About De Hostos Senior Center

De Hostos Senior Center is a non-profit organization created in 1974, section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, charitable, which was formally established in 1992 in Wynwood, Miami. Since the beginning, our main objective has been to provide comprehensive services to people over 60 years of age who are below the poverty level, to ensure their independence, welfare and self-sufficiency within the Miami-Dade County community, offering services, resources and references to the Wynwood community on a consistent basis.

For over 40 years, we have provided services and assistance to an important segment of the Miami-Dade County community, specifically, the growth of Wynwood that is formed by a Hispanic population with needs due to the aging of the population.

Eugenio María De Hostos

Our name comes from the Puerto Rican philosopher and teacher Eugenio María De Hostos who dedicated his life to the struggle for the independence of Puerto Rico, the unity of the Antilles and America since 1868. His positivism, introduced a new pedagogy aimed at forming "human beings complete "able to build free societies in their own countries. His teachings and philosophy are reflected in the beliefs of De Hostos Senior Center.

Our Mission

Through education, we want to provide an adequate standard of living and well-being to those in need, regardless of their geriatric status or disability status. With the intention of improving and maintaining their physical and mental abilities.

Positioning ourselves among the main organizations in Miami-Dade County and providing a delivery system for the elderly in need in the community of Wynwood, Allapattah, Little Haiti, North Miami, Edison, Brownsville, Model City, Overtown and Little Havana (District 1, District 3, and District 5).

Our Values

Respect

Respect is one of our vital values to develop an appropriate social and cultural environment for the people we are addressing. We offer the opportunity to participate to defend citizens with little representation and give them effective solutions that improve their quality of life. At DHSC we defend the people who participate with us.

Integrity

Adequate integrity and responsibility are the fundamental pillars to achieve our mission and responsibility before the community. Thanks to the coherence of our services, we gain recognition and achieve an alignment between what we say, what we do and how we do it.


Responsibility

There is an administrative responsibility both with people and with the environment. For us, the person is very important and we take care of their time attracting good participants and volunteers for the center. In turn, we are responsible with the environment and carefully invest the funds we obtain from the Miami-Dade County, donors and the City of Miami.

Food Programs

We distribute healthy, balanced and nutritional food for breakfast and lunch through collaborations and support from the city of Miami. We take frozen food to homes to the disabled people.

Congregate Meal Program

Distribution of one breakfast and one meal a day at DHSC (2902 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33127) during the 281 days of the year. In addition to the delivery of food, we educate about what is good food and its importance along with food. This nutritional education includes six workshops twice a year in which there is an educational, recreational, health prevention and physical and nutritional conditioning evaluation.

Requirements to participate

Must be 60 years of age or older and / or have a disability that lives at or below the poverty level. Special attention is given to disabled and diabetic participants with high blood pressure.

Schedule

Breakfast Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 am.
Lunch Monday to Friday 12:00 p.m - 12:30 p.m.
*(Every Monday from 11:00AM- 2:00PM until finishes) Not including holidays.*

HomeBound Meal Program

Distribution of frozen meals during 281 days of the year. Every Tuesday of the week, a box of 5 frozen meals will be delivered to the homes of the participants with nutritional information and recommendations indicated by a professional nutritionist.

Requirements to participate : Must be 60 years of age or older and/or have a disability that live at or below the poverty level.

Food Distribution

*(Every Monday from 11:00AM- until food finishes)
Not including holidays.*

Activities

We organize a variety of activities such as domino tournament, bingo, dance, field trips, crafts activities and much more to entertain our elderly physically and mentally healthy.

Social Activities

We celebrate dances and birthday parties.

Educational Activities

We organize classes to keep our elders documented about public, nutritional and health information. We have professional speakers from different disciplines of the University of Miami and social workers who offer educational information for the prevention of fraud and personal safety.

Games

Dominoes , cards, bingo, dances, field trips

Sports & Wellness

Sports and Wellness Exercises , Tai Chi, medical history, medical services

Millions

Other art and craft activities , special events, educational classes (computer science, creative writing, history, reading debates), group excursions, intergenerational projects, legal services, counseling (public, financial and psychological), Social references We provide information and referrals to those people who need a psychologist or a health checkup. Driver licenses. We provide assistance to acquire the driving license.

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Volunteers

We value the time and the support of our volunteers who make our elders feel happy in our center. Your help is fundamental for them and for us.

The type of activities:
● Clean the dining room before and after lunch
● Distribution of food to the elderly
● Organize events and games

The benefits offered by participating as a volunteer:
● Communitary hours
● Acknowledgement letter
● Support references

Get In Touch With Us

2902 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

E: dehostosseniorcenter2014@gmail.com
 P: (305)573-6220
F: (305)573-2193