BETTY EHART SENIOR CENTER (2001)

Senior Center (2001)

Address:

Betty Ehart Senior Center
1000 Oppenheimer Place
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544

The phone number for The Betty Ehart Senior Center is 662-8920. All calls relating to classes, programs, social and recreational activities, reassurance calls, general program information, and scheduling should be made to this number. All calls to the Director of Senior Programs, Pauline Schneider, should be made to this number.


Transportation is 662-8922 All calls for Monday through Friday transportation, calls to the Dispatcher, and reservations for senior trips should be made to this number. Transportation reservations need to be made 24 hours in advance (except unexpected medical needs). No answering machine will be used at the Center.

Food Services number is 662-8922. All reservations for Home Delivered meals should be made to this number.

Retired and Senior Volunteers is 662-8923. All calls relating to RSVP hours, RSVP membership for age 55 and older, and inquiries about becoming a RSVP work station should be made to this number. Calls to the RSVP Director, Irene Powell, should be made to this number.

Operating hours are from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m. Saturday.

Scheduled events are announced in The Retired and Senior News and the Los Alamos Monitor.

The Center offers social, recreational and educational activities and provides a variety of daily services to eligible residents and visitors. Programs offered through the Betty Ehart Center include Home Delivered Meals, M-F Congregate Meals, transportation for seniors 55 years and older (under age 55 handicapped transportation of Los Alamos residents in cooperation with LA Bus), computer classes, tax preparation assistance, legal services, support and advocacy through the Ombudsman Program, Adult Care, Respite Care, Senior Olympics, AARP, Defensive Driving classes, toenail clipping, local, regional and world-wide travel and the Retired and Senior Volunteers Program.

Memberships in the Betty Ehart and White Rock Centers are now available at 50 years of age. For more information call 662-8920. Educational and social activities are available for all ages. It should be noted that if the size of the group is limited, senior members (age 60 and older) receive preference.

Updated - April 25, 2007