Agency Details:

Whistlestop

Whistlestop helps Marin County's older adults and disabled individuals live active, healthy and independent lives by providing transportation,socialization, education, health and wellness, nutrition, information and referral and multi-cultural programs in a community-based setting.

Description:
The Whistlestop Jackson Cafe offers the opportunity for older adults as well as all members of the community to enjoy prepared, healthy meals in a social setting where entertainment and educational programs are regularly provided. Our Cafe offers a salad bar, burgers, sandwiches, pizza, soup of the day as well the cooked entree of the day. The Jackson Cafe is open to the public. Discounted prices for older adults.

Whistlestop Wheels offers rides to Marin's people with disablities. We provide approximately 150,000 trips a year in 54 wheelchair-equipped buses.
We provide paratransit service to qualified individuals in accordance with the American's with Disabilities Act, taking Marin's persons of all ages with disabilities to medical appointments, shopping and visits to family & friends. In short, anywhere transit riders would go on fixed route transit. We provide over 20,000 rides a year to people in wheelchairs. We also provide older adult-friendly dial-a-ride service and trips to medical appoints in the Novato area. Without our transportation service, many of of our older adults and persons with disabilities would be isolated. We help to enable our clients to remain active community members.

Wherever Marin older adults need help Whistlestop tries to be there. We offer multicultural support, including one-on-one assistance in several languages on issues such as housing, health care, legal assistance and social security. We have health education and disaster preparedness programs for older adults. Give tax preparedness assistance, counsel on health insurance, offer senior peer counseling and help older adults attain US Citizenship. We offer classes for older adults striving to learn English. There are exercise groups and computer classes. The list goes on, ever expanding.

History:
We have been assisting the older adult community in Marin County since August 1954! Although we are located in central San Rafael, we assist the older adult and disabled community throughout Marin County.

Contact people:

Debbie Benedetti, Activity & Resource Center Manager, (phone), (email) Rebecca Lack, Executive Communications Assistant, (phone), (email)

Main office number: (415) 456-9062
Office fax number: (415) 456-2858

Address:

930 Tamalpais Ave San Rafael, CA 94901 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.thewhistlestop.org

Directions:

From Hwy 101, take Central San Rafael, we are located between 3rd and 4th Street next to the 101 Highway and the old railroad tracks.   Nearest Bus Stop: Central San Rafael, 1 minute walk

Last updated on January 15, 2010