October 4, 2024

Overnight Warming Shelter at The Grove — Volunteers and other assistance needed

Emergency weather shelter update for Wednesday, Dec. 21.
We can’t open unless we have enough volunteers in place. As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, the shelter is unable to open due to a lack of volunteers.
We are still looking for one overnight host who can stay from 5 pm to 8 am. We want to find a volunteer or two who can be there from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow night. We’re also looking for dinner for 25 people and the drop-off time for that would ideally be 5:15 pm tomorrow evening. Thank-you.
MASKS ARE MANDATORY and we will provide them.
Shelter Opening Wednesday, December 21
An emergency severe weather shelter will be open Wednesday, December 21, at 5 p.m. at The Grove, located at 1195 E Main Street #2271.
The doors will open at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21, and the doors will close for the night at 9 p.m. with lights out at 10 p.m. The Shelter will close on Thursday morning, Dec. 22 at 8 a.m. This is a no-frills shelter, meaning individuals should plan on providing their own bedding. Well-behaved pets will be welcomed.
For questions or if you are interested in volunteering at the shelter, please contact Linda Reid, Housing Program Specialist at 541.552.2043.
Sign up for Nixle messages regarding shelters by texting 97520SHELTER (as the text message) to 888777 (as the recipient or in the ‘To:’ field).