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Pike Market Senior Center
   

  ABOUT US...

 

  The Pike Market Senior Center has a demonstrated track record of helping older adults receive nutritious food,   

  information about community resources, and referrals to services.

 

 

 

 

 

MISSION STATEMENT

 

       "Serving older adults by offering a whole

         services approach to connect them with

         our greater community."

 

 

Membership is available to people aged 55 and older. Over half of our members are homeless.  85% are male and 15% female, with the female membership growing rapidly.


    


In a typical year, we serve more than 36,000 lunches with 5,000 breakfast snacks. Community volunteers annually help us to serve 1,000 seniors by providing activities including field trips, art classes, game tournaments and scholarships for adult learning classes.

 

    

 

 

 

 

LOCATION / HOURS

 

        85 Pike Street, Suite 200 Seattle WA 98101-2077
     Just off of Post Alley, Under Pike Place Market Clock
 

 

 
Monday -  Friday:       8am-4pm
Saturday & Sunday:    8am-1pm
  Closed: 1st Wednesday of every month
 
  CLOSED the following Holidays:
     
         Martin Luther King Jr Day
         President's Day
         Memorial Day
         Fourth of July
         Labor Day
         
         Thanksgiving - Open for Festive Meal, Noon-1:30pm
         Christmas Day - Open for Festive Meal, Noon-1:30pm
 

 

HISTORY

30 years and counting

 

The Pike Market Senior Center is not only unique in its membership, but also its humble beginnings back in 1978.  It's original location was a former bikers bar, The Motherlode Tavern.  Community

   volunteers worked hard scrubbing the walls and floors to transform the space into a working Senior Center &

   Medical Clinic.

 

    Two years later, the Senior Center opened its doors to its new space below the Virginia Inn, at 1st & Virginia. 

    For 28 years, this was the Pike Market Senior Center's home.

 

    In July 2006, thanks to years of planning and hard work from The Market Foundation and Pike Place Market

    PDA, the Pike Market Senior Center moved into its current location in the heart of Pike Place Market - just off of 

    Post Alley, below the famous Market Clock.  

 

    The new space offers a large activity area, a state-of-the-art kitchen and an inspiring view of Elliott Bay.