Friends of Center 50+ is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization established in 1992 to provide services and funds to the Salem Senior Center

DBA: Center 50+ for the operations, support, materials, services, and capital improvements of the facility. 
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Since 1992 Friends has: 

• Assisted in the opening of the new state-of-art facility on Portland Rd

• Contributed $85,000 to the Center's Annual Budget

• Secures funding from local businesses to support 20 different annual events

• Funding the Center's Mission to evolve and grow to better serve this fast growing population, the 50+'rs of the Willamette Valley

• Funded Home-bound Senior Visitor Program  and the Friendship Brigade nursing home visitor program

• Funded Center 50+'s COVID 19 response providing over 1,375 weekly connections to area seniors through friendship and Care/Food boxes.