About Us

The Castle Rock Senior Activity Center exists to bring seniors together. At no other time in a person’s life is there as much isolation as during the senior years, as many are living alone for the first time. Meanwhile, at no other time in a person’s life is there as much free time as during the senior years, after raising families and in demanding careers come to an end. The Castle Rock Senior Activity Center exists to see that people are neither isolated nor idle, both which bring down quality of life. The Center brings seniors together, creates lifelong bonds, and to provides outlets for their talents and interests, along with helping them develop new interests.The face of today’s senior is changing, and we strive to provide programming to meet their diverse needs. The stereotypical senior sitting in a rocking chair passing the time no longer exists. Today’s seniors may be the “60 somethings” who want to be golfing, whitewater rafting, filling their minds with new information or skills, and being willing to volunteer often because they’ve got the time to do it for the first time in their lives. The “80 somethings” may be in need of hot meal programs because cooking isn’t something they want to do anymore, and they may desire low impact exercise programs or just sitting and talking about what’s going on in the world with their friends. They may also have given up driving and are in need of transportation services.You can find all of this and much more at the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center, now with over 1000 members enjoying the average of 150 activities a month offered.

The Castle Rock Senior Center was started by a small group of people in Douglas County as a Senior Citizen Club in 1971. We have evolved into a nonprofit organization with a membership of 900. The center was incorporated in 1992 and received a 501 c(3) designation in 1993. In 1997, we moved to the Community Recreation Center. We have a Service Agreement with the Town of Castle Rock to provide services to the senior community.

The Castle Rock Senior Activity Center provides activities for active independent seniors in our community. Our programs and activities are available to members of the CRSAC and designed for people aged 50 and over who are able to independently function physically and mentally, are reasonably oriented to time and location, and able to manage their own schedules, medication, diet, and hygiene (with or without assistive devices or accompanying caretakers).  Our staff and volunteers are unable to provide any caregiving services including but not limited to physical lifting, pushing wheelchairs, supervision of participants, monitoring or administering medication, monitoring or supervising special diets, or helping manage hygiene, continence, or feeding. If a person is unable to manage independently, they may be able to be accompanied by a caretaker, who must remain with the particpant at all times. If accompaniment by a non-member caretaker (such as a family member or personal care attendant) is desired, please notify staff in advance as space in many activities is limited.  Accompanying caretakers will be charged for activity and attendance fees.

Service vs. Emotional Support Animals

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center allows service animals to accompany people with disabilities, but we do not permit pets or emotional support animals.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, a service animal is one that is trained to do work or perform a task directly related to a person’s disability. Examples include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, or alerting and protecting a person having a seizure. Service animals are working animals, not pets, and the work the dog has been trained to perform must be directly related to the person’s disability. We also ask our members and guests refrain from petting or distracting service animals from their work if they are in the Center.

Emotional support, comfort, therapy, or companion animals do not qualify as service animals under the ADA. Those are terms used to describe animals where their presence provides comfort. Because they have not been trained to perform a specific job or task related to a disability, they are not qualified as service animals. It is a criminal offense in Colorado to intentionally misrepresent an animal as a service animal or service animal in training.

Generally, service animals must remain on the floor and are not allowed on chairs or tables, unless the disability or task requires a different method of control.

In compliance with the ADA, the Castle Rock Senior Center can ask for a service animal to be removed if it:

• Is not under the direct control of the handler at all times. This generally means that the dog must stay with the handler and cannot leave the handler’s presence unless the task the animal is trained to do requires temporary movement.
• Is not leashed, harnessed, or tethered (exceptions only if the disability or task requires a different method of control).
• Is not housebroken.
• Is out of control and the handler cannot or will not take effective action to control it. “Out of control” could include repeated barking, chewing on or damaging property, or jumping or lunging at people.
• If the animal’s behavior poses a threat to others’ health or safety.

Thank you for respecting our policies.