Senior Centers/Nutrition Project
The Nutrition Project for the Elderly offers two components: Senior Centers Congregate Programs and Home Delivered Meals.
Senior Centers Congregate Programs
Senior citizens sixty 60 years of age and older are invited to attend one of the 10 centers located throughout the county. The centers offer a variety of activities, which may include crafts, line dancing, computer classes, self defense courses, bingo and more. A lunch time meal is served daily. There is no charge to participate however, a $1.00 donation is requested to enhance the program.
The center in Atlantic City is open on the weekends. Transportation to any of the centers can be arranged by calling the site.
Centers Operated by the Milton & Betty Katz JCC
The following senior centers are operated by the Milton & Betty Katz JCC.
Hours
Monday - Friday
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Buena
604 Central Avenue
Minotola
(856) 697-0698
Egg Harbor City
341-351 Cincinnati Avenue
Egg Harbor City
(609) 965-1457
Egg Harbor Township
Egg Harbor Township Community Center
5045 English Creek Ave.
Egg Harbor Township
(609) 272-8179
Galloway Township Senior Center
621 W. White Horse Pike
Galloway
(609) 241-0246
Hammonton
310 Bellevue Avenue
Hammonton
(609) 625-7000, extension 6537
Leinweber-Kraemer Senior Center
235 Dolphin Avenue
Northfield
(609) 645-5954
Ventnor
6500 Atlantic Avenue
Ventnor
(609) 822-9239
Center Operated by Caring, Inc.
The following senior center is operated by Caring, Inc.
Hours
Every Day – Monday - Sunday
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Jeffries Towers
227 N. Vermont Avenue
Atlantic City
(609) 347-5018
Center Operated by JOAS
The following senior center is operated by Jewish Older Adults Services (JOAS) of Atlantic County.
Hours
Monday - Friday
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Pogachefsky Center
1102 Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic City
(609) 344-2947
Additional Center
Brigantine Senior Center
Brigantine Beach Community Center
265 42nd Street South
Brigantine
(609) 264-7350
Additional Information
For further information you can call the Division of Intergenerational Services at 1 (888) 426-9243 (in-county). If you are calling from outside Atlantic County, please dial (609) 645-5965.
Home Delivered Meals
Home-delivered meals are available for frail individuals sixty years of age or older who are unable to leave the confines of home and cannot prepare their own meals.
For further information please call 1 (888) 426-9243 (in-county). If you are calling from outside Atlantic County, please dial (609) 645-5965.