Healdsburg Senior Center Suspending All Programming Until March 31

From the City of Healdsburg:

March 12, 2020

The Healdsburg Senior Center will suspend all programs and events effective Friday, March 13, through March 31.

During this time, the Senior Center will continue to provide essential senior services to our community including a to-go lunch, Meals on Wheels, Redwood Empire Food Bank senior food distribution, DASH volunteer driver program, and legal aid and health insurance counseling.

In addition, the Senior Center staff team will be available to provide general information and referrals to our older adult community.

This decision comes after guidance from Gov. Gavin Newsom to postpone all non-essential gatherings through the end of March. Specifically, the California Department of Public Health finds the following:

• Large gatherings that include 250 people or more should be postponed or canceled. This includes concerts, conferences, and professional, college, and school sporting events.
• Smaller gatherings held in venues that do not allow social distancing of six feet per person should be postponed or canceled. This includes gatherings in crowded auditoriums, rooms or other venues.
• Gatherings of people at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should be limited to no more than 10 people. This includes gatherings at retirement facilities, assisted living facilities, developmental homes, and support groups for people with health conditions.
• A “gathering” is any event or convening that brings together people in a single room or space at the same time, such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, cafeteria, or any other indoor or outdoor space.

This situation continues to evolve, so please monitor the City’s web site at www.cityofhealdsburg.org and the Senior Center’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/healdsburgseniorcenter for updates. If you have any questions, you can reach the Senior Center by calling 707-431-3324 or emailing senior@cityofhealdsburg.org.

For more information on the California Department of Health’s advisory regarding gatherings: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Gathering_Guidance_03.11.20.pdf

For more information from Sonoma County Public Health: https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/

This press release was produced by the City of Healdsburg. The views expressed here are the author’s own.