Westgate Speaker Series
Tue, Nov 16
|Omaha
Westgate Neighborhood Association will host a program on Tuesday, November 16, at 6:30 p.m. at West Hills Church, 82nd and Hascall Streets. The subject will be the homeless, panhandlers and what can be done to help them, including some who can be seen regularly in and around Westgate.


Time & Location
Nov 16, 2021, 6:30 PM
Omaha, 3015 S 82nd Ave, Omaha, NE 68124, USA
About the Event
Westgate Neighborhood Association will host a program on Tuesday, November 16, at 6:30 p.m. at West Hills Church, 82nd and Hascall Streets. The subject will be the homeless, panhandlers and what can be done to help them, including some who can be seen regularly in and around Westgate.
Speakers will include representatives from a downtown Omaha cafe that helps the downtrodden in several ways. A local therapist will explain why homelessness, addictions and poverty exist and how victims can be helped. Table Grace Cafe, at 1611 1/2 Farnam Street, has been donation-based for more than 10 years. It evolved from Table Grace Ministries, founded in 2008 by Simone and Matt Weber. It serves lunch Monday through Saturday and its patrons are those who live or work in the area including attorneys, working poor, executives and homeless. The café delivers a dignified and equitable platform to nourish all who are hungry. In 2018 they…