Fremont Senior Center

The is one of the best senior centers, I have seen. First the location is good, right next to a park. Then the programing, trips day and longer, lunches AND breakfasts… everything is excellent. Friendly Director and staff, plugged into the community of Fremont’s senior resources, having a love of seniors… true advocates… this is trully a blessing to visit and/​or use on a daily basis.

I’d like to share my feelings about one of your exercise Instructors, Silvia Merschon. Silvia is a «Class Act»…in regards to the way she conducts herself and her Spring Into Fitness/​Fit For Life Classes. Silvia’s highly skilled attributes not only include professionalism, knowledge and dedication, but also a real sense of caring and nurturing. Her classes are mixed with results-​oriented determination and hands-​on coaching sprinkled with fun, variety and playfulness. All are fulfilled by the end of her class. Looking forward to continue to work with this vibrant and caring lady. I know for sure I will come away a happier and healthier person… both body and mind. Thank you Silvia for being the best you can be and striving for all of us to do the same. Theresa Anaya

Wow, first to review! I guess seniors aren’t big Unilocalers?
Anyway, I went to the Senior Center for lunch with my mom today. If you call before 10 a.m., you can request a vegetarian meal for that day’s lunch, so that’s what I did.
The Senior Center is a community center, so it’s not terribly fancy. You buy a meal ticket at the front desk, and it’s only $ 6! (It’s $ 4 for members.) You then put your ticket on a table to claim your spot if it’s before serving time. (We bought our tickets at 11 a.m., took a walk around Lake Elizabeth, and got back just in time for 12 p.m. service.) Service is cafeteria-​style, with each table being called one at a time to be served. (You know, to avoid a senior citizen riot.) You bus your own tables when you’re done. It kind of reminded me of camp, if all the campers were over 60. The service staff is made up of volunteers, so they’re not pros, but they get the job done.
The chef and cooks, though — they ARE pros. My mom has always talked about how good the food is at the Senior Center, so I was curious to see what my vegetarian meal would be. The regular meal was meatloaf, but I got a beautiful puff pastry pie stuffed with mushrooms and spinach, sauteed with onions and thyme in wine sauce. IT WAS SO GOOD. Seriously, it was better than the food I’ve gotten at fancy vegetarian restaurants. I felt sorry for all those meatloaf-​eating seniors when I was enjoying a gourmet creation. (Though I’m sure the meatloaf was good, too.) I just had to compliment the chef’s assistant who made it. The meal came with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables (a little mushy for my taste), a croissant, and pie (choice of cherry, blackberry, or apple). For $ 6!
The seniors were charmed by my year-​and-​a-​half-​old toddler as he decided he needed to take a tour of the dining room. It was a little hard to keep him in a chair because, of course, there are no high chairs or boosters at the senior center. And he’s fascinated by anything with wheels, so he kept getting distracted by motorized scooters and wheelchairs. My table mates’ conversation consisted mostly of complaining about «soccer moms’» driving, but that’s OK. They seemed like nice people.