#Massachusetts - #SomervilleME Overnight Center Opening For Winter Season

The location serves as a shelter for local adults dealing with homelessness.

by Benjamin Pierce, Wed, Dec 3, 2025

SOMERVILLE, MA — "The city’s Emergency Overnight Warming Center is opening next week for the winter season, the office of Mayor Katjana Ballantyne announced.

"The facility located on the second floor of the former #CummingsSchool at 42 Prescott St. is slated to open on Monday, Dec. 8 and remain open until April 12 of 2026. It will be open seven days a week from 5 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Malden-based nonprofit Housing Families was credited for helping the center expand to bed 45 people on a nightly basis for this year. In addition to sleeping quarters, adults facing homelessness will be given hot meals, housing navigation, and case management services.

"The center is accepting donations of nonperishable food and hygiene products."

Source:
https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/somerville-overnight-center-opening-winter-season

#Unhoused #WarmingCenter #Houseless #PolarVortex #ArcticBlast #Homeless #WarmingCenterMassachuetts #EmergencyShelters #OvernightShelters

#Massachusetts - #SomervilleME Overnight Center Opening For Winter Season

The location serves as a shelter for local adults dealing with homelessness.

by Benjamin Pierce, Wed, Dec 3, 2025

SOMERVILLE, MA — "The city’s Emergency Overnight Warming Center is opening next week for the winter season, the office of Mayor Katjana Ballantyne announced.

"The facility located on the second floor of the former #CummingsSchool at 42 Prescott St. is slated to open on Monday, Dec. 8 and remain open until April 12 of 2026. It will be open seven days a week from 5 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Malden-based nonprofit Housing Families was credited for helping the center expand to bed 45 people on a nightly basis for this year. In addition to sleeping quarters, adults facing homelessness will be given hot meals, housing navigation, and case management services.

"The center is accepting donations of nonperishable food and hygiene products."

Source:
https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/somerville-overnight-center-opening-winter-season

#Unhoused #WarmingCenter #Houseless #PolarVortex #ArcticBlast #Homeless