Ooh De Lally, a nonprofit restaurant in Dundee, which employs formerly incarcerated individuals, is preparing a home at 49th & Underwood Avenue to house employees who otherwise would have trouble finding a place to live. The sober-living house opens May 2, with participants initially living three months free before paying rent of $600 a month.
Metropolitan Community College is hosting a ribbon cutting and open house celebrating its Small Business Development Center (SBDC) designation by the U.S. Small Business Administration on Wednesday, May 6. Metro’s center is located at The Ashton building in Millwork Commons and will be the second federally designated SBDC in Nebraska.
The City of Omaha last week awarded grants totaling $54,520 to 16 neighborhood groups, with more than half supporting food pantries and community gardens. Awarded organizations include City Sprouts, No More Empty Pots and more.
Last week was National Volunteer Week, during which SHARE Omaha hosted its annual Do Good Days and invited hundreds of volunteers to donate time supporting nonprofits across Omaha. During the four-day campaign, volunteers served in over 100 different ways, including reading for Radio Talking Book Service, packing menstrual pad kits for Access Period and collecting litter at Standing Bear Lake with The Blue Bucket Project.