Worried its moment has passed, Senior Center seeks new faces

The seniors who run the Boulder-Basin Senior Center in Boulder—volunteers who took the helm of the local nonprofit and its facility from the generation ahead of them—worry that there will be no one for them to hand the organization to when it’s time for them to step back, and that they may see the eventual demise of the community institution in coming years.

The problem, volunteers and Senior Center leaders said, is simple: Not enough seniors show up.

“Over the years, we’ve tried to get more people to come, but people have their own lives,” said Kathy Dyer. Dyer, 81, formerly served as president of Boulder-Basin Senior Citizens, the nonprofit that operates the center, and currently volunteers at the See N Save thrift store in the same building. The store sends 60% of its profit to the Senior Center, according to current president Ray Cordeiro, 69, and the remaining 40% goes to other local causes. There’s also some funding from the county.