Fresh Food For Seniors Program Returns To Upper West Side

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A program that offers senior citizens a discount on locally-grown fresh produce is returning to the Upper West Side for the summer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer announced this week.

The "Fresh Food for Seniors Program" will make its return on July 12, Brewer's office announced. Seniors can sign up for bi-weekly grocery deliveries valued at $12 for just $8.

Senior citizens interested in buying the groceries must sign up one week before the grocery pick-up dates. The full list of delivery dates is: July 12, July 26, Aug. 9, Aug. 23, Sept. 6, Sept. 20, Oct. 4, Oct. 18, Nov. 1 and Nov. 15.

The Goddard Riverside Senior Center, located on Columbus Avenue between West 88th and 89th streets, will serve as the main grocery pickup location for the neighborhood. Seniors can sign up for grocery deliveries at the senior center on Mondays and Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. and pick up their produce the following Wednesday from 1-3 p.m., according to the borough president's office.

The following buildings and senior centers will offer pick up for residents and members:

• Bloomingdale Aging in Place
• DOROT
• Goddard Riverside: NORC
• JASA: Club 76
• JASA NORC: St. Martin's Tower
• Project Find: Clinton Senior Center
• Project Find: Hamilton House
• Project Open at Lincoln Towers
• NCJW Council Lifetime Learning
• Westside Interagency Council for the Aging
• 711 Amsterdam Avenue

The grocery program is made possible by contributions from Grow NYC and City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal.

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