Food Programs:
Perishables:
Each Monday and Wednesday, the GNCC distributes food provided
by local stores and the Food Bank of Lincoln between 10am-12pm.
No appointment needed to come in for perishables.
Food Net:
Every Sunday at 3pm-4pm, Allon Chapel Seventh-Day Adventist Church is
on site hosting Food Net.
No appointment or Client ID needed.
Non-Perishables:
The GNCC distributes food from the city wide Lincoln Pantry
System. The GNCC also distributes food for boxes made from donations
received
from the community.
Clients can receive food every 30 days.
NOTE: Appointment needed before one can come in for a pantry. Call
us at 9am to set up an appointment. We do not call back
so
make sure you get someone on the phone to be able to come in.
Grandparents Room:
Grandparents are invited to shop every other year for their grandchildren
during the holiday season. Grandchildren must be 10 years old or
younger. GNCC posts the sign up dates for this and grandparents
need to bring in social security cards for their grandchildren to receive
their gifts.
Note: Please call to make an appointment.
HPRP Referral Program:
Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-Housing is a program aimed at helping with
the homeless situation in Lincoln. We assist those who are about to become
homeless by doing the initial intake for Region V System. They ask us
to make sure we see an eviction notice before taking the appointment.
Note: Please call to make an appointment.
MENA HOPE Project:
The MENA provides assistance for persons from the Middle East and
North Africa. Classes provided include: Healthy cooking, Citizenship,
Swimming, and Sewing.
NOTE: Please call Zainab Al-baaj for more information.
ESL Classes:
A teacher from South East Community College is on site three times a week to
work with level 2 students.
NOTE: Call South East Community College for more
details at 1-800-642-4075 to sign up and asked to be placed at the Good Neighbor
Community
Center location.
GED Classes:
Every Tuesday and Thursday evening the center provides GED classes in corroboration
with South East Community College.
NOTE: Call SCC for more details at 1-800-642-4075
to sign up and asked to be placed at the Good Neighbor Community Center Location.
Computer Classes:
We offer introduction to computer classes and have a lab where clients can
use computers to do job searches and work on computer skills.
Days for these classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am-12pm.
NOTE: No appointment is needed for this program.
Diaper Club:
Mothers with children 2 years old and younger can receive 12
diapers (or less depending on donations) every month.
NOTE: No appointment is needed
to come in for
diapers.
Taxes:
GNCC works with Union College to help with tax filing during the
tax season. Dates will be posted when the season is on.
NOTE: No appointment necessary.
Other Programs:
-We offer new quilts
to victims of fire and other natural disasters.
We also offer this to new families in the country. We encourage clients
to bring a fire report from the police/red cross showing they were victims
of fire.
NOTE: Appointment preferred but will will consider each case if
one comes without an appointment.
- We sell monthly bus passes for $8 to low
income families and the HandiVan pass for $16 Proof of eligibility
(which is 200% poverty
level) and Photo ID is required by Star Tran before we can
sell these passes.
NOTE: No appointment necessary.
