Monday through Thursday from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m
OUR VISION: Helping older adults engage, enrich and empower their lives.
OUR MISSION: Improving the lives of older adults through caring service with opportunities for social interaction, recreation, basic support and needs services, education, volunteerism and community activism.
Our service area includes all of Pasadena and surrounding communities. We have several people come from other cities as well throughout the San Gabriel Valley including South Pasadena, Eagle Rock, La Canada, San Marino, San Gabriel, and Alhambra. For our membership, most of our members come from across Pasadena and Altadena and are more or less evenly spread out between zip codes 91101, 91103, 91104, 91105, 91106, 91107 and 91001.
There are four options for parking your car.
Our Volunteer Program consists of a wide and diverse group of participants. These individuals primarily volunteer on site at the Center working at the Welcome Desk, Coffee Bar, Library, daily lunch service, teaching classes, and leading social clubs, as well as helping with numerous events. Our volunteer pool consists of the following:
The Board of the Pasadena Senior Center shall:
False
Some fear that they will age 10 years just by walking through the door, but you only have to be 50 years of age to join!
Many of our Social Services are used by younger family members caring for an older adult.
False
While you can’t live at PSC, many of our 2,100 members feel they are part of the PSC family. They celebrate all major holidays at PSC, as well as their birthday each year.
We operate 362 days a year providing programs that maintain the dignity of older adults while encouraging them to #AgeWell.
False
The Center is not run by or funded by the City of Pasadena - the City only provides the building and utilities.
PSC is an independent, donor-supported nonprofit! PSC is run by staff and volunteers and funded by individuals, corporations and foundations who believe in PSC’s mission.
False
We have over 15 different Social Service programs available to the general public and many open community events such as our summer concerts, the #AgeWell Conference, and Senior Games. Membership is not required!
Members gain access to special clubs, activities, discount pricing on classes and the Masters Series lectures, and more. Members can also sign up for the Fitness Center separately!
False
PSC serves more older adults throughout the San Gabriel Valley than any organization, providing more than 80,000 units of service each year!
Our online programs are also available beyond the San Gabriel Valley to anyone who registers to receive the Zoom link.
False
We have validated parking in a 5 story structure on Arroyo Pkwy and Holly Street.
There is free metered parking on the street for anyone with a Handicap plaque.
We also have free parking on the East side of our building throughout operating hours!
False
You won’t be parked in front of a TV and bored at PSC... the Center offers over 30+ different classes, as well as:
PSC offers a wealth of variety and activities for all its members.
False
In addition to a racially diverse staff and membership, PSC has several member-organized clubs to support and celebrate the many ethnicities in the community.
The Center also celebrates holidays that matter to its community, such as Black History Month, Chinese New Year, and Cinco de Mayo!
The effort to start a center for Pasadena’s seniors began in 1953 with Ed Bignell, the city’s first full-time Director of Physical Education and Recreation. Bignell felt the city’s older residents needed recreational services like those provided for the city’s children and teens. It took him four years, but he finally convinced city leaders he was right.
On October 25, 1957, the Pasadena-Altadena Committee for Senior Citizens was formed by Pasadena's city directors, to investigate ways to serve seniors. The committee outlined a plan for a senior center and the directors responded by providing a site for a center in Memorial Park and approving a bond issue for its construction.
What was not covered, were the funds to staff the center.
The Junior League of Pasadena stepped forward with money to hire a director and a nonprofit board was then named to operate the center.
The Pasadena Senior Center opened in May 1960 and was the first nonprofit senior center in Southern California and one of the first in the nation. Junior League members contributed thousands of hours to staff the new facility during its first ten years.
In 1983, the center was given a ten-year grant from the Margaret Bundy Scott Trust, which paved the way for the center to expand both its programming and facility.
In 1998, after an extensive renovation that tripled its size, a new and improved center opened it doors with a billiard room, fully equipped gym, video production room, computer lab, library, more meeting rooms, a larger multipurpose room, intern and counseling offices and more employee space.
In the March of 1999, the center was awarded national accreditation by the National Council on Aging's National Institute of Senior Centers. This accreditation made the Pasadena Senior Center the first nationally accredited senior center in the state of California. The center was re-accredited in 2006.
Today, we continue our high standards as older adults choose from a wide variety of programs and services designed for those age 50 and over.
We welcome all older adults regardless of race, creed, ethnicity, nationality or residency. Our board of directors, staff and volunteers are united in our mission - to engage, enrich and empower the lives of older adults.
The Fitness Center enjoys the patronage of over 400 members. The facility is available to all members. Participating members enjoy the Fitness Center very much and appreciate the support the Senior Center Management provides. The Fitness Center is well equipped with all new equipment, including treadmills, ellipticals, recumbent cycles, exercise balls, an upright cycle, stepper, leg press, chest press, hoist flat, abdominal machine, ab bench, free weights and more facilitating exercise of all major groups.
In broader terms, the Center has machines for Cardio exercises and also for Strength (or Resistance) training. It has a separate room for free weights which include dumbbells of different weights, 5 ft Barbell with weights, incline bench, flat bench, exercise balls and elastic bands.
The Fitness center provides machines for full body exercises in that it has all the necessary machines to exercise upper body, lower body and the core. These units of equipment include:
The Center is well supported by volunteers who go through a well defined routine before they are given independent charge. The Volunteer Captain/ Coordinator is a Certified Personal Trainer who works for about 14 hours a week. In addition, the Center also has a Senior Trainer who conducts training classes on a frequent basis. The senior Trainer has been affiliated with the Center for a long time. Many of the members have taken advantage of these training classes. The Membership Fee is a bargain anywhere. The Center is open seven days a week and is open, at least partially, even on holidays. Our members conduct themselves in a very professional manner, very understanding of the needs of their fellow members and are eager to extend helping hands.
Whether you are looking for a perfect location to hold a wedding reception, Quinceanera, meeting or other event, our facilities are available and affordable for every occasion. We are conveniently located in Old Pasadena.
If interested in renting the Scott Pavilion or our meeting rooms, please contact: Peter Matus at (626) 685-6754 or
Scott Pavilion on Raymond
Located at 85 East Holly Street, Pasadena CA 91103
