Happening at Curry
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote wellness, dignity & independence for seniors.
In the News
- Chance encounter with a Curry Center worker lifts bipolar sufferer back to engaged life with a new friend
- 1 in 100 Older Adults died as a result of pandemic – New York Times (December 2021)
- A Peer Intervention Reduces Loneliness and Improves Social Well-Being In Low-Income Older Adults (Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society – September 2021) - Extreme Isolation Takes Toll on Seniors (San Francisco Chronicle – October 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 and Shelter in Place (San Francisco Bay Times – March 26, 2020)
- City Funds Services for Transgender Older Adults (San Francisco Examiner – February 10, 2020)
- ‘Santa to A Senior’ Program Provides Simple Gifts For Elderly in Need (KPIX CBS SF Bay Area – December 25, 2019)
- How a State ‘Master Plan for Aging’ Could Help the Tenderloin’s Struggling Seniors (Hoodline – October 11, 2019)
- Chance Encounter With a Curry Center Worker Lifts Bipolar Sufferer Back to an Engaged Life With a New Friend (San Francisco Senior Beat – August 19, 2019)
- Curry Senior Center Approved By SF Small Business Commission for the Legacy Business Registry (San Francisco Office of Small Business – March 26, 2019)
- Turk Street’s Transformation (San Francisco Bicycle Coalition – April 18, 2018)
- Photo Essay: How the ‘Mama of the ’Loin’ Found, and Gives, Sustenance (San Francisco Chronicle – October 16, 2017)
- Exhibition Looking Inward: Painting a Journey (The Walt Disney Family Museum – September 28, 2017)
- Once Isolated in the Tenderloin, Seniors Find Friendship (California Health Report – June 19, 2017)
- Seniors Use Technology to Improve Their Health (SF Tech Council – July 3, 2017)
- Up to 40 Percent of Seniors Are Significantly Lonely. Can Tech Help? (KQED – October 4, 2017)
- Seniors get a ride out of the Tenderloin from tech volunteers (San Francisco Chronicle – May 10, 2016)
- As Wealth Changes the Tenderloin, a Move to Preserve Artistic ‘Gems’
- Tenderloin Nonprofits vs. Bad Apple Corner Stores (San Francisco Chronicle – March 6, 2015)
- Low-Income Seniors Struggle in San Francisco (SFGATE – August 26, 2012)
- Former Basketball Star, Tony Bones Davis, in the Tenderloin and at Curry (NBC Bay Area – May 4, 2013)
- San Francisco Man Stands Up to Lou Gehrig’s Disease (San Francisco Examiner – December 25, 2011)
- Curry Awards Honor a Doctor With a Bright Social Vision (SFGATE – October 12, 1996)
- Senior Center Honored for Doing it Right (SFGATE – October 10, 1998)
- Milestones for S.F. Groups Helping Older Persons (SFGATE – April 19, 1997)
- Seniors Celebrate Laotian New Year (SFGATE – April 16, 2004)