No Senior Eats Alone Day

The Baltimore County Department of Aging (BCDA) is inviting everyone to participate in No Senior Eats Alone Day (NSEAD) on Thursday, September 11, or any day of their choosing during the week of September 7 through 13. The goal is to help make older adults feel valued and connected, establish better eating habits, and improve nutrition and health. We also encourage partners to join us in drawing attention to the impact of social isolation.

If you join and support NSEAD, please post your photographs on social media and use the hashtag #NoSeniorEatsAloneDay.

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

Help make a difference—one person at a time—for the 200,000 adults over the age of 60 in Baltimore County:

  • Share a meal with an older adult that you work or volunteer with.
  • Take an older adult out to a restaurant or prepare a meal at home for them.
  • Provide a gathering space for older adults to eat together.
  • Host a special meal with activities and entertainment through a local church, community center or organization.
  • Provide a discount at restaurants or offer a special price for seniors.
  • Promote the event through your friends, family and local organizations.
  • Sign up for a meal at a local senior center or senior housing facility, or invite an older adult to join if you already attend.

PARTNER REGISTRATION

Individuals, businesses, churches, community groups, senior housing, restaurants and more can participate as a partner by holding either a public or private event on NSEAD or during the week of September 7 through 13.

Register to participate as a partner.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Share a meal with friends new and old. Enjoy conversation and stay connected. It’s been shown that sharing meals together improves health, happiness and social connection.

Partner Description Location Cost Contact
Donna's Tavern and Restaurant of Dundalk Enjoy a free dessert with every meal purchased. Seniors also receive 10 percent off all meals. From noon to 8 p.m. 6607 Pine Avenue Dundalk, Maryland 21222 Cost of meal Call 410-633-6677.
Lib's Grill of Bel Air

Discount: 25 percent off for seniors with an incentive $10 discount card for future use. 

In addition to the regular menu, we're featuring a curated menu to offer seniors value-friendly options:

  • Soup and Salad—Small house or Caesar salad and Maryland crab soup bowl, $15
  • Shrimp Salad Sandwich—On a brioche bun with lettuce, tomato, served with house cut fries, $16
  • Fish n' Chips—Swai, fries, tarter, malt vinegar, $18
  • Crab Cake Entrée—Single crab cake, whipped potatoes, French beans, tarter, $20
  • Chicken Parmigiana — Cornflake breaded chicken breast, mozzarella, marinara, arugula, olive oil, grated Manchego, $13

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-ins welcome, reservations encouraged. 

 1204 Agora Drive, Suite E, Bel Air, Maryland 21014 Cost of meal Call 443-819-3608 or visit our website and select the reservations button to make a reservation.
Lib's Grill of Maple Lawn

Discount: 25 percent off for seniors with an incentive $10 discount card for future use. 

In addition to the regular menu, we're featuring a curated menu to offer seniors value-friendly options:

  • Soup and Salad—Small house or Caesar salad and Maryland crab soup bowl, $15
  • Shrimp Salad Sandwich—On a brioche bun with lettuce, tomato, served with house cut fries, $16
  • Fish n' Chips—Swai, fries, tarter, malt vinegar, $18
  • Crab Cake Entrée—Single crab cake, whipped potatoes, French beans, tarter, $20
  • Chicken Parmigiana — Cornflake breaded chicken breast, mozzarella, marinara, arugula, olive oil, grated Manchego, $13

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-ins welcome, reservations encouraged. 

 8191 Maple Lawn Boulevard, Fulton, Maryland 20759 Cost of meal Call 301-725-5427 or visit our website and select the reservations button to make a reservation.
Lib's Grill of Perry Hall

Discount: 25 percent off for seniors with an incentive $10 discount card for future use. 

In addition to the regular menu, we're featuring a curated menu to offer seniors value-friendly options:

  • Soup and Salad—Small house or Caesar salad and Maryland crab soup bowl, $15
  • Shrimp Salad Sandwich on a brioche bun with lettuce, tomato, served with house cut fries, $16
  • Fish n' Chips—Swai, fries, tarter, malt vinegar, $18
  • Crab Cake Entrée—Single crab cake, whipped potatoes, French beans, tarter, $20
  • Chicken Parmigiana—Cornflake breaded chicken breast, mozzarella, marinara, arugula, olive oil, grated Manchego, $13

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-ins welcome, reservations encouraged. 

 5009 Honeygo Center Drive, Suite 101, Perry Hall, Maryland 21128 Cost of meal Call 410-513-7133 or visit our website and select the reservations button to make a reservation.
Miss Shirley's Café Roland Park 60 percent off an individual meal for guests who are 60 years of age or older, only on Thursday, September 11, from 8 to 10 a.m. Guests must mention NSEAD and show valid ID to receive this offer. Offer only good at Miss Shirley's Café, Roland Park.  513 West Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21210 Cost of meal Call 410-889-5272.
Sorrento of Arbutus
  • NSEAD Pizza Meal—Two large cheese pizza slices and a cup of coffee or small fountain drink for $8, all included, no tax, just $8
  • Spaghetti Marinara Meal—With a side salad and a drink, $10
  • Tossed Salad—With a scoop of either tuna or chicken salad and a drink, $10.
  • Jumbo Lump Crab Cake Sandwich—With fries, slaw and a drink, $18. 

One meal per person. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

5401 East Drive, Arbutus, Maryland 21227

 

 Cost of meal Call 410-242-6474.

The following businesses and organizations are offering events that are not open to the public in conjunction with NSEAD.

  • Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc.
  • MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center

Visit this page in the future to discover businesses and organizations are serving as Community Champions encouraging people associated with them to support and participate in NSEAD.

  • Baltimore County Department of Aging Senior Centers
  • Baltimore County Department of Police
  • Baltimore County Fire Department

MORE INFORMATION

Sharing meals together improves health, happiness and social connection. When older adults share a meal, it can:

  • Increase life expectancy
  • Improve mental health and cognitive status
  • Encourage more nutritious meals with higher satisfaction. Older adults who live alone are 49 percent more likely to have poor nutritional habits, which increases their risk of illness and hospitalization.
  • Increase feelings of motivation to care for themselves
  • Decrease high blood pressure and cholesterol
  • Lower feelings of depression and loneliness. Older adults who eat alone are twice as likely to be depressed and 79 percent more likely to have greater feelings of isolation.
  • Reduce risk for physical and psychological health decline. Older adults who eat alone are at a 59 percent higher risk of physical and mental decline.
  • Decrease risk of falls due to better nutrition

For more information about NSEAD, call 410-887-2002.