Curry Senior Center Programs
Curry Senior Center prides itself on programming that celebrates the diversity and independence of older adults in the Tenderloin community. Our programs range from social services to technology and wellness education to arts and cultural events and much more.
Ageless
A weekly TGNC social program that brings Trans and Gender Nonconforming folks together to check in with each other while highlighting stories of TGNC existing in cultures around the world with food served.
Staff Contact: Ruby Cleggett | rcleggett@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Thursday | 2:30pm to 4:30pm | Tech and Wellness Hub (520 Turk Street) | No, drop ins welcome |
Lunch Bunch
A weekly social program for LGBTQ+ men/male-identifying folks to connect, share stories, offer peer support, and enjoy delicious cuisine
Staff Contact: Alex Ray | aray@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Tuesday | 11:30am to 1pm | Tech and Wellness Hub (520 Turk Street) | Currently a waitlist. Please contact Alex Ray at aray@curryseniorcenter.org or 628-224-8699 for more information. |
Every Wednesday | 11:30am to 1pm | Tech and Wellness Hub (520 Turk Street) | Currently a waitlist. Please contact Alex Ray at aray@curryseniorcenter.org or 628-224-8699 for more information. |
Women of Wisdom & Wonder (W.O.W. Group)
A weekly social support program for Senior LBGTQ+ women to share stories, make connections, and learn about LGBTQ+ Women’s History
Staff Contact: Rhianna Borra-Croft | rborra-croft@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Wednesday | 1:30pm to 3pm | Tech and Wellness Hub (520 Turk Street) | No, drop ins welcome |
Shooting Stars
Gay, LGBTQ, and ally space for participants to express their thoughts and feelings.
Staff Contact: Alex Ray | aray@curryseniorcenter.org
Learn more about our partner organization:
Stepping Stone | Your Path to Health and Independence (steppingstonehealth.org)
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Thursday | 1pm to 2pm | Stepping Stone (930 4th street) | No, drop ins welcome |
Resilience
A group centered around community and transgender history where participants can discuss their interests.
Staff Contact: Ruby Cleggett | rcleggett@curryseniorcenter.org
Learn more about our partner organization:
Stepping Stone | Your Path to Health and Independence (steppingstonehealth.org)
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Wednesday | 1pm to 2pm | Stepping Stone (930 4th street) | No, drop ins welcome |
Out of the Closet
Staff Contact: Rhianna Borra-Croft | rborra-croft@curryseniorcenter.org
Learn more about our partner organization:
Stepping Stone | Your Path to Health and Independence (steppingstonehealth.org)
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Tuesday | 1:00pm to 2:00pm | Stepping Stone (930 4th street) | No, drop ins welcome |
Rainbow Kaffeeklatsch
Every Friday from 10:30 am to 12 pm. Rainbow Kaffeeklatsch is a LGBTQ+ friendly coffee meetup that warmly welcomes seniors in Tenderloin. It’s a safe and inclusive space where people can come together over coffee to chat, share stories, and build connections within the LGBTQ+ community and beyond.
Staff Contact: Rhianna Borra-Croft | rborra-croft@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Friday | 10:30am to 12:00pm | Tech and Wellness Hub (520 Turk Street) | No, drop ins welcome |
Senior Vitality
A 1 to 2 year program dedicated to tech training, health management, and loneliness reduction. Instructors join us from our partner, Community Tech Network
Staff Contact: Jose Picazo | jpicazo@curryseniorcenter.org
Check out Senior Vitality’s YouTube Channel for hundreds of videos on tech training and health management
Senior Vitality YouTube Channel
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Cohort 10: Tuesdays | 1:30-2:30pm | 520 Turk Street | Yes, appointment needed |
Cohort 9: Mondays | 10-11am | San Francisco Senior Center | Yes, appointment needed |
Cohort 14: Thursdays | 10-11am | Mission Neighborhood Center | Yes, appointment needed |
Maintenance Program
An advanced Tech program for Senior Vitality graduates where they continue improving their technology skills and connecting with their community. Instructors join us from our partner, Community Tech Network
Staff Contact: Jose Picazo | jpicazo@curryseniorcenter.org
Check out a recent article on all the Maintenance Program has to offer
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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2x a month on Zoom | Online | Yes, appointment needed | |
Every 4th Monday | 11:30am to 12:30pm | San Francisco Senior Center | Yes, appointment needed |
Every 3rd Wednesday | 3pm to 4pm | 520 Turk St. | Yes, appointment needed |
Curry Tech Support (CTS)
A tech support program for low-income older adults that provides drop-in tech support, personal tutoring, and a tablet training program for those in need of a device.
