Senior centers

CHI St. Vincent McAuley Center, 5010 Arkansas Highway 7 north, and Hot Springs Senior Center, which is temporarily located at 301 Broadway, in The Warehouse, are operated by CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs and primarily funded through the Area Agency on Aging of West Central Arkansas. The Hot Springs center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The McAuley center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, serving area seniors aged 60 and older. No membership dues or fees are required for services, it does raise funds, and any and all donations are appreciated. Visitors and guests younger than 60 years old are welcome.

A nutritious, well-balanced lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No reservation is required. A suggested donation of $3.50 is requested to help cover the member’s share of the meal cost at each center. Visitors younger than 60 are required to pay $6 for each meal. All carryout meals, regardless of age, are $6.

The Oaklawn Center on Aging, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Arkansas Aging Initiative, is in partnership with both centers. Oaklawn Center on Aging is fully funded by the Oaklawn Foundation. For information, call Kathy Packard, director of education, at 623-0020 or email kapackard@uams.edu.

For information on times, activities and events at each center, call Hot Springs Senior Center, 624-0838, Judy Rowe, email Jrowe@stvincenthealth.com or McAuley Center, 984-5594, Kelli Chacon, email Kchacon@stvincenthealth.com.