You Can Donate To Red Bank Senior Center Wish List

RED BANK, NJ — The Red Bank Senior Center's renovated space at 80 Shrewsbury Avenue is not quite yet open. But the borough is requesting donations from "citizens and friends" for items to enhance the center.

Seniors 60 and over in the borough currently are meeting at Trinity Episcopal Church, 65 W. Front St., while the facility was being renovated after it sustained damage in 2019 when pipes froze.

You can contact the center director at jreynolds@redbanknj.org for more information about the donations.

Here is the list of requested items:

• Books and puzzles
• File cabinets
• Round Placemats for Centerpieces (10)
• Centerpieces (10)
• Bingo Balls
• Magazine Subscriptions
• Plants
• Pool tables balls and sticks
• Pool cues, billiard balls and cue chalk
• Crafts
• Small weights (for exercise class)
• Yoga, Tai Chi, senior exercise videos
• Pictures for walls
• Potted Plants for back patio
• Throw pillows
• Podium and mic
• Travel size hygiene products
• Shower curtain/mat set
• Sanitary items
• Grill tools/untensils
• Pots and Pans
• Cooking Utensils

The Red Bank Borough Council voted unanimously on Feb. 9, 2022, to begin the restoration process for the facility. Councilman Michael Ballard said at the time that the project was to be funded using the allocation of previous grants and borough-held, unused funds.

The Senior Center was damaged by a fire suppression system during a freeze in 2019. The Borough Council adopted $1.94 million in funds to renovate the facility in February 2022, according to Red Bank Green.