With temperatures forecast to be at or below freezing, the Egan Warming Centers plan to open Tuesday and Wednesday. They'll be on standby through next Monday [Nov. 30].
Shelley Corteville is coordinator of Egan Warming Centers. She says they're in need of trained volunteers, especially Thursday, Thanksgiving night. She says donations are also appreciated, especially socks.
Corteville: "Warm socks are huge for our guests because often they've been in the same socks for quite a while or they've been in wet socks for quite a while."
Corteville says they also need blankets. Egan Warming Centers is named after Tom Egan, a veteran, who was homeless when he froze to death outside on a winter night in Eugene in 2008. In Cottage Grove, a warming center is open tonight and tomorrow night at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church.
The following Egan Warming Center sites will be activated Tuesday 11/24/15 and Wednesday 11/25/15:
Central Presbyterian 15th & Ferry, Eugene (main Downtown site this year, pets allowed)
First Christian 11th & Oak, Eugene (elderly, & medically fragile only, pets allowed, limited to 30 guests)
St. Mary's 13th & Pearl, Eugene (open later about 8pm, no pets allowed)
Valley Covenant(18th & Bailey Hill, no pets)
Resurrection Episcopal Church3925 Hilyard (pets allowed)
Trinity (Maxwell Road, Eugene, no pets)
Ebbert (6th & C, Springfield pets allowed)
Youth Site (Olive between 13th & 14th, Eugene, 18 and under only, pets allowed)
LCC Building 19
More information at eganwarmingcenter.com
