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Excellent Programs

Incorporating a unique wellness model, the Center provides important nutritional information to enhance the health of seniors, and offers affordable lunches Monday through Friday.

Great Staff

The Wilmington Senior Center is run by a well-trained professional staff supported by volunteers who contribute their time and talents to ensure the success of all programs and activities.

Lifelong Friendships

Good friends are good for your health. You can find these friends here at the Wilmington Senior Center. Here we celebrate good times and provide support during bad times.

The mission of the Wilmington Senior Center is to provide life-sustaining and life-enriching services, opportunities and partnerships that have a positive impact on the physical, mental and social well-being of older adults, and that contribute to future generations.

Wilmington Senior Center provides programs that respond to critical community needs and help seniors experience healthy and independent aging, manage chronic disease effectively and reduce the economic insecurity that plagues one in three older adults. Our activities include health & wellness classes, arts and cultural programs and outside excursions.

Welcome To Wilmington Senior Center!

We want to grow the number of members who participate in the WSC programs, develop new programs, and look at options for how we can maximize the use of our facility.

If you aren’t a member, please come and join us. If you’re already a member, please bring a friend!

Sam Nussbaum, Executive Director

The WSC Story

The Wilmington Senior Center (WSC) was officially established on July 6, 1956 as the first senior center in Delaware. WSC has a 64-year history serving the City of Wilmington, offering activities and services to the 50+ community. The vision of our founders was fulfilled as hundreds of active seniors were attracted to the center for trips, teas, classes, counseling and card parties. It was during the first 10 years of agency life that we became a full member agency of the United Fund, now the United Way of Delaware.

Today the WSC is thriving, offering even more activities and classes. Our Grandparent and Care Giver Resource Center provides one-to-one assistance, referrals and advocacy. The WSC has been able to remain a thriving part of the City of Wilmington due to the generous support of members and the local community. Thank you to the community, businesses, corporations, foundations and others who have been an integral part of making the Wilmington Senior Center a vital community resource!

Membership Benefits

  • Lunch

    Membership includes freshly prepared, budget friendly, nutritious lunches.

  • Education

    We offer classes and resources on a range of topics exclusively for members.

  • Fitness

    A variety of exercise classes are available, including Jazzercise, Yoga and Pilates.

Memberships are available to anyone 50+ and are not limited to Wilmington or Delaware residents. We welcome members from all around the area. Only $25 per year, or $500 lifetime.

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The Wilmington Senior Center does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

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