GLSS is a non-profit agency established in 1976 to serve those 60 and older and the disabled in Lynn, Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott. Many of our programs reach beyond our five-town service area, helping people throughout the North Shore.

• We deliver over 200,000 “Meals on Wheels” to homes every year, and serve an additional 140,000 meals at our 8 community cafés.
  
• We provide over 300,000 rides annually for seniors and the disabled who live in 23 North Shore communities, including Boston.
  
• We employ 480 trained staff, and have 100 caring people who donate their time to help.
  
• We are a federal Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and also state certified as an Aging Services Access Point (ASAP).
  
• We are part of the Mass Home Care network, a group of 30 non-profits dedicated to serving seniors in every city and town in Massachusetts, as well as the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4A), the umbrella organization for the 655 AAAs in the United States.

Most GLSS services for those 60 and older are funded in whole or in part by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA), and the U.S. Administration on Aging.

Click on the link to download a copy of the Introduction or Executive Summary of our 2006–2009 Area Plan, submitted this year to the State Executive Office of Elder Affairs.