List of Services

The Open House Senior Center
6500 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito
• Alzheimer Respite Program (Tuesdays), activities for persons with memory loss.
• Barber 1st & 3rd Friday
• Daily Lunch Program at 12:00 noon. Suggested donation of $2.00
• Easy Ride Transportation Service
  Door-to-door transportatin service within the City of El Cerrito. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. $1.50 each way. Call (510) 559-7677 for application and scheduling. El Cerrito Residents Only.
• Friday Cash Prize Bingo - 1:30-4:00 pm. Free lunch for players, free prizes, free refreshments. Smoke Free.
• Hairdresser every Wednesday
• Health Insurance Counseling Program
• Hiking & Birding
• Home Delivered Meals
• Information & Referral
• Preparation of Simple Wills
• Podiatry Clinic every month
  w/ Dr. Jon Paul Sessler
• Foot Care Clinic every month w/ Registered Nurse
• 50Plus Bulletin
• Income Tax Preparation (AARP-free)
• Recreational Classes
• Senior Excursions and Extended Tours
• Tea Dancing 3rd Wed. of the month
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Weekly Games: Chess & Mah Jong
• Women Support Group
  

  For more information on our services,
  call (510) 559-7677 or Click here.

  Alzheimer's Respite Program
  The Open House Senior Center's Respite Program is designed for individuals dealing with illness relating to memory loss. The program's closely supervised activities are tailored to individual needs and often include mild exercise, music, and daily living skills.

  The Respite program meets every Tuesday from 10:00am-3:00pm at 6500 Stockton Avenue. The cost is $17.00 for El Cerrito Residents and $22.00 for non-residents. Hot lunch can be added for an additional $2.00. Please call for payment accommodations.

  In addition, this program encourages family members of the participants to use this time as a respite and leave participants at the Open House Senior Center program, so that they may enjoy some time to themselves.

To be a member of the adult education programs you have to be 60 or older.

Sakura Kai meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month from 10AM-3PM at the Open House Senior Center. For more information, call Setsuko Doi, Coordinator at (510) 367-9886.

Ceramic, Exercise, Japanese/English Computer Classes, Japanese Movie, Shigin, Japanese Calligraphy, Celebration of Birthdays, Karaoke Sing-A-Long, Line Dancing, Japanese Taiko Class, Japanese/English Computer Classes,
and Shin Issei Oral History.

780 Ashbury Ave., near Stockton
Mondays, 9:00am-2:00pm
Christ Lutheran Senior Center offers creative writing lab, massage, conversational German, conversational Spanish, knitting, card making, lunch, exercise and much more. For further information, please call the Center Coordinator, Carol Kehoe at 524-1050 or 527-0389.

6500 Gladys at Lexington, El Cerrito
(St. John's Community Center Bldg.)
Tuesdays, 9:00am-2:00pm
This program is open to anyone over 55 years of age. Activities include: crafts, exercise, lunch, scheduled speakers, computer lessons, blood pressure screenings, living skills for older adults and much more.

Tai Chi Chuan from 9:30-10:30am.

Beginning Spanish from 10:30-11:30.

Chair Exercise from 11:30-12noon.

Lunch ($2 donation).
If you are arriving after 10am and planning to have lunch with us, please call (510) 237-3808 by 10am. Card and table games from 1:15pm.
For more information, call Jan Duckart, Coordinator of the Center at 237-3808.