Monticello Senior Center

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 the season — and the atmosphere was warm and welcoming. “Despite frigid temperatures and whipping winds, seniors filled the room […]

Someone serving coffee in an apron that says "Crow River Senior Center."

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 to $2,304 for a service she never used. In my work […]

For Older Adults, There’s No Place Like Face-to-Face

It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic put everyone’s social lives in a tailspin. We all remember it well – online concerts and birthday parties were lackluster substitutes for the real thing, but we were grateful for the option. In a cruel strike of irony, the people whose social lives were upended the most […]