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Thank you for Supporting Our Campaign!
To Donate to the Capital Campaign click the Donate Button Below.


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​May 20, 2024 Ribbon Cutting


Poverty, hunger, and homelessness are just as much a part of life in St. Michaels and Talbot County as are the charming inns, quiet coves, and clear waters for which we are widely, and justly, known.
We're 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. 

​We’ve launched 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.
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

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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

Serving Our Community With A Modernized Building
Support toward this fundraising campaign will help 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
This is SMCC's first-ever capital campaign supporting a renovated building 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 the Bay Hundred community a building that can support much richer cultural programs that will engage the entire community ​

Floor Plans & Architectural Renderings:
Click on any image to enlarge. Renderings courtesy McInturff Architects.

First Floor Plan
Image courtesy of McInturff Architects
Rendering - Renovated St. Michaels Community Center during the day
Architectural rendering of the renovated St. Michaels Community Center, expected to be completed in early 2024.
Rendering during the day, front of building
Second Floor Office Space Rendering
Elevation, Line Drawing
In The News/Updates:
  • Jan Kirsh's Community Connections,  New Gardens for the St. Michaels Community Center, Tidewater Times, (December 2023)
  • St. Michaels Community Center Receives Record Private Foundation Grant to Support Capital Campaign (August 30, 2023)
  • Shore United Bank Invests in St. Michaels Community Center Renovations (July 7, 2023)
  • The Talbot Spy's Interview: Catching up with SMCC's Executive Director Patrick Rofe (June 27, 2023)
  • St. Michaels Community Center receives Clark Foundation Investment (June 20, 2023)
  • The Talbot Spy: St. Michaels Community Center Welcomes New Board Members and Officers
    (April 7, 202
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  • The Talbot Spy Revives Distinguished Speaker Series on May 18 with Renowned Architect Mark McInturff (April 4, 2023)
  • Renovation Update on YouTube - Up Goes SMCC (April 3, 2023)
  • Renovation Tour on YouTube (March 3, 2023)
  • St. Michaels Community Center names Culinary & Hospitality Advisory Team (February 1, 2023)
  • WBOC-TV Segment: St. Michaels Community Center to get Facelift (Dec. 26, 2022)
  • Video Tour with Architect Mark McInturff (Dec. 5, 2022)
  • Renovations Begin, Harper & Sons tapped as General Contractor (Nov. 21, 2022)
  • The Talbot Spy Interview: It Takes A Village To Build A Community Center (June 6, 2022)
  • U.S. Senator Ben Cardin Visits SMCC (May 18, 2022)
  • ​Capital Campaign Announcement (May 11, 2022)
  • ​Watch: Capital Campaign Introductory Video (Dec. 21, 2021)​

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The Impact of Your Investment in our Capital Campaign

  • The St. Michaels Community Center provides more than 2,500 meals each week through our Community Café and Pantry. Our first-ever capital campaign will help us meet increasing numbers of participants once we are in the new building. 
  • SMCC also provides 70 meals delivered to neighbors in need each week and more than 200 meals each Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
  • We serve our neighbors in need, including our working poor, those facing mental and physical disabilities, and our senior citizens, with the area served spanning from the Oak Creek bridge to Tilghman Island.
  • SMCC's food distribution programs receive limited support from St. Vincent de Paul of Easton and the Maryland Food Bank and are supplemented to meet our community's needs through private, tax-deductible donations to our Annual Fund. 

Join Our Race to the Finish Line
Download our brochure here or click on the image below to see more. 
Join our Race to the Finish Line

Recent Photos:
Renovations Underway

Updated November 27, 2023. Click on any image to enlarge.
Several photos are courtesy of Harper & Sons, Inc. Carpenter & Photographer Bryan Paul and McInturff Architects, 
The renovations are anticipated to be completed in early 2024.
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New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
New Foundation in Progress - Work in late April, early May, 2023
Exterior work continues
Prepping for second floor installation
The Clerestory is being constructed. Taken March 20, 2023
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Culinary Arts & Hospitality Advisory Team, Workforce Development Program:
  • Jason Mullen, Dean | Chesapeake College Workforce Programs 
  • Chef Gregory James | The Inn at Perry Cabin
  • Chef Derek Dilley | Ava's Pizzeria & Theo's Steakhouse
  • Chef Gina Werner | Gina's Café
  • Chef Chris Moyer, CEC, CRC, Corporate Executive Chef | Perdue Farms Culinary Team​​

Downloads:
 - Frequently Asked Questions (May 2022)
 - Pledge Form
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2023 Year in Review
 - 2022 Year in Review
 - The Case for a Renovated Building ​



​Renovation Project Team:
  •  Architect | McInturff Architects
  •  Engineer | Lane Engineering, LLC
  •  Contractor | Harper & Sons, Inc. ​

Please Make Your Community Investment Today
Thank You!  

​Please consider making a gift or multiyear pledge to help close the gap in our fundraising to help our neighbors in need with this much-needed facility.


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 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.

Your Donations Help Make A Difference In The Work We Can Achieve - Thank You!


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  • About Us
    • News
    • Our Mission & Vision
    • Renovated Building & Campaign
    • Board of Directors & Team
    • Resources & Acknowledgements
  • Programs & Services
    • Community Café
    • Community Pantry & Food Support
    • Community Events
    • Senior & Adult Programs
    • Youth Programs
    • Community Garden
    • Job Board
    • Inclement Weather Policy
  • Donate
  • Volunteer
  • Treasure Cove Thrift Shop
  • Contact