A Shared Calendar for Your Shelter
Meal times, intake hours, volunteer shifts, community services — synced to every phone. No app to download. No accounts needed.
Create Your Shelter Calendar — FreeSound familiar?
It's 5:45 PM on a cold Thursday. Someone walks to your shelter for a hot meal, but the kitchen closed at 5:30 today because of a schedule change. They didn't know — the posted hours on the door still say 6:00. They leave hungry.
A case worker from a partner agency sends a client to your shelter for the Tuesday job skills workshop. The client shows up at 10 AM, but the workshop moved to Wednesdays last month. Nobody told the partner agency. The client spent bus fare to get there for nothing.
Your volunteer coordinator spends every Monday morning fielding calls and texts from weekend volunteers: "Am I on for Saturday?" "What time does my shift start?" "Is the clothing closet open this week?" She answers the same questions over and over instead of focusing on the people who need help.
How it works for shelters
Add your shelter schedule
Enter meal times, intake hours, workshops, and volunteer shifts. Add the day, time, and any details people need to know.
Share with everyone who needs it
Share the link with volunteers, partner agencies, case workers, and community members. They tap once to subscribe.
Schedule appears on every phone
Your shelter schedule shows up in their calendar app — alongside their own appointments. Always current, always accurate.
When people know your schedule, they can count on you. Start your shelter calendar for free.
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Here's what shelters typically put on their shared calendar:
What this looks like in practice
Maria, the shelter director, updates the weekly calendar on Monday morning. She adds the Thursday dental clinic, adjusts Friday's dinner time because of a staffing change, and notes that the clothing closet will be open Saturday. Ten minutes and the whole week is set.
Jason, a volunteer who comes in on weekends, checks his phone Wednesday night. He sees "Saturday Kitchen Shift — 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Enter through side door" on his calendar. He doesn't need to call the shelter or check an email chain. He sets his alarm and shows up ready.
On Tuesday, a partner agency cancels the Wednesday job fair at the shelter. The program coordinator removes the event from the dashboard. By that evening, everyone who subscribed — volunteers, case workers, community partners — sees the updated schedule. No one shows up for an event that isn't happening.
How iCalFeed compares
vs. Posted hours on the door
They go out of date. People show up based on old information and get turned away.
The calendar on their phone is always current. Changes sync automatically.
vs. Word of mouth
Information gets distorted. "Dinner is at 5" becomes "I think dinner is around 6."
Exact times and details on their calendar. No guessing, no miscommunication.
vs. Calling the shelter
Staff spend hours answering the same scheduling questions instead of serving guests.
The schedule is on their phone. Fewer calls, more time for the people who need you.
vs. Partner agency email chains
Case workers miss updates buried in long email threads with outdated info.
One shared calendar, always up to date. Every partner sees the same schedule.
Shelter calendar questions
Help people count on your schedule
Start with the free plan — 1 calendar, 10 events. No credit card required.