 50+.
550 E. Remington Dr
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Call: (408) 730-7360
Offers: a nutritional program M-F for 60+ at noon; Senior Adult Legal Assistance for seniors 65+, first Thursday of each month by appointment only, free; health insurance counseling, free; blood pressure checks, free; health and fitness classes.
2175 Lincoln Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
Call: (408) 448-6400
A nonprofit senior center located in Japantown San Jose, Yu-Ai Kai is committed to serving seniors with an array of activities, programs and services. The programs and services at Yu-Ai Kai are designed to provide recreational, educational, and social outlets for independent seniors: a well-balanced senior day care program, a nutritious lunch service, social services, and a variety of classes, activities and trips for seniors, designed around a Healthy Aging Initiative.
588 N 4th St
San Jose, CA 95112
Call: (408) 294-2505