New Day Intake Center

06/18/2026

We are thrilled to announce the FIRST sponsor for our upcoming A Night with New Day event!

Thank you, Gurley Leep Automotive Family, for your continued partnership supporting the life-changing work of New Day. Together, we are ending chronic homelessness in our community.

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Visit our event page to learn more:

https://thenewdaycenter.networkforgood.com/events/98973-a-night-with-new-day-2026

06/12/2026

We're excited to announce our second annual fundraiser, Where Housing is Healing: A Night with New Day, on October 2nd at the Tribune building!

We hope you'll join us to learn about New Day's life changing work while enjoying local food and drink, a silent auction, an art show, and great community.

To buy tickets, sponsor, or donate to our silent auction, check out our event page!

Join us to celebrate six years of New Day! New Day Intake Center is ending chronic homelessness in South Bend, and we need you to join us! We are South Bend’s only low-barrier shelter, providing dignified housing, onsite support services, and a path toward permanent housing for persons ex...

06/11/2026

We are honored to receive a $1 million grant from The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County to build the women’s guest units at our new facility. It feels incredible to have the backing of such an esteemed organization. The wind is in our sails as we enter the final phase of our capital campaign!

06/02/2026

Check out our guest unit prototype!

New Day's Construction Manager, Tonn & Blank, built this double-occupancy guest room at their off-site construction facility in March.

This is the first of 72 units that will make up the residential portion of our new facility, scheduled for completion in 2027. Stay tuned for more construction updates this summer!

06/01/2026

Just a heads up that New Day's Motels4Now Art Workshop will have a huge display of artwork available for sale at Cloud Walking, 1215 E. Mishawaka Ave., between June 3rd and July 28th.

This time, everything will be priced ahead of time, and people (you) will be able to make a payment and take their purchased artwork right then and there. We will bring more art to replace any purchased artworks!

100% of sales go to the artists, who are all currently or formerly experiencing homelessness. Donations of funds and art supplies are welcome and needed to keep the program thriving!

There will be a closing reception on Saturday, July 25th from 3-5PM, so please save the date!

Thank you to Cloud Walking for hosting us!

As always, a special thank you to The Frame Shop (2025 South Bend Ave) for donating their labor and materials to enable us to exhibit our artists’ artwork. Please take your purchased artworks to The Frame Shop to get them framed!

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05/25/2026

Wishing you and your families a peaceful Memorial Day from New Day. Thank you to guest artist Robert Riege for sharing this piece made in our art workshop.

If you're interested in purchasing Robert's work, please contact us at [email protected], and be sure to check out our guests' art on display at Cloud Walking beginning June 3rd!

05/19/2026

Today is the day! Opening reception is tonight from 6-7:30PM at Civil Rights Heritage Center at 1040 W. Washington in South Bend. Please come out!

Slide 1: Detail of artwork by Angelo called “Silence is Golden.” Angelo has a statement that goes along with the piece, which includes: “This piece tells a story of consequence. Don’t be a nosy neighbor. Mind your own business. For every action, there’s a reaction.”

Slide 2: Detail of “We Are The World” by Robert Riege. Reflecting on the piece, Robert said: “I look at everything that’s going on in the world today, all the conflicts. I’m gonna stay strong no matter what the world throws at me. I want to show that we should come together as one.”

Slide 3: Flyer for upcoming exhibition, designed by Motels4Now Art Workshop founder/facilitator, M.T. Giddings, featuring artwork by Sommer Johnson

Special thanks to The Frame Shop ()) for matting and mounting our artwork, to Myriam Nicodemus ()) for creating a short film about the program, to George Garner of the Civil Rights Heritage Center for co-creating this exhibition with us, and to everyone who supports the program through donations, art supplies, and purchasing artwork.

05/18/2026

More sneak peaks! Details of artworks featured in the Civil Rights Heritage Center (1040 W. Washington in South Bend) exhibition opening this Tuesday, tomorrow, May 19th, with a reception from 6-7:30PM. All are welcome! Please help spread the word!

Slide 1: Detail of artwork by Edward Warren entitled “God is Love is God.” See the full piece along with 9 other artworks at The Civil Rights Heritage Center this Tuesday from 6-7:30PM. About the piece, Edwards says: “I’ve been carrying God in my heart since I was a kid. I know He put us on the earth for a reason. We have to stick by each other, no matter our race or color. That’s how we fight. That’s how we are able to resist.”

Slide 2: Detail of “Out West” by Chris “Buck” Buckley. Chris said the following when interviewed about the piece: “From my art, I can travel through time and space and memory. By painting my way into somewhere else, I am bucking the system.”

Slide 3: Flyer for upcoming exhibition, designed by Motels4Now Art Workshop founder/facilitator, M.T. Giddings, featuring artwork by Sommer Johnson

Special thanks to The Frame Shop ()) for matting and mounting our artwork, to Myriam Nicodemus ()) for creating a short film about the program, to George Garner of the Civil Rights Heritage Center for co-creating this exhibition with us, and to everyone who supports the program through donations, art supplies, and purchasing artwork.

05/18/2026

Please come out to show your support for The Motels4Now Art Workshop tomorrow, May 19th!

We have an exhibit opening at The Civil Rights Heritage Center (1040 W. Washington in South Bend) from 6-7:30PM. The show features 10 works by 10 of our artists, including Angelo, Chris “Buck” Buckley, Danna Bowman, Edward Warren, Jewels Lentine, Julia Ippolito, Robert Reige, Sommer Johnson, Tammy Mikesell, and Walter Pollard. It will be a small but mighty exhibit, with statements from each of the artists and a documentary in progress by Myriam Nicodemus.

Photo 1: Flyer for upcoming exhibition, designed by Motels4Now Art Workshop founder/facilitator, M.T. Giddings, featuring artwork by Sommer Johnson

Photo 2: Detail of “My Feelings” by Tammy Mikesell. About the piece, Tammy says: “It shows that there is sunshine on the other side. There’ll be more flowers to smell tomorrow, no matter what the storm blows away. You can go from the dark to the light. The birds and the trees always come back.”

Photo 3: Detail of “Toonchi Monsters” by Jewels Lentine. About the artwork, Jewels says: “The entire globe is sick with oppression. Art gives us a way to not be oppressed.”

Special thanks to The Frame Shop ()) for matting and mounting our artwork, to Myriam Nicodemus ()) for creating a short film about the program, to George Garner of the Civil Rights Heritage Center for co-creating this exhibition with us, and to everyone who supports the program through donations, art supplies, and purchasing artwork.

05/14/2026

The good word from the motel this morning: