Access to healthy nutrition is essential to one's well-being, regardless of age. The Mercer County Nutrition Program for Older Adults offers appetizing meals that are served in settings that bring people together for activities and social interaction, important aspects of everyone's lives. The program is open to anyone 60 years old or older and their spouses (regardless of age), any county resident with a disability whose primary caregiver is a program participant, anyone volunteering in the program, and the personal care aides of program participants (when they accompany a participant to the site where meals are provided). This federally funded program encourages participants to make a suggested donation of $1 for their daily meal.

Our caterer prepares a complete lunch daily Monday through Friday that includes an appetizer, main entrée, vegetables, bread, beverage, and dessert and delivers them to our nutrition sites. All meals are specifically planned by a qualified nutritionist to provide at least one-third of an older person's daily nutritional needs.

The Nutrition Program also arranges services including nutrition education/nutrition counseling and other health, educational, and recreational programs.

Sites are closed on County and/or municipal holidays. Emergencies or inclement weather may cause nutrition sites to close. Every attempt to reach participants will be made. Go to www.mercercounty.org for closure announcements.

Participants must register for the program by calling 609-989-6650. To access the November hot-meal menu, please click here.   

Below is the list of participating nutrition sites for congregate meals listed in alphabetical order by city/municipality:

East Windsor site
East Windsor Township Senior Center
40 Lanning Blvd. 
East Windsor, NJ 08520

Ewing site
Hollowbrook Community Center
320 Hollowbrook Drive
Ewing, NJ 08638

Hamilton sites
Hamilton Township Senior Center
409 Cypress Lane
Hamilton, NJ 08619

John O. Wilson Hamilton Neighborhood Service Center
169 Wilfred Avenue
Hamilton, NJ 08610

Lawrence site
Lawrence Township Senior Center
30 Darrah Lane East
Lawrence, NJ 08648

Pennington/Hopewell site
Hopewell Valley Senior Center
395 Reading Avenue
Pennington, NJ 08534

Princeton site **Location change as of Jan. 8, 2024** 
Princeton Café for Older Adults 
45 Stockton Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
*In the room adjoined to the gym (normally used as the Art Room)

Robbinsville site
Vincent J. Calcagno Senior Citizen Center
1117 Route 130
Robbinsville, NJ 08691

Trenton sites
Jennye W. Stubblefield Senior Center
301 Prospect Street
Trenton, NJ 08618

Reading Senior Center
454 North Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08638
*Temporary site while the Reading Senior Center undergoes renovations 

Samuel Naples Senior Center
611 Chestnut Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08611

Transportation is available to many of our sites by the County’s TRADE service. Call the Nutrition Office at 609-989-6650 for information for assistance with for door-to-door transportation or for more information about the program.

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