Welcome

Welcome to the Faribault Senior Center's Website!

Thanks for visiting! If you are looking for a listing of our regularly scheduled activities- click on "Services and Programs", if you are interested in any feature events, click on "What's New".  If you don't find what you are looking for, check out our monthly calender to see the schedule of all of the things we are doing.

Don't forget to check out the Senior Dining link (it has the latest menu!), Caregiver Programs (support groups and educationally related programs are there) and the Clothes Closet (see the latest sales!).  All other Senior Center resources can be found on this site as well by just a few quick clicks!

Director's Message

The Faribault Area Senior Center is a non-profit organization which provides a variety of programs and services for adults 50 and over living in the Faribault area. It is our mission to promote the physical, emotional, intellectual, economic and social well being of older adults and encourage their participation in all aspects of community life in Faribault and the surrounding area.

We encourage you to visit our center in person or call us for additional information on the work that we do.

Mona Kaiser, Executive Director

director@faribaultseniorcenter.org

Senior Center Receives National Recognition

by: Mona Kaiser, Senior Center Executive Director

After two years of intense preparation, the Faribault Area Senior Center concluded a self-evaluation process and submitted an application for accreditation from the National Institute of Senior Centers [NISC].

Following the application, the FASC received an on-site examination of the Center by a representative from NISC. The result of this comprehensive review was an unconditional recommendation and approval that the Faribault Senior Center receive national accreditation!

Senior Centers that are accredited must fulfill standards in nine predetermined areas, including: Purpose, Community, Governance, Administration, Program Planning, Evaluation, Fiscal Management, Records and Reports, and Facility.

Why become accredited?

• The accreditation process results in an increased awareness of the contribution senior centers make in the lives of older adults, their families, and caregivers.
• It improves the image of senior centers, helping communities to realize that senior centers provide quality programs based on national standards.
• Simply put, national accreditation shows everyone that a Senior Center "has its house in order."

Huge amounts of time and resources were put into this accreditation process by Senior Center staff members Brenda Johnson and Jen Bimberg, FASC board members, and FASC accreditation committee members. We are now only the second Senior Center in Minnesota that has achieved this goal! 

Faribault Daily Newspaper Articles on the Senior Center's Accreditation: