Please Join Us In Making The Vision Of Renovating The St. Michaels Community Center A Reality

Renewing, Rebuilding, & Revitalizing Our Community Center
The time has come for our St. Michael's Community Center to become what our entire Bay Hundred community deserves, and for us to join together as we renew, rebuild, and revitalize our building to serve, empower, and connect our community. 

And now, we have an anonymous donor who is 100% matching your gifts to the capital campaign now through July 1, 2022 only. (Multi-year pledges are also accepted. See pledge form below.)

​We’re launching our first-ever capital campaign to build a center where people of all ages will have a safe and comfortable place to be together.  
  • To give our neighbors the services they need in a facility designed to support that vital work
  • To give our community a building that can support much richer cultural programs that will engage the entire community 

​It’s an ambitious effort to make sure our neighbors have what they need—a real Community Center, a Community Center that will be environmentally sustainable and accessible by everyone.
Serving Our Community With A Modernized Building
Our dream is to transform our old lumber warehouse into a modern, ADA compliant, efficient Community Center whose vernacular architecture will harmonize with the historic Union United Methodist Church across the street.
It’s an ambitious effort to make sure our neighbors have what they need—a real Community Center, a Community Center that will be environmentally sustainable and accessible by everyone.
Empowering & Connecting Our Community With More Comfortable, Accessible Spaces
We’re launching our first-ever capital campaign to build a center where people of all ages will have a safe and comfortable place to be together. ​
  • To give our neighbors the services they need in a facility designed to support that vital work
  • To give our community a building that can support much richer cultural programs that will engage the entire community ​
Our History And Humble Beginnings
For more than 30 years, the St. Michaels Community Center has been the heart of our community, providing an array of services—​from food assistance and distribution to after school and summer programs for children, from BINGO and exercise programs for Seniors to the popular Summer Concert Series—to any and everyone in our community. 

As the need for our services has grown over the past 30 years, so has the St. Michaels Community Center.

Our first home was in the St. Michaels Elementary School. In 2009, when we outgrew that space, we were able to rent a vacant warehouse in St. Michaels' historic commercial district that was built 80 years ago to store lumber. We purchased that space in 2015, and it is still our home today. 
The Time To Renovate Is Overdue
But that old warehouse was never intended to be used as a community center. We've done a very good job making do, but the time has come, and is in fact overdue, to renovate our physical home to match the high caliber of programs and services we offer and our community deserves.
Asking For Your Support
Thanks to a major grant from the State of Maryland, and generous gifts from our supporters, we are more than halfway to reaching our goal.

But halfway won't get us to where we need to go, which is why we are inviting you to participate in this campaign through your support.

​Please consider making a gift or multiyear pledge to help transform our facilities and keep the heart of our community running strong.

Please Make Your Gift Today. Thank You!  

Downloads:
 - Frequently Asked Questions
 - Pledge Form
 - 2021 Year In Review

View: Making the Case for a Renovated Building

In The News:
 - News: St. Michaels Community Center Renovations Begin, Harper & Sons tapped as General Contractor
 - The Talbot Spy Interview:
    It Takes A Village To Build A Community Center:
​    A Chat with SMCC's Langley Shook
 - News: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin Visits SMCC
​ - News: Campaign Announcement

Watch Our Campaign Video Here:

Listen In: Talbot Spy Interview with Langley Shook

Our Needs Are As Simple As They Are Urgent
We need a full commercial kitchen to continue to produce the number of meals we are distributing, and to provide workforce training

​We need new and up-to-date classrooms to house our after-school programs
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We need a safe and accessible space for our seniors

Your Donations Help Make A Difference In The Work We Can Achieve

Features Of The New St. Michaels Community Center
The new facility will include a modern, well-equipped commercial kitchen, where we can train people for jobs in restaurants and hotels, and from which we can continue to serve tens of thousands of meals to those in need. 

A Technology Center where students can do their homework and with space for community gatherings is also included in our plans, along with classrooms where Chesapeake College and others can provide high level instruction right in the middle of town. 

Floor Plans & Architectural Renderings:

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Street View


​We’re excited to share that the St. Michaels Community Center has earned a 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency with Candid! You can support our work with continued trust and confidence by viewing our Nonprofit Profile Here.
Poverty, hunger, and homelessness are just as much a part of the life in St. Michaels and Talbot County as are the quaint inns, quiet coves, and clear waters for which we are widely, and justly, known.