Dismas House of Indiana

05/31/2026

Savor a slow summer afternoon with Dismas House and soak up the picnic vibes. 🌞🧺
Bring your family, meet residents and neighbors, and enjoy good food, music, and community together. 🍉🎶
We’ll have a laid-back space with games and great company—come as you are, and feel free to bring a dish to share if you’d like. 🧡🌻

05/31/2026

Check out this week's lineup of free public programs at The Dismas Hub (402 E. South St., South Bend). These offerings are designed to support individuals navigating life after incarceration or justice involvement, fostering healing, connection, and personal growth. To register, visit https://www.dismashouseofindiana.org/programs.

🟦 Monday – 6:30 PM
H.U.B. Meeting of Narcotics Anonymous
A peer-led recovery meeting focused on support, connection, and healing in recovery.

🟨 Tuesday – 6:30 PM
Children’s Group
A fun and supportive group for children featuring activities, crafts, stories, and social-emotional learning.

🟩 Wednesday – 6:30 PM
Men’s Group
A peer support group focused on open discussion, encouragement, accountability, and personal growth.

🟧 Thursday – 4:00 PM–7:00 PM
S*x Offender Resource Night
A resource-focused evening connecting individuals with community support, information, and services specific to their needs.

🟪 Friday – 3:30 PM–5:30 PM
Health Plus Indiana (Registration Required)
Offering health screenings, insurance navigation, and other wellness resources. Residents will be prioritized first, with remaining appointments available to the community.

🟦 Friday – 6:30 PM
Recovery Wellness
A supportive recovery-focused group centered around wellness, coping skills, personal growth, and building resilience in recovery.

05/30/2026

Looking for a fun and supportive activity for your child?

Join us on the first three Tuesdays of every month at 6:30 PM for our Children's Group! Kids will enjoy crafts, games, stories, and hands-on activities while building important social-emotional skills in a safe and encouraging environment.

This group is designed to help children connect with others, express themselves, build confidence, and have fun along the way.

We'd love to welcome your child! Register today at https://www.dismashouseofindiana.org/the-dismas-way.

📅 Tuesdays
⏰ 6:30 PM
402 E South St, South Bend

05/29/2026

New Program Coming June 12: Fit for Resilience: Real Strength for Real Life

Looking for a fitness program that fits your life—not the other way around?

Join us for Fit for Resilience, an 8-week fitness program designed for everyday people who want to get stronger, feel better, and build healthy habits without needing a gym membership or spending hours working out.

📅 2nd & 4th Fridays
🕡 6:30 PM

Using bodyweight exercises, resistance bands, and minimal equipment, each session focuses on functional, full-body movement that helps you handle the physical demands of daily life with greater strength, balance, and confidence.

Whether you're brand new to fitness or getting back into a routine, you'll find a supportive environment that meets you where you are and helps you progress at your own pace.

Perfect for:
✔ Beginners to advanced fitness levels
✔ Busy individuals and families
✔ Anyone seeking affordable, effective workouts
✔ Those ready to build lasting strength and resilience

You'll gain:
✅ Full-body strength
✅ Increased endurance
✅ Improved mobility and balance
✅ Confidence to keep moving forward

No extremes. No pressure. Just progress.

Because this isn't just fitness—it's Real Strength for Real Life.

🔗 Register here: https://ow.ly/KGlg50Z5qje

05/27/2026

Today, we join so many across our community in grieving the loss of Dean Heisey.

Dean was a former Dismas House board member, an advocate, a volunteer, and someone who believed deeply in the power of community and belonging. He consistently showed up for people — especially in difficult moments — with compassion, steadiness, and care.

As stories continue to emerge today, we are reminded how many lives Dean quietly impacted through his presence, service, encouragement, and willingness to walk alongside others.

Our hearts are with his family, loved ones, and all who are grieving this profound loss.

May we continue building the kind of community Dean believed in so deeply.

05/15/2026

We’re honored to share that Dismas House of Indiana CEO Andee Huxhold has been selected as a 2026–27 Social Innovator Fellow with the University of Notre Dame Institute for Ethics and the Common Good.

Selected as one of only seven fellows worldwide from a highly competitive international applicant pool, Andee will join nonprofit leaders from across the globe working at the intersection of ethics, human dignity, and social transformation.

