The Senior Center offers a variety of ongoing recreational activities to anyone age 50 and older. There is a coffee/snack bar in the lobby, along with comfortable chairs, game tables and a fireplace. The auditorium/multipurpose room was retained and seats up to 300. The Center also has a full service, commercial grade kitchen. Activities include woodshop, lapidary, cards, billiards, bingo, painting, and dances. Classes are also offered through Adult Education in sessions that last approximately 10 weeks at a time, and can include aerobics, ballroom dance, ceramics, creative arts, painting, Senior theater, Zumba, and western line dance. Services on site include specialized workshops, a nurse, case manager, notary, health insurance/medicare representative, legal assistance, and a nutrition meal program. The Senior Center also sells transit passes for seniors and the disabled (BART and bus tickets).

The Senior Center has a Computer Lab with 14 computers. A 3,000 sq. ft. fitness area has 38 pieces of commercial-quality exercise equipment on a rubberized floor, and the 7,000 sq. ft. natatorium (indoor pool area) features a lap pool, a warm water pool and a spa. The Santa Clara Senior Center is the first senior center in the Bay Area to have indoor pools, locker rooms and individual showers. Residents who are 50 years or older can use the Center at no charge; they may bring a guest for an additional fee.Individuals 18 years and up who have a qualifying disability/permanent medical condition, may also participate in the open use Fitness/Aquatics Program (ID Fit Program) held at the Senior Center.

The Senior Tour program, Adventures to Go offers day, overnight, and extended trips to a variety of places within the area and out of the area. It is one of the most extensive tour programs in the Bay Area.