Senior Social Services

Congregate Lunch at Maplewood

Join us Mondays & Tuesdays at Noon for good food and companionship at Maplewood Community Center. A nutritional hot lunch program available for those ages 60 and over.

Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance. Menus are posted at the center and in the Senior Echo and a $3 donation is encouraged. For information or to make a reservation, call 734-793-1874.

Meals on Wheels

Garden City volunteers deliver meals to eligible home-bound seniors on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. For information on how to receive meals call 1-800-851-1454.

Volunteers deliver meals one day a week for approximately one hour and are reimbursed for their route mileage. Please consider this great volunteer opportunity.

To be a volunteer Meal Driver call 734-793-1874.

Liquid Nutrition

Maplewood Center is a Liquid Nutrition Distribution Site and the nutrition supplement is given out on the first Tuesday of each month. This program is designed for seniors who have a debilitating disorder or require supplemental food intake to meet their nutritional needs.
 A doctor’s prescription is needed.

For information call 1-800-851-1454.

Our H.O.M.E. Pantry

The pantry is by appointment only (same income requirements as below).  The days of operation are Tuesday & Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and Fridays 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  Available to Garden City residents and GCPS students and their families! Call 734-793-1859 to sign up.

Food Commodities

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Michigan is a surplus government food program that distributes food on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 9am - 12pm at the Radcliff Center to low income families and seniors.

To receive food commodities, clients must register at the Radcliff Center in the Food Pantry office. Families and seniors must qualify as low income. The income requirements for Michigan TEFAP are as follows-  One person household: $23,340; two person household: $31,460; three person household: $39,580; and four person household: $47,700.

Focus HOPE

Focus: HOPE provides food boxes to senior citizens who are 60 years old or older and reside in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb or Washtenaw counties. The Radcliff Center is a distribution site!  Food distribution on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 11:30am-1:30pm.  Income limits due apply.