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Shelby County Pantry Pals
Mission: To engage Shelby County in providing area food pantries with the necessary annual resources to fulfill their food supply needs.
About: Shelby County Pantry Pals is organized by a group of concerned local citizens in Shelby County concerned about the severe shortage of food supplies that eight food pantries have been facing for the past several years.
Read MoreShelby County Players
Mission Statement: The mission of Shelby County Players, Inc. is to provide quality live theater experiences to Shelby and surrounding counties. Shelby County Players promotes active participation for actors, directors, and technical crew from within our community. The services and activities of Shelby County Players are at all times administered on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to color, national origin, sex, religious preference, creed, age, or physical impairment.
Read MoreShelby County Public Library
Mission Statement: The Shelby County Public Library is a community resource committed to promoting life-long learning. We will be a partner of the community where all citizens can thrive in an inspiring and welcoming environment.
Read MoreShelby County Public Library: Genealogy & Local History Dept.
About: The Genealogy & Local History Department of the Shelby County Public Library offers carefully curated local and Central Indiana resources, research help, genealogy workshops/programs, and compiled online resources to help everyone. A subscription to Ancestry.com is also available to use while in the Genealogy Department of either branch: Shelbyville (*located in the Carnegie East Wing) and Morristown.
Read MoreShelby County Reads
Mission: Shelby County Reads is our One-Community, One-Read program. Each year a committee meets to choose a book title for the community to read and to develop programming that enhances the theme of the book. Titles for our younger readers are also selected that relate to the main book.
Read MoreShelby County Special Olympics
Mission: To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, offering them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Read MoreShelby County Tourism & Visitors Bureau
Mission Statement: The Shelby County Tourism & Visitors Bureau is a professional destination marketing and management organization, whose mission is to strengthen the community by advancing economic growth and vitality through tourism, overnight stays, and encouraging significant participation by visitors in the local tourism economy and help creating a better quality of place.
Read MoreShelby County Youth Assistance Program
Mission Statement: A voluntary program for children and their families, focusing on preventative services. Children will be referred and then evaluated and referred for services based on eligibility and need. Inclusive criteria includes Shelby County residency, between ages 3 and 17 at the time of referral, and determination of “at risk.”
Read MoreShelby Senior Services
Mission Statement: To respond to the ever-changing needs of seniors and their families, to affect in positive ways their quality of life, and to assist in maintaining their independence.
Read MoreShelbyville Community Church
About: A community of imperfect people who have collided with the saving grace of Jesus. Our heart is to passionately reflect God’s love throughout central Indiana by making disciples and bringing hope and healing to our community.
Read MoreShelbyville Ivy Tech Sharing Shelf
About: The sharing shelf at our campus supplies students on the go with snacks and quick meals to keep them focused at school. Our goal is to keep the students studying, successful and staying to complete their education. The food you provide helps students meet that goal. Drop off donations at the Shelbyville Ivy Tech campus or contact Adriel at apike26@ivytech.edu to learn more about the sharing shelf.
Read MoreShelbyville Parks & Recreation
Mission Statement: To offer a variety of passive and active opportunities for the community to enjoy. Opportunities for family time, quiet peaceful walks, lunches with friends, and recreational activities that ease the mind and strengthen the body.
Read MoreSouthwestern Jr/Sr High School: Food Pantry
About: Southwestern Jr/Sr High School has a food pantry that is open on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 5:30-6:15pm. *To receive assistance, you must live in the Southwestern school district or have a student at Southwestern schools.
Read MoreSt. Joseph Catholic Church
Mission: The mission of St. Joseph Parish is to be the living body of Christ in Shelby County through worship, service, formation and community; Major Events: Cross Enactment (April); Spring Festival (May); Kermes Festival (September); Oktoberfest (September)
Read MoreSt. Vincent de Paul Society
Mission Statement: Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are men and women who strive to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to individuals in need. We are young and old. Our members come in every shade of skin color. Some of us are wealthy, some are financially poor, but all of us are blessed with an awareness that our time, talent or treasures are to be shared with our brothers and sisters in need
Read MoreThe Strand Theatre
Mission Statement: We believe that we live in a community of wonderfully talented people. Too many times we fail to realize the talent that walks amongst us every day. The Strand is a place to showcase our community for who we are and what we do. Shelby County has a proud history. The Strand is committed to helping our citizens realize our proud heritage of the past, present and future. We believe that through the efforts put forth on our stage, we can positively impact the quality of life for all citizens of our County. To do this, we are committed to bringing a variety of entertaiment to our theatre, while making it accessible for the novice to the professional.
Read MoreTri Kappa Shelbyville
Mission: Bringing women into close, unselfish, relationship for the promotion of charity, culture, and education
Read MoreTrinity United Methodist Church
About: Trinity United Methodist Church is a family-friendly, Christ-driven church that is all about worshiping God and building eternal relationships. M2M Food Pantry- 1st and 3rd Tuesday evenings from 3 to 6 pm at Trinity UMC. Homebound Delivery is available. Please enter through the ramp entrance on Fair Ave. Hot Meal- Bible Study and dinner for all ages is offered every Thursday at 7pm.
Read MoreTurning Point
Mission Statement: To work toward the prevention and the elimination of domestic and dating violence.
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