ROCHESTER — The kitchen at the Rochester Senior Center is getting an update and will be closed from Thursday, Feb. 27 to Monday, March 2 for the renovation. It will get a fresh coat of paint, new stainless steel counter tops, appliances and cabinets.

The Senior Center was constructed in June of 2002, and is hoping for new refrigeration in the near future. This unit was one of the requests at the Rochester Capital Planning meeting in January. The renovations are being paid for by a $20,000 grant from the state. The Friends of the Rochester Senior Center, COA volunteers, and the office of Senator Michael Rodriques coordinated the grant.

The Rochester Senior Center kitchen is used to make breakfast Monday through Friday from 7 to 9 a.m., special luncheons on Mondays, senior congregate lunches Tuesday through Thursday, various special dinners, fundraisers and parties, monthly Veteran’s Socials, and much more.

Pictures of the volunteers hard at work on the new kitchen are forthcoming and can be viewed on the Senior Center’s Facebook page.

To help with the renovation contact the Senior Center at 508-763-8723. Leave a message for Mike Cambra.