WELCOME TO NIGHT IN A CAR 2026!
*If you are participating remotely via our Cruise Control option, click here*
We are absolutely thrilled that you could join us! Please see below for materials that will hopefully keep you active and engaged as you spend the night in your car. As you go along, if you come across something that you want to discuss further or simply have a question, please reach out to any HSHM staff on-site or post a question to our NIAC Facebook group. We hope you have fun exploring and learning more about Home Sweet Home and just how important your support is. Thank you!
- Home Sweet Home Ministries: Journey of Hope Game
- Learn more about what happens in our shelter through this interactive board game!
- For best game play, it is best to print out the game board or play on a desktop.
- A Word From Our Residents: Video Testimony
- The Bridge is a wonderful place to inspire hope and change, but don't take our word for it! Listen to what resident Salvador has to say!
- Frozen and Forgotten: An Unhoused Winter in Bloomington/Normal
- Last year, our friends at WGLT put together this brief documentary which details the hardships faced by those experiencing homelessness during a cold winter in our city.
- The Bridge at Home Sweet Home
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The Bridge is our brand new Non-Congregate Shelter Village which serves to lower barriers to housing for members of our community that would struggle to gain entry to a typical shelter program.
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Many local news outlets covered the building of The Bridge at various stages of the project
- Bloomington Public Library Book Talks
- Enjoy watching and listening to Bloomington Public Library as they chat about the powerful books they've chosen this year discussing the topics of poverty and homelessness. These are powerful depictions of the experience, realities and causes of homelessness.
Craving more? Here are a few activities from years past:
- Learn even more about Home Sweet Home
- Issue Awareness Quiz
- Test your knowledge on the issues related to homelessness and hopefully learn something new along the way!
- You can also click here to share this quiz on facebook and invite your friends to test their knowledge and donate to support Night in a Car!
- SPENT
- This is an online game about poverty and the challenges it brings forth for each and every person.
- Hobson's Choice
- This is a very simple online simulation. This one tries your patience!
- How Vulnerable Are You?
- Read through some discussion questions and share at the end how vulnerable you're feeling.
- Homelessness Simulation
- Dive into a brief homelessness simulation to see just some of the ways that time and circumstances play a role in the lives of those making difficuilt choices.
