Serving lunch to the hungry and homeless since 2004
Feeding the hungry...
The Connection Cafe is a free lunch program for homeless and low income people in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. We serve lunch at noon every Monday-Friday to our honored guests.
We operate under the auspices of The Bridge, which is a non-profit, ecumenical organization that includes four downtown churches: St. John's Lutheran Church, St. Ambrose Catholic Cathedral, First United Methodist, and the Cathedral Church of St. Paul Episcopal.
We rely on your generosity...
We rely on the generosity of volunteer groups who provide, prepare and serve lunch to an average of over 130 guests, 5 days a week. Groups can be families, friends, church groups, school groups, business groups or civic groups. We have groups as small as two and as large as 10 or more. Lunch can be whatever the group decides within a few guidelines.
Meal Site at:
St. John's Lutheran Church
600 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA. 50309
“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”
― Kahlil Gibran
