Services – SHARE Center

Community Meals

Each year, the SHARE Center serves over 30,000 healthy and delicious meals to individuals and families. We have worked with Hunger Free Calhoun to ensure that between the SHARE Center and our community partners, a meal is available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week.

Drop-In Resource Center

Drop-In Centers provide a safe space that is conducive for people's recovery from issues with addiction and/or mental health. The SHARE Center offers peer supports, referrals, a variety of support groups, as well as enrichment and community inclusion activities.

The SHARE Center serves over 5,000 people each year including over 250 veterans. We provide basic necessities and transportation assistance to our consumers.

ID and Vital Records

A state ID is required for employment, banking, and receiving social services. Each year, our dedicated staff helps roughly 200 homeless individuals overcome the documentation and financial barriers they face when trying to obtain a state ID and vital records.

Drop-In Resource Center

The SHARE Center provides a safe space that is conducive for recovery by offering numerous resources for enrichment and growth. We have on-site services, support groups, and resources to help people recover from homelessness, poor mental health, and addiction.

Some of the enrichment activities we offer are: Art Classes, Gardening, Yoga, Field Trips, a Library, Computer Lab, and Support Groups. Click here for more information.

The SHARE Center hosts weekly peer support meetings for Narcotics Anonymous, a Women's Group, and a Bi-Polar Group. The current meeting schedule is:

Bi-Polar Group: Saturdays, 1-2:30pm in person or via Google Meet

Narcotics Anonymous: Saturdays, 3-4pm in person or via Google Meet

Women's Group: Thursdays, 1pm

Life Skills Classes: On hold due to COVID

Referrals and Basic Needs

The SHARE Center can also provide referrals to our extensive network of community partners. Many of our consumers are also experiencing homelessness, so we offer blankets, hygiene supplies, hats, gloves, and clothing to our consumers who need them.

Community Meals Program

There are over 25,000 food insecure individuals in Calhoun County. Each year, the SHARE Center serves roughly 30,000 healthy and delicious meals to individuals and families. We serve meals every day of the year and have recently expanding our services to cover times during the week when someone would not have anywhere to go for a hot meal.

Meal Schedule September - May

Breakfast: Every morning except Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30

Lunch: Everyday except Saturday from 12-1

Saturday Brunch: 11-12

Dinner: Every night except Fridays from 5:30 to 6:30

Friday Dinner: 6-7

Meal Schedule June - August

Breakfast: Sundays 9:30am (M-F Provided by St. Thomas's)

Lunch: Everyday except Saturday from 12-1

Saturday Brunch: 11-12

Dinner: Every night except Fridays from 5:30 to 6:30

Friday Dinner: 6-7

ID and Vital Records

State IDs and County Vital Records are required for employment, banking, schooling, and enrollment in social service programs. In fact, studies indicate nearly half of the homeless population in the U.S. have been denied access to basic needs services because they did not have an ID. For many homeless people, the documentation and financial requirements make obtaining a state ID and a birth certificate impossible.

Our dedicated staff assists homeless individuals track down needed documents and cover the costs associated with getting IDs and vital records. In 2018, our efforts earned recognition from the Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness at their annual Breakfast of Champions event.

Enrichment Activities

SHARE is an acronym for Self-Help, Awareness, Recovery, and Enrichment. We offer a number of enrichment activities and resources including; a library, computer lab, gardening, art, music, yoga, field trips, and support groups for Bi-Polar, Narcotics Anonymous, Men, Women, and Veterans. We also offer a Life Skills class once a week.

One of our newest additions is the SHARE Center Garden. The garden is part of our overall approach of offering a variety of healthy and enriching activities. There is a lot of research demonstrating the mental and physical health benefits of gardening. It provides a relaxing opportunity to engage in a meaningful and productive activity.

Thanks to support from the Leila Arboretum, Senior Services of Southwest MI., and the Rotary Club of Battle Creek, the SHARE Center now has its own garden. Kathy Antaya from the Leila Arboretum works with our Women's Group and other interested consumers on planting, growing, watering, and controlling bugs and weeds.