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In this time of even greater need, the safety-net programs and services offered at Senior Friendship Centers are more important than ever. Find out how you can help.

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In Four Counties Across Southwest Florida

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COVID-19 Updates

Senior Friendship Centers is slowly and cautiously reopening our programs. Our Activity Centers, Medical Clinics, Center for Aging Studies, Adult Day Services, and some dining centers are now open. To find out more information or if you need meals, supplies, or services, please click here.

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Enjoy nutritious, low-cost meals at 19 dining sites in four counties. A great place to make new friends for adults 60+! Lunches served daily, Monday – Friday.

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Sarasota Calendar

So much to do, so little time! Learn, dance, sing, paint, exercise, play bridge or chess, discuss current events and more at our Sarasota Friendship Center.

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Venice Calendar

Play canasta, pinochle and mahjong, practice better balance, ballroom dancing and yoga, try your talent at woodcarving or quilting, all at our Venice Friendship Center.

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GUEST COLUMN: Senior Friendship Centers tackle loneliness in Southwest Florida’s pandemic

For older adults, loneliness and despair are side effects of COVID-19. Carol Tapp of Sarasota lives alone and suffers from COPD, arthritis and fibromyalgia. As the pandemic raged on through the summer, Carol watched the food in her pantry slowly disappear, until she...

Senior Friendship Centers is reaching out to seniors who need meals

Senior Friendship Centers is working to identify seniors aged 60+ in Sarasota, DeSoto, Charlotte and Lee Counties who may be interested in receiving home-delivered meals. Nutrition is a year-round program at Senior Friendship Centers that consists of home-delivered...

Just What the Doctor Ordered

by Sandy Chase, SFC Volunteer Senior Friendship Centers is indebted to the medical and dental volunteers at the SFC Rubin Center for Healthy Aging (Sarasota) and Pat Buster Health Clinic (Venice). Supported by nurses, dental hygienists, pharmacists, administrative...