The Ballard NW Senior Center

I’m not a senior, nor do I play one on t.v. I am however, a volunteer here, and I have to sing the praises of this senior hangout. This inviting place, just around the corner from the Ballard Locks, is a great place to send your parents, grandparents, neighbors, elders in general. There is a weekday lunch served daily, for just $ 3 a person. If you’re under 60 and want to accompany your grams, it’s $ 6 for you and lunch is pretty much made from scratch, no awful canned slop served here!
There are tons of activities, classes, events, trips, and a weekly Wednesday night dinner for $ 7 per person. They show movies after dinner for $ 2 a person and a bingo game with a $ 6 buy-​in. Every two months they do RAINBOW BINGO! How cool is that? A drag queen hostess calling bingo in a senior center? Hooray!
Nurses come during the week to do free blood pressure/​blood sugar screenings and foot care. Did I mention fitness classes? There is even a senior Zumba class, slowed down and geared toward the older set, but still full of energy and joyful Latin jams.
There is legal and financial help available and even tax prep. It’s so vital that older folks have a resource to keep busy, fulfilled and involved in living and this is a great place to start.