Senior Community Services Receives Older Americans Act Funding from Central Minnesota Council on Aging

Senior Community Services Receives Older Americans Act Funding from Central Minnesota Council on Aging For immediate release January 20, 2026 Media contact: Emma Friend, e.friend@seniorcommunity.org MINNETONKA, Minnesota – Senior Community Services...

Monticello Times: Sharing spirit of Christmas at Monticello Senior Center

Monticello Times, 12/24/25 Sharing spirit of Christmas at Monticello Senior Center “Outside, the cold was biting and unforgiving. Inside the Mississippi Room of the Monticello Community Center on Friday afternoon, the tables were dressed for...

KARE 11: Like to shovel? Volunteers needed to help dig out neighbors

KARE 11 aired on 12/9/2025: Like to shovel snow? Volunteers are needed to dig out neighbors Without shoveling help from volunteers, older adults who can’t afford to pay a company may be forced to skip medical appointments, or risk removing the...

Dear Social Worker: How to handle the holidays after Mom’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Dear Social Worker, My mom was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She is currently living at home with her husband, my father. We have a very large family with lots of young children. Everyone wants to spend time together over the holidays, however...

Three Cheers for Fall Raking Volunteers!

Raking leaves is one of those chores you do yourself your whole life only to realize one year, this isn’t as easy as it was when I was 30. But the leaves continue falling, not caring about our opinion on the matter. Senior Community Services responds...

Your older neighbors are worried about the snowy winter ahead. Here’s how you can help them.

Your older neighbors are worried about the snowy winter ahead. Here’s how you can help them. Nov 1st, 2025 By Miriam Colacci, Program Coordinator at Senior Community Services The first heavy snow is always a reminder: we Minnesotans know winter is no...

Celebrating 20 years of the Crow River Senior Center

Read this article in The Minnesota Star Tribune Bernadette, age 92 and living in Minnetonka, hasn’t watched TV in her basement since her husband died 16 years ago. Yet every month, $12 was deducted from her account for a cable box rental, adding up...

The Minnesota Star Tribune | Technology: Barrier or benefit? It depends.

Read this article in The Minnesota Star Tribune Bernadette, age 92 and living in Minnetonka, hasn’t watched TV in her basement since her husband died 16 years ago. Yet every month, $12 was deducted from her account for a cable box rental, adding up...

Delano Herald | Support available for caregivers in Wright and Sherburne counties

Read an article in the Delenao Herald by Robert Hopwood featuring one of our Licensed Social Workers, Becky Allard, to learn about our caregiver support offerings in Wright and Sherburne counties. “When you are a caregiver, you get lost in that role...