Episcopal Senior Communities to open new Senior Produce Market in Seaside

Episcopal Senior Communities is preparing to open its newest Senior Produce Market on September 5th at the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside. The grand opening will take place at 10:00 am and will include breakfast refreshments and a raffle.

The Senior Produce Market program sells fresh fruits and vegetables at cost to seniors, allowing people on fixed incomes a chance to buy high quality produce in smaller quantities and at lower prices. Senior Produce Markets are located in churches, senior centers, and affordable housing sites throughout Northern California, operated by volunteers, most of them seniors themselves. Venues also provide a resource center for information and referral, education, and socializing.

Episcopal Senior Communities currently sponsors more than 20 Senior Produce Markets, with three more scheduled to open in 2017.

The Senior Produce Market in Seaside will be hosted each Tuesday from 10:00-11:00 at the Oldemeyer Center, located at 986 Hilby Avenue in Seaside.

Teresa Abney, Senior Produce Market Program Manager, says, “Seaside is a great community. They’re very enthusiastic about opening up the Produce Market. And I’m excited to work with them.”

For more information about the Senior Produce Markets, or if you wish to sponsor a market, please contact Teresa Abney at 925-956-7398 or tabney@jtm-esc.org.

Established in 1965, Episcopal Senior Communities cultivates and builds healthy communities with a continuum of residential and innovative aging services that actively promote intellectual, physical, social and spiritual wellbeing. For more information on Episcopal Senior Communities, Senior Produce Markets, or other ESC housing, programs, and services, please visit www.jtm-esc.org.