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The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center Vintage Program provides nutritional lunches, emotional support groups, recreation and social activities, and educational programs for LGBT seniors aged 50 and above. These activities reduce social isolation for LGBT seniors and promote integration into the larger LGBT community and the San Jose Community as a whole.

The program consists of several different components. The premiere program is the Vintage Lunch program, which has provided a free or low cost nutritious lunch since October 2002. Participants meet on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:30 AM for lunch followed by activities that focus on promoting wellness, supplying relevant and culturally appropriate information, and reducing isolation. These activities have included:

• legal and financial seminars
• diabetes education and screening
• medical benefits workshops
• mental and physical exercise opportunities
• memoir writing classes
• art exhibits
• travel slideshows and talks
• dining out
• movies
• trips to various cultural events in San Jose and the greater Bay area.

The Vintage Advisory Council acts to promote direction, guidance, and support in an ongoing effort to improve the Seniors Program. The Council consists of 11 members that meet every first and third Wednesday at 1:15 PM. Meetings are open to everyone; ideas and input are welcomed.

EMAIL

For more information about the Vintage Program, please email Marilyn Bobbin, Vintage Program Coordinator:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
You may also email the Vintage Council: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

NEWSLETTER

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Be sure to select "Vintage Newsletter List" in the Interests section of the form.

VINTAGE EVENTS CALENDAR

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We are proud to announce the launch of our new Senior Nutrition Program. In collaboration with the County of Santa Clara Senior Nutrition, we are launching a subsidized lunch program to serve healthy meals to people 60 and over on Wednesdays, with a suggested donation of $2.50. For those under 60, meals can be purchased for $4.51 each. The meals will be served at the DeFrank Center in the ballroom on Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m.

For more information and to sign up for the program, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .