Union County Senior Center page offers local connection point in La Grande

The Union County Senior Center page in La Grande puts a phone number, 541-963-7532, and an address, 1504 N Albany St, in one place, then adds a “Stay Connected!” message and a La Grande news-and-activities section for residents who want a quick local contact point.

What the page gives you first

The page is built for speed and clarity. Instead of making people sort through multiple sites, it leads with a direct call line and a physical location in the city’s population center, which makes it easy to identify for anyone already familiar with North Albany Street. The La Grande News & Activities area suggests the center is meant to be more than a sign on a door; it is a place to check for updates, social programs and community activity.

Union County’s population was about 25,900 in 2025, and La Grande’s population was 13,058 in the 2024 ACS 5-year estimate.

What the center is built to do

Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, the organization behind the page, states its mission as advocating for and assisting people by providing pathways to stability with individualized services and resources. It serves Union, Baker, Wallowa and Grant counties, and its nonprofit structure is broader than a single senior center: CCNO is a 501(c)(3), a community action agency, an area agency on aging, a community housing development organization and a community development corporation.

CCNO’s senior services include family caregiver support, in-home caregivers through OPI, meal sites, home-delivered meals, medical transport and workshops. For a La Grande resident trying to solve one concrete problem, whether that is getting food, finding transportation to an appointment or locating support for an aging parent, the senior center page is a practical starting point into a wider network.

How residents actually use it

The most immediate use case is food access. A related listing identifies the site as the Union County Senior Center and Regional Food Bank, and a CCNO Union County post lists aging senior meals Monday through Friday from 11:30 to 12:30.

The center also shows up as a place for connection, not only services. Another CCNO Union County post promoted a free monthly trivia afternoon. The building hosts low-cost social programming alongside meals and assistance.

Family caregivers and people helping older relatives can use the page differently. Because CCNO’s senior-services menu includes caregiver support, in-home caregivers, transportation and workshops, the Union County page functions as a gateway for families trying to sort out care at home, rides to appointments or access to meal delivery. Families can start there when they need a single local number for care at home, rides to appointments or meal delivery.

What to know before you go

The published page does not lay out a full service handbook. Residents looking for current details on eligibility, referral requirements or wait times should treat the posted number as the first step and confirm the specifics before making the trip to 1504 N Albany St.

The center’s stated role is also narrower than a hospital, a crisis center or a full housing office. Its visible strengths are meals, activities, transportation and links into CCNO’s aging-services network, so people with urgent medical needs, emergency shelter needs or other crisis-level problems will need a different provider. For questions about food access, senior meals, caregiver support or whether a service requires an appointment, the phone line is the most direct route.

On Oct. 21, 2020, a local assessment found the needs of the community’s oldest residents were not being met. CCNO’s 2025-2029 Area Plan, filed with the Oregon Department of Human Services in November 2024, focuses on population needs and service equity across its multi-county service area.

Why the page matters now

On Sept. 18, 2024, Community Connection and the Union County Senior Center received a $30,000 grant from The Wildhorse Foundation.