Staff Contact: Angela Hudson | ahudson@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Monday | 9am to 12pm | 520 Turk Street | No, drop ins welcome |
Every Thursday | 9am to 12pm | 520 Turk Street | Appt based support sessions |
LGBTQ+ Tech Support
A tech support program for the LGBTQ community that provides one-on-one tech support, tablet training, and assistance with telehealth appointments.
Staff Contact: Roberto Alvarez | ralvarez@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Monday | 9:30am to 12pm | OpenHouse (65 Laguna St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Every Tuesday | 1:00pm to 4:00pm | 520 Turk Street | No, drop ins welcome |
Every Wednesday | 9:30am to 12pm | OpenHouse (65 Laguna St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Third Wednesday of the month | 1:00pm to 2:00pm | Stepping Stone (930 4th St) | No, drop ins welcome |
Every Friday | 9:30am to 12pm | 520 Turk Street | Appt based support sessions |
Zoom Hangout
A virtual gathering every Friday with an array of topics and activities
Staff Contact: Phillip Gerson | pgerson@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Friday | 11am to 12pm | Online via Zoom | No, drop ins welcome |
Tech Tutoring for Cantonese Speakers
Supportive, one-on-one, technology tutoring sessions for clients whose primary or only language is Cantonese.
Staff Contact: Maple Mei | ymei@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Tuesday | 9am to 12pm | 520 Turk Street | No, drop ins welcome |
Every Thursday | 1pm to 4 pm | 520 Turk Street | No, drop ins welcome |
Tech Tutoring for Vietnamese Speakers
Supportive, one-on-one, technology tutoring sessions for clients whose primary or only language is Vietnamese.
Staff Contact: Trang Ngo (tngo@curryseniorcenter.org) & Anh Tran (atran@curryseniorcenter.org)
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Friday | 1pm to 3pm | Curry Computer Lab (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Health Corner
Monthly workshops that cover a variety of health topics for older adults to improve health literacy and better manage their chronic health conditions.
Staff Contact: Humberto Pinon | hpinon@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every 3rd Wednesday | 1:30pm – 2:30pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.)in the John Staley Room | No, drop ins welcome |
Healthy Living
Healthy Living Class is a combined discussion group and informational session for Curry clients who have graduated from any of Curry’s chronic disease management and/or wellness programs.
Staff Contact: Humberto Pinon | hpinon@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every 4th Friday | 10am to 11am | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Curry Connections
A weekly social calling program connecting trained volunteers with Curry seniors aiming to reduce loneliness.
Staff Contact: Lalaine Favis | lfavis@curryseniorcenter.org
When: Varies depending on the availability of the volunteer and client.
Where: Remote
Russian Exercise Class
A group focused on healthy exercise activities for Russian speakers
Staff Contact: Tanya Khotinets | tkhotinets@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every 1st and 3rd Thursday | 1pm to 2pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Safe Streets for Seniors
An alliance of older adults dedicated pedestrian safety and mutual empowerment to better the neighborhood.
Staff Contact: Judy Siu | jsiu@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every 3rd Thursday | 11am to 12pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) in the John Staley Room | No, drop ins welcome |
Current Events (Vietnamese)
A gathering of Vietnamese speakers discussing cultural interests along with the news in the US and abroad.
Staff Contact: Trang Ngo/Anh Tran | tngo@curryseniorcenter.org/atran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30am to 12pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Samahang Pinoy/Current Events (Tagalog)
A group of Tagalog speakers with an assortment of engaging activities and discussions on Filipino culture.
Staff Contact: Lalaine Favis | lfavis@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Friday | 10am to 12pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Current Events (Lao/ Thai)
A gathering of Laotian and Thai speakers sharing resources and discussing news topics both in the US and abroad.
Staff Contact: Ngao Theppanya | ntheppanya@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Tuesday | 10:30am to 12pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Current Events (Russian)
A welcoming group of Russian speakers sharing insights and discussing current events
Staff Contact: Tanya Khotinets | tkhotinets@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Monday | 11am to 12pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Radical Acts of Gardening
Radical Acts of Gardening is a space where anyone, no matter their previous knowledge, can come and learn about plants, their care and how to propagate them. Participants help grow plants for display around the Senior Center, to take home or give to a friend and even save a few plants for employees to take.
Staff Contact: Humberto Pinon | hpinon@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Wednesday | 2:30pm to 3:30pm | Tech & Wellness Hub+ (520 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Arts with Elders
Art instructor, Min Lee, teaches clients how to draw and paint using various techniques.
Staff Contact: Judy Siu/ Lalaine Favis | jsiu@curryseniorcenter.org/ lfavis@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Thursday | 1:30pm to 3:30pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Vietnamese Knitting Class
A collective of Vietnamese speakers sharing in the joy of Knitting and crochet.
Staff Contact: Trang Ngo/ Anh Tran | tngo@curryseniorcenter.org/ atran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Monday | 2pm to 4pm | Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.) | No, drop ins welcome |
Do Ask, Do Tell
A new initiative that focuses on the Older Adults in the LGBTQ+ community and the invaluable stories they have to tell. These stories are recorded, transcribed, and will be published.
Staff Contact: Soroush Fadaeinejad | sfadaeinejad@sfdph.org
When: By Appt.
Where: Curry Senior Center (315 Turk St.)
Virtual Tours
Travel to far off destinations with live virtual tours
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
When: Scheduled once monthly
Where: Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor)
Community Voices
Participants discuss neighborhood needs and interests
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
When: Scheduled once monthly
Where: Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor)
Bingo
Traditional Bingo loved by all
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Monday and Saturday | 10am to 11am | Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor) | No, drop ins welcome |
Arts & Crafts
Tons of art activities such as painting, collage, and sketching
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Wednesday, Friday, & Sunday | 10:30am to 11:30am | Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor) | No, drop ins welcome |
News and Discussions
Open discussions regarding the news of the day and current events
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Everyday | 8:30am to 10am | Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor) | No, drop ins welcome |
Free Clothing Program
Free clothing available
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
When: Scheduled twice monthly or based on emergency need
Where: Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor)
African-American Mens Group
Engaging discussions for the African American community
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
When: Scheduled twice monthly
Where: Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor)
Documentaries
Daily viewings of documentaries that range in topic from nature, to history, to wellness, and more
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Everyday | 12:30pm to1:30pm | Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor) | No, drop ins welcome |
Chair Exercise
Low impact movements to improve circulation, balance, and overall well-being
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Sunday | 10:30am to 11:30am | Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor) | No, drop ins welcome |
Mindful Meditation
A program designed to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress
Staff Contact: “Timmy” Beltran | Mbeltran@curryseniorcenter.org
Day(s) | Time | Location | Registration Required? |
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Every Saturday and Sunday | 9:45am to 10:45am | Curry Drop In Center (333 Turk Street, 2nd floor) | No, drop ins welcome |
Senior Engagement
Curry Senior Center operates a variety of on and off-site programming to engage clients where they are, with what they need. Program goals include reducing social isolation and connecting to appropriate services.
Peer Outreach
Addressing the Needs of Socially Isolated Adults is a peer outreach program funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) of California. The program is designed to help connect isolated older adults to services and social activities through peer outreach while supporting the Peer Outreach Specialists in their own wellness, recovery and professional development.
The population we serve is:
- Individuals 55 and over
- Resident of the Central City neighborhoods or homeless
- Seniors who are lonely, isolated or in need of connecting to services or social activities
Care Navigation
The Care Navigator program, in partnership with Shanti, serves older adults and adults with disabilities who are socially isolated, low income, have limited or no English-speaking proficiency, communities of color, or of the LGBT community. Care navigation with Peer support, assists program participants to maintain their independence, in navigating the complexities of services and activities, while promoting engagement with resources in the community.
For more information about referrals and program eligibility, please contact Alessia Furlow, Peer Program Supervisor,
at (415) 960-5679, or alessia.furlow@sfdph.org
Curry Senior Center Events
These programs serving the community are funded by the City of San Francisco’s Department of Disability and Aging Services.