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 is needed to come in for perishables.

Food Net:
Every Sunday at 3pm-4pm, Allon Chapel Seventh-Day Adventist Church will be hosting Food Net at the center. 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 12 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.

MOMS:
Mothers Offering Moms Support (MOMS) is a caring support group for mothers. It teaches skills and gives confidence to the moms. The group works on crafts, cooking and parenting skills. MOMS meets the first and third Thursdays of the month during the school year. Every mother is welcome and babysitting is provided.

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. 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. You can 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. You can 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 Mondays and Wednesdays between 11am-12pm.

Diaper Club:
Mothers with children 2 years old and younger can receive 12 diapers every month. No appointment is needed to come in for diapers.

Taxes:
GNCC works with Union College to help with tax filing.

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.

- We sell monthly bus passes for $7.50 to low income families and the HandiVan pass for $15 Proof of eligibility (which is 200% poverty level) and Photo ID is required by Star Tran before we can sell these passes.

-We have a crisis fund that helps with house eviction notices, shut off notices for electricity and gas. For this program, we only help with $50 after a client has received help from other agencies. Clients must bring their notices and need to make appointments on Monday or Wednesday at 9.00am. First person to call gets the appointment.