Emergency Day Respite Center is available for day use only.

The Emergency Day Respite Center provides:

• Warm meals
• Showers (not ADA compliant or wheelchair roll-in accessible)
• Laundry
• Case Management
• Access to counseling, community, and basic necessities
• Longer-term support when possible

Offers assistance in multiple languages through a Language Line service.

HOURS
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1 pm to 5 pm.
Starting 2024, hours will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1 pm - 5pm. 

LOCATION
Church of the Mountains at 10079 Church Street, Truckee, CA 96161
(This is the new location as of June 1, 2021. Lower level.)

CONTACT
For more information please email: NTTHS@amihousing.org

DONATIONS
Call NTTHS program phone at 530-386-7954 to inquire if we are receiving donations. DO NOT DROP OFF DONATIONS WITHOUT CALLING. We may accept donations at Church of the Mountains at 10079 Church Street during open hours. The Emergency Respite … [read more]

Sierra Senior Services offers community dining at the Truckee Donner Senior Apartments at 10040 Estates Drive, Truckee, CA 96161. Open to the public Tuesday through Friday from Noon-12:30pm. Visitors under the age of 60 may enjoy lunch for a contribution of $10 per meal. Voluntary contribution for seniors is $6 per meal but no senior will be turned away due to inability to contribute. 

Sierra Senior Services offers community dining at the North Tahoe Event Center at 8318 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA 96143. Open to the public Tuesday from 11:45am-1pm. Please make reservations by 4 PM the day before at 530-550-7600. Visitors under the age of 60 may enjoy lunch for a contribution of $10 per meal. Voluntary contribution for seniors is $6 per meal but no senior will be turned away due to inability to contribute.

Sierra Roots offers weekly meals and clothing to people who are homeless. Clothing, including socks and shoes, is available every week. Individuals can get clothing once every two weeks.

During winter months, lunch served on Thursdays at 11:30am at the First Community Church at 300 Main Street, Nevada City. 

During summer months, Thursday lunches are served at 11:30am at Pioneer Park, 421 Nimrod Street in Nevada City in the picnic area near the horseshoe pits.

NOTE: Sierra Roots does not provide motel vouchers or gas cards.

The Holy Trinity Episcoal Church serves a community meal for those in need on Tuesdays. In winter meal service may begin between 4 and 4:30pm. In summer it typically begins around 5pm. 

Email contact form at: https://holytrinitynevadacity.org/contact-form/

Congregate Lunch Café
Senior Nutrition Program
Gold Country Senior Services has been providing senior nutrition programs for older adults in Western Nevada County since 1987. They provide hot nutritious meals in a warm and friendly setting that provides older adults an opportunity to socialize. Each meal is prepared fresh and from scratch.

Congregate Lunch Cafe
Nevada City Senior Apartments
841 Old Tunnel Road, Grass Valley
(530) 273-4961

Lunch is served at noon, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday in person
They do not serve meals on holidays or when roads are unsafe to travel.
Menu
Recipes and menus are planned and approved by a dietitian to ensure each meal meets the nutritional requirements for an older adult. Each meal includes an entrée, vegetable, fruit, and milk. Menus are available on their website and at their Café.
LUNCH MENU

How to Join In
Anyone 60 years of age and older is encouraged to attend. Other individuals may attend as guests for a fee.
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The Grass Valley United Methodist Church provides the Last Friday Supper, a free dinner for those in need on the last Friday of most months from 5:30 to 6:30pm (December meal is provided on the 5th Friday, December 29th. If driving, go to the lot behind the United Methodist Church (access on S. School St). 530-272-1946. 

Last Friday Supper (Dec will be 5th Friday on the 29th) 
● 5:30-6:30 p.m.
● 1st Come, 1st Served
● Drive-thru or Walk-up
● Masks & distancing please

Grass Valley United Methodist Church
236 S. Church St, Grass Valley, CA 95945

WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?) Inc. is a nonprofit, non-denominational organization in Western Placer County serving people who are homeless, transitionally homeless, and working poor. From a mobile van in each community at conveniently located sites, they serve their clients a warm breakfast and provide a bag full of food for their dinner. WWJD? can also provide clothing, blankets, tarps, sleeping bags, toiletries, laundry soap, pet food, and other sundries.

WWJD? is an all-volunteer agency providing a mobile food service in the Roseville, Auburn, & Colfax areas of Western Placer County, along with medical care and transportation, referral services for adults and children who are homeless.

See service times and locations on the WWJD? website - https://www.wwjdinc.org/service-locations.html

Web pages

• Main website - https://www.wwjdinc.org/

Seniors First offers Meals on Wheels and Senior Cafes.

Meals on Wheels
A service designed to help Older Adults Age in Place by targeting people who are home alone during the day and who have difficulty preparing simple meals. For clients who need the service temporarily.

Eligibility:
At the time services are provided, clients shall be:

• 60 years of age or older, sufficiently functionally impaired and homebound; or,
• The spouse, of any age, of an eligible client; or,
• A person with a disability (of any age) who lives with an eligible client.

Easy
Hot meals are delivered to the door Monday through Friday (except for holidays)

Fresh & Healthy
Meals are prepared fresh daily in accordance with nutritional guidelines for seniors

Flexible
We offer regular service to those seniors who are homebound, as well as short term services for those recuperating from recent illness, hospitalization or convalescent care.

Enrollment
For more information or to enroll in Meals on Wheels contact us at (530) 878-5718.

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The Salvation Army is a charitable, faith-based organization that offers support services.

Cities, zip codes served by The Salvation Army Auburn Corps
Auburn Corps serves roughly Alta to Newcastle. Specifically, these zip codes (some towns have multiple zips and some zips cover multiple towns):

Alta	95701
Applegate	95703
Auburn	95602
Auburn	95603
Auburn	95604
Colfax +	95713
Dutch Flat	95714
Foresthill +	95631
Gold Run	95717
Meadow Vista	95722
Newcastle	95658
Weimar	95736

Services include

• Church and Spiritual care
• Food pantry
• Housing and utility assistance
• Emergency Disaster services
• Youth programs and Summer camps
• Women’s and Men’s programs
• Senior services
• Intermittent Adult and Family Case Management
• Rehabilitation Services Referrals 

Auburn Social Service Office Hours

• Monday - Friday: 10am-2pm Food Pantry
• Monday-Friday: 10am-2pm. Homeless ready-made lunch bags ready all week
• Tues…

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