Andee’s fellowship project, "Where Love Draws the Line: Ethical Inquiry and Policy Design for Reentry Housing", will examine some of the most difficult and important questions facing reentry organizations today:

Who gets access to support?
Who gets excluded?
What does accountability look like without abandoning human dignity?

The project will focus on ethical decision-making in reentry housing systems, restorative justice, and how organizations can build inclusion models rooted in dignity, safety, belonging, and second chances.

As part of the fellowship, Andee will complete research residencies at Notre Dame and collaborate with scholars and nonprofit leaders from across the globe. The fellowship also includes implementation funding to help pilot and expand this work locally.

This recognition is deeply connected to the work happening every day at Dismas House and The Dismas Hub. We’re grateful to everyone who continues to believe in restoration, community, and the possibility of people building lives they are proud of.

Read the full announcement here:

https://ow.ly/6eUy50Z0nF4

The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good has selected seven leaders from non-profit organizations around the world to serve as Social Innovator Fell...

05/12/2026

As Dismas House of Indiana continues to grow in scale, reach, and impact, our Board of Directors has approved an updated leadership structure that reflects the evolving scope of the organization’s work.

Effective immediately, Andee Huxhold will transition from Executive Director to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dismas House of Indiana.

Over the past 18 months, Dismas House has expanded from a single-site organization into a growing multi-site reentry organization, launched The Dismas Hub, expanded programming and partnerships, and significantly increased organizational capacity and impact throughout our community.

This leadership transition reflects not only organizational growth, but our continued commitment to building sustainable, community-centered reentry infrastructure rooted in dignity, belonging, and second chances.

As we continue growing, community members can also expect to see additional leadership development and staffing announcements in the months ahead as we strengthen our capacity for the future.

We’re grateful for the support of our residents, staff, board members, partners, and broader community as we continue building toward the future together.

05/11/2026

Dismas House of Indiana is growing, and we’re beginning to look ahead to future board leadership opportunities.

Each July, we open a limited number of board positions for individuals who believe in dignity, second chances, and the power of community. As our organization continues to expand, we’re especially interested in connecting with:

• Individuals with lived experience in incarceration and/or reentry
• Attorneys or individuals with legal expertise
• Someone interested in serving as Board Secretary

That said, these are simply areas that come to mind. If you feel you have gifts, experience, perspective, or passion that could strengthen our mission, we would genuinely welcome your interest.

Our Board of Directors plays an active role in strategic planning, governance, financial oversight, and long-term organizational sustainability through committee leadership and collaborative engagement.

We also believe strong boards should reflect a diversity of lived experiences and perspectives. To help ensure more equitable access to leadership, there is no minimum annual financial contribution required to serve on our Board of Directors.

Interested in learning more or being considered for future openings?
Please complete our board interest form as a first step:

https://ow.ly/BtMc50YXCC8

Thank you for believing in the work of belonging.

05/09/2026

2,000 followers.

We honestly can’t believe it.

Over the past year, this page has become a place where people have witnessed stories of restoration, community, belonging, second chances, art, advocacy, recovery, and hope.

To celebrate crossing 2,000 Facebook followers, we’re giving away a copy of our anthology:

Held Together: The Work of Belonging in a Carceral World

To enter:

Comment below with your favorite Dismas memory, moment, story, event, or social media post from the past year — or share something you’ve learned from following our work. (And feel free to tag someone who should know about Dismas House.)

We’ll randomly select a winner on Tuesday, May 12th.

Thank you all for being part of this community and for walking alongside our work. ❤️

05/08/2026

Last night, our organization had the opportunity to attend and support “Unbroken: A Runway of Resilience,” as guests of Life Treatment Centers at the Chicory Event Center in Mishawaka.

Hosted by Angels in the Attic, the event focused on honoring survivors of domestic violence and highlighting the strength it takes to rebuild after trauma. The evening brought together advocates, community leaders, survivors, and organizations committed to supporting healing, restoration, and long term stability for individuals and families in our community.

Events like this are important reminders that recovery and transformation do not happen in isolation. They happen through safe spaces, community support, advocacy, and people willing to stand beside others during some of the hardest moments of their lives.

Thank you to Life Treatment Centers for the invitation and to everyone involved in creating a meaningful evening centered on resilience, courage, and hope.