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SHARE Foundation is Where Community is Rooted in Love! We are a not-for-profit Christian organization serving the residential, vocational, & social needs of mentally challenged or other-abled adults. Our 185-acre community, Sharing Meadows, provides a tranquil place for other-abled adults to live, work, & relax in peace & dignity.
History
In 1982, SHARE Foundation with the Handicapped was founded. It supported small agencies that worked primarily with handicapped people. SHARE Foundation gave, through its support of these agencies, much help to the other-abled.
Our mission is to provide residential living, services & support programs for other-abled adults in a peaceful & loving community. We accomplish this mission through recognizing, respecting, & providing for the uniqueness of each individual.
SHARE Foundation’s board of directors is made up of parents of other-abled people and of other interested volunteers representing industries such as finance, education, insurance, and construction.
A Grotto Short Film. Today, Sharing Meadows provides housing, community, and work for all their other-abled residents. Mary shares how living at Sharing Meadows has impacted her. “When I moved here, I really knew I had friends,” she says. “We all laugh together, cry together, it’s great. We’re a big, happy family.”
SHARE Foundation receives no government support whatsoever; we have always relied solely upon private donations & our own fundraising efforts to support our work. Our professional staff is augmented by hundreds of volunteers – friends, students, & professionals, who share their time & their talent.
Share Golf Outing
Join us for our annual Share Golf Outing to benefit the Share Foundation. 2023 date TBD.
Spring Luncheon 2023
Join us on March 29th, 10:30am-2:30pm CST at the Halls of St. George. Hurry space is limited. $50/person Or tables of 10 can be purchased at $500/table.
You’re not done with Christmas shopping yet are you?! Checkout our online shop for some handmade soap by our villagers. Makes perfect stocking stuffers while supporting our mission.
Father Blaney, a retired priest from Northwest Indiana, started the SHARE Foundation over 20 years ago. Understanding the burden parents faced, he became determined that his work be extended into the general community to serve all those in need.
“Camp Sharing Meadows is a perfect fit for our daughter! Her counselors truly take care of her and she calls them her lifelong friends!”
"When we moved from Indiana to Florida, our son said his only requirement was for us to send him to Camp Sharing Meadows for summer camp! It's his highlight of the year!"
"Volunteering at Camp Sharing Meadows is worth my time all the time! Each time I volunteer, I get a better perspective on life and learn more about Christ!"
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We believe everyone should have the opportunity to attend camp, whether that's a short weekend retreat or a long week of camp! Unfortunately, for some of our other-abled friends, they may have never had this experience.
Summer Camp & Weekend Retreats
More people than ever before are interested in attending summer camp & there is a great need for socialization, not just in the summer, but throughout the entire year. We currently hold monthly weekend retreats & a 6-week camp during the summer. The Share Foundation has hosted these camps over the past 40 years with the support of qualified staff, supportive service-minded donors, & our wonderfully enthusiastic campers.
More ways to help? We love donations of every kind! Here are some things we’d love to have donated to us for more fun camp adventures. As always, we accept monetary donations, as well. Thanks in advance for your generosity!
Take a look at some of our schedules from past camps! As each camp is special & truly has its own theme, we don’t have a generic schedule. (We’re really not a generic camp!) However, each Weekend Retreat & Summer Camp has a couple of activities that stay the same. We always have a DJ dance party on Tuesday night, our dress rehearsal for the camp summer play is on Thursday nights, & we have mass together on Saturday or Sunday during Mini-Camp Retreats.
The Share Foundation receives no government support whatsoever; we have always relied solely upon private donations and our own fundraising efforts to support our work.