The Shalom Community Center Mission

The Shalom Community Center is a safe, daytime resource center for people experiencing homelessness and poverty.

Shalom Community Center is dedicated to relieving the plight of people experiencing homelessness and poverty in South Central Indiana. Since access to food, housing, education, and health and human services are fundamental human rights, we seek to meet these basic needs. As a nonprofit resource center, we deliver social services directly and in coalition with other agencies in a respectable, secure environment. We advocate for the most vulnerable among us and promote ties that empower people to develop their potential and to take responsibility for their own lives.

OUR NEW HOME

Shalom Community Center has a new permanent home at 620 S. Walnut in Bloomington.  Our grand opening was August 2, 8:00 am with a ceremonial ribbon cutting.

Musician/songwriter Kent Johnson had the honor of cutting the ribbon as seen here in the photo.  By the way, his CD is still available to purchase with all proceeds going to support Shalom.

The needed renovations to the building took only 2 months thanks to the many donors that helped us with the renovations costs, the wonderful contractors, and Jim Harvey who helped over see the construction and acquisition of needed equipment and materials.

Another thank you to all the volunteers that helped with the physical move the last week of July.  We could not have done it without you!!!

We are now settling in nicely and very grateful for our beautiful space.   Please come by for a visit or, if your interested in volunteering for Shalom, go to the Volunteering for Shalom link to the left of this screen.

Special thanks to First United Methodist Church, First Christian Church, and Trinity Episcopal Church for their extreme generosity in donating such wonderful spaces to our organization!!! Thanks to Cresent Donut, the Bakehouse, Bloomington Bagel Company, Bloomingfoods, and Hoosier Hills Food Bank for all of your wonderful food donations!

Shalom Community Center, 620 S. Walnut, P.O. Box 451, Bloomington, Indiana 47402-0451, admin@shalomcommunitycenter.org