Senior services offered
A number of local services are available for seniors. Here are some of those across the area:
  • Caldwell, 1009 Everett St. Call 459-0132 for more information. Offers lunches Tuesday through Friday at noon, morning pool games, nightly card games, transportation to medical appointments, speakers, shopping and frequent entertainment.
  • Homedale, 224 W. Idaho Ave. Call 337-3020 for more information. Lunches served on Tuesdays and Thursdays, breakfast on Fridays.

  • Star, 201 S. Main St. Call 286-7943 for more information. Lunches served on Wednesdays and Fridays, evening potlucks on the first Friday of each month; pinochle card games on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
  • Marsing, 218 Main St. Call 896-4634 for more information. Lunches served Mondays and Thursdays. Breakfast on Wednesdays.
  • Nampa, 207 Constitution Way. Call 467-7266 for more information. Open Monday through Friday, except holidays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Offers daily lunches, transportation to medical appointments and shopping, frequent special entertainment, games and various classes.
  • Melba, call 495-2168 for more information. For van rides call Bonnie Harman at 466-5036. Breakfast is served on Tuesdays at 8 a.m. and lunch on Thursdays at noon. Card parties on second and fourth Thursday evenings and various clinics and workshops during the month.
  • Parma, 410 N. 8th. Call 722-5421 for more information. Lunches served Mondays and Wednesdays, breakfasts served on Tuesdays. Take out and delivered meals available. A breakfast buffet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every second Sunday is open to the public.
  • Middleton, 585-6621. Potlucks offered every second Tuesday at noon at the First United Methodist Church, 104 E. Main, Middleton.
  • Canyon County Organization on Aging, 304 N. Kimball. Call 459-0063 for more information. Weekday transportation to medical appointments and shopping.
  • Idaho Commission on Aging: www2.state.id.us/icoa.

Retired Senior and Volunteer Program

Members of the Retired Senior and Volunteer Program offer their services to various nonprofit organizations in the Treasure Valley.

Respite care programs benefit as volunteers sit with terminally ill persons so the principle care-givers are free to run errands. Volunteers also work to help people understand insurance forms.

In the Adopt-a-Senior program, Retired Senior and Volunteer Program members are utilized as a buffer point so that senior recipients in the program can remain anonymous.

These senior volunteers help with bulk mailing, usher at the Idaho Center and Nampa Civic Center and work at libraries, schools, hospitals and senior centers.

The ECHO program benefits as RSVP members help out daily with calls to check on shut-ins. Senior volunteers choose how and when they would like to help the community.

America Reads program is where seniors go into the schools and help children first through third grades learn how to read.

The RSVP center is located at 411 E. Hawaii Ave. For more information or to volunteer, call 466-8982.

This guide was produced by the Idaho Press-Tribune news staff. For questions or suggestions, call Assistant Managing Editor David Woolsey at 465-8112 or e-mail newsroom@idahopress.com.