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Consult the Food Guide Pyramid for Seniors for your guide to healthful eating!

The Senior Nutrition Program provides nutritious meals at group dining sites and through home delivery to homebound persons sixty years of age and their spouses, as well as adult individuals with disabilities. There are congregate nutrition sites throughout the country. The menus are planned by Registered Dietitians to meet the US Dietary Reference Intakes and are low in fat, sodium and cholesterol.  Contact each individual location for a menu.

This program is funded in part by the Older Americans' Act and by contributions from providers. Participants are also invited to make donations to the program. Suggested amounts are posted at each congregate site and through Meals on Wheels providers, listed below.

Volunteer drivers for the Meals on Wheels program are needed and welcome. Drivers are an important link to homebound individuals, and the jobs they do are immensely gratifying.

Meals on Wheels Providers

Catholic Charities North County: Daly City to Belmont (650) 295-2173
Pacifica Seniors North Coast (650) 738-7378
Peninsula Volunteers South Coast: San Carlos to East Palo Alto (650) 323-3022
Senior Coastsiders, HMB South Coast (650) 726-9056

Congregate Nutrition Sites

Senior Centers provide complete meals at mid-day; most of them also offer social, intellectual and physical activities, nutrition education and the opportunity to volunteer at a variety of fulfilling assignments.

Twin Pines Seniors 1225 Ralston Ave., Belmont (650) 595-7444
Lincoln Park, Seniors 901 Brunswick Street, Daly City (650) 991-8018
East Palo Alto Seniors 560 Bell Street, East Palo Alto (650) 329-5900
Senior Coastsiders 535 Kelly Ave., Half Moon Bay (650) 726-9056
Magnolia Seniors 601 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco (650) 829-3824
Menlo Park Senior Center 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park (650) 322-4578
Millbrae Seniors 477 Lincoln Circle, Millbrae (650) 259-2370
Fair Oaks Seniors 2600 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City (650) 780-7525
San Bruno Senior Center 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno (650) 877-0731
Martin Luther King Center 725 Monte Diablo, San Mateo (650) 522-7497
South San Francisco Seniors 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco (650) 829-3808
Pacifica Senior Services 54 Crespi Drive, Pacifica (650) 738-7378
Self Help for the Elderly 50 E. 5th Ave., Central Park, San Mateo (650) 342-0822
Self Help for the Elderly 1571 Southgate Ave., St. Andrews, Daly City (650) 757-0881

Adult Day Care Programs - Receiving Older American Funding

Coastside ADHC 645 Coreas, Half Moon Bay (650) 726-9056
Popular ReCare 1764 Marco Polo Way, Burlingame (650) 696-3666
Catholic Charities ADC 787 Walnut, San Carlos (650) 592-9325
South San Francisco ADC 601 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco (650) 829-3824
Rosener House ADC 1060 Middle Ave., Menlo Park (650) 322-0126
Senior Focus 1720 El Camino Real, #10, Burlingame (650) 696-3660

Self-Supporting Senior Dining Centers

Burlingame Recreation Center 850 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame (650) 696-3770
San Mateo Senior Center 2645 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo (650) 377-4739
Little House 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park (650) 326-2025
Veterans Memorial Seniors 1455 Madison Road, Redwood City (650) 780-7270
San Carlos Senior Center 601 Chestnut St., San Carlos (650) 802-4384
Doelger Senior Center 101 Lake Merced Blvd., Daly City (650) 991-8012

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:


Jennifer Stimson
San Mateo County Health Services Agency
(650) 573-3448