Now through December 31, 2026 your donation to Community Action’s Gathering Place will double!
Through December 31, 2026, donations to Community Action's Gathering Place will be matched $1 for $1.
For over 40 years, the Gathering Place has been a constant in our community—a trusted refuge offering free evening meals to individuals facing homelessness, housing instability, or food insecurity.
For our neighbors like Nate, Bruce, and Denise, The Gathering Place is more than a meal. It's where they are safe, known, and accepted. That stability is rare for these neighbors of ours, and for many others.
Your support makes that possible. This is the most impactful time to support the Gathering Place.
Give today. Through December 31, your gift will be matched $1 for $1, creating twice the opportunity for our neighbors.
As Bruce says -
“To me, it doesn't matter what the food is. You know, but I like how everyone says hello, you know? How you doing?”
Only you can keep the Gathering Place’s doors open every evening. You ensure no questions are asked of our guests, and that we we all show up as we are. Within this hour, the robbing powers of hunger and cold are calmed.
In 2026, demand for the Gathering Place's services continued on an all-time high.
2,000 more meals than the previous year were served.
- We provided, and continue to provide, meals to an average of 150 people per night.
- We consistently serve over 4,000 meals a month, free of charge.
- In the last 12 months, we've served 57,586 meals.
With the generous support of people like you, we've been able to meet this need.
To keep pace with the need, we must raise $400,000.
You can help us meet this goal.
Yet you won't be acting alone.
Through December 31st, your gift will be matched 1:1, thanks to generous support from this year's lead sponsor, Acklie Charitable Foundation, and additional sponsors. This is the most impactful time to support the Gathering Place.
For Denise, Nate, Bruce, and many of our neighbors, the Gathering Place is a true source of warmth, dignity, and hope. Your gift of a meal is a connection. A connection becomes hope. And as Denise says:
“Hope is the fuel to never giving up.”
Thank you for considering a gift to Community Actions' Gathering Place as a way to nourish and enrich the lives of your neighbors.
DONATE NOW or mail contributions to:
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
Attn: The Gathering Place
210 O Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
