12/03/2024
If you are planning to make a donation for Giving Tuesday, I would encourage you to consider making a gift to The Connection Cafe!
The Connection Cafe is a small non-profit. We depend on the generosity of our friends to continue our mission to serve lunch to the homeless and the food insecure in downtown Des Moines every Monday-Friday.
Please visit our web site at www.theconnectioncafe.org and use the PayPal tab to make or donation. Venmo -Cafe (515-771-1481). or you can send a check to:
The Connection Cafe
600 6th Ave.
Des Moines, IA. 50309
Thank You!
09/19/2020
Spark Stories: Rob Hoover and the Connection Café
Spark Stories is a monthly program which features local leaders and community volunteers sharing their stories about what inspires them to do the work they d...
09/16/2020
Join us Wednesday over lunch for a virtual version of our Spark Stories program! This month we talk with Rob Hoover, director of the Connection Cafe, a free lunch program for homeless and low income individuals and families in downtown Des Moines. https://dmpl.org/events/spark-stories-rob-hoover-and-connection-cafe
04/08/2020
Donate Now - The Connection Cafe
When I was hungry… The Connection Cafe depends on the generosity of our friends, to continue our day to day operations. We have been blessed by the generosity of many individuals, churches and other groups, that have made contributions to the Cafe and we are so thankful. The work that we do is dep...
01/01/2019
Big thanks to all of the people who volunteered at The Connection Cafe this year! You have made a difference in the lives of those we serve! God Bless and Happy New Year!
If you would like to help us financially, just go to our web site and follow the donate now tab. www.theconnectioncafe.org
03/30/2018
Please join us for the Downtown Way of the Cross today beginning at 1:30 at First United Methodist Church. We will process through the streets of downtown, stopping to reflect on Jesus' Passion and themes of Social Justice.
08/08/2017
Thank you to Anne Marie Cox and Jeanne Wells for the discussion on hunger, The Cafe and St. Mary's, this morning. The show will be rebroadcast on 1150 KWKY tonight at 9:00pm. Thank you also to Roberta Gowin who is a guest of the Cafe for helping talk about hunger and The Cafe!
03/30/2018