SOUTH BEND â The United Way of St. Joseph County hopes to break ground this spring on the Southeast Neighborhood Center that would fill a vacant block at Dubail and Fellows streets, at least half of which would provide high-quality child care for up to 112 kids.
As announced two years ago, it aims to reach low-income and under-served residents, including space for health services and youth and senior programs, too.
The fundraising campaign for the center has raised almost 93% of the $4.2 million thatâs needed â an amount that could fluctuate with the costs of materials during the pandemic, said Lauren Smyth, the United Wayâs vice president of advancement.
‘It was just so pure,’
Girls stand in solidarity while VP Harris is sworn in By Ibrahim Samra, WNDU | January 21, 2021 at 5:27 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 5:42 PM
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU/Gray News) - As former senator Kamala Harris stood up ready to be sworn in as the country’s first female, first black, and first Asian-American Vice President Wednesday, four South Bend kindergartners also stood up, hand-in-hand, in solidarity.
“We just put it on. We just wanted to have an educational moment and those girls just walked over, held hands, and I jumped over and I was like I had to take a picture of this. It was just so pure,” El Campito Child Development Center teacher Margaret Long says.