Comiendo Juntas at Assisi House

Comiendo Juntos is a community program for seniors that started with the support of Baltimore City’s Commission on Aging to address Baltimore’s influx of aging Hispanic immigrants. Twice a month, approximately 20 Hispanic seniors gather at Assisi House at St. Patrick’s Church for food, community, and presentations from the community on relevant topics and services. Members of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medicine International work together to secure volunteers, funding, and speakers from Hopkins, many of whom are bi­lingual students, clinicians and physicians who present on health topics relevant to the senior population, such as diabetes, nutrition, cancer, high blood pressure, stroke, heart health, and glaucoma.
Category: Community Stability and Growth
Support: Financially Supported
Personnel [Staff] Supported
Location: Community Based
Street Address: 1728 Bank St, 21231
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Contact: Jeanne Velez, Executive Director
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Phone: (410) 276-5809
Internal Department: Johns Hopkins International
Email: international@jhmi.edu
Phone: (443) 955-8132
Keywords: Hispanic
Latino
public health
seniors