2023 Programs of Excellence Award Winners

Every year through its National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC), NCOA honors outstanding efforts made by senior centers across the nation to offer innovative, creative, and impactful programs for older adults. Each program is proof of the important work that happens at senior centers. And these programs serve as models for senior center staff across the country to implement in their communities. 
2023 Programs of Excellence Awards winnersMarketing/Public Relations

• Winner: The CSC Discovery Network—Colchester Senior Center
• Honorable mention: Talk of the Town—Bernardston Senior Center

Intergenerational

• Winner: A Visit with our Transition Academy Friends—Berlin Senior Center
• Honorable mention: Passing the Torch—Motion Picture & Television Fund

Health and Wellness

• Winner: Pride in the Park—Center in the Park, Philadelphia
• Honorable mention: Life Purpose Wellness Challenge—Hillborough County Aging Services,Progress Village Senior Center
• Honorable mention: Wellness Space & Mental Health Program—ONEgeneration Senior Enrichment Center

Nutrition

• Winner: HEAL (Healthy Eating, Aging, Living) Nutrition Education Program—City of San Antonio
• Honorable mention:  Golden Bites: Fun and Flavorful Nutrition Education—Hillsborough County Aging Services

Technology, Virtual, and Hybrid Programming

• Winner: Stories from the View Podcast—East Longmeadow Council on Aging
• Honorable mention: Technology Training and SKYPE WITH SCOPE—SCOPE Senior Services of Trunbull County

Social and Support Services

• Winner: Creation of a Social Services Division in a Senior Center—Forsyth County Senior Services
• Honorable mention: Senior Advocate Program—McMinn Senior Activity Center
• Honorable mention: Veterans Coffee Club—Muncie/Delaware County Senior Citizen Center

Modernizing Senior Centers Innovation

• Winner: Wellness on Wheels-Mobile Senior Center—Center 50+
• Honorable mention: Silver Pride—Senior Friendship Centers

"We are thrilled every year to recognize the innovation and creativity of senior centers as they improve the lives of older adults in their communities," said Dianne Stone, NCOA's Associate Director, Center for Healthy Aging. 
These programs impact the lives of older adults in so many ways and provide example and inspiration for senior centers across the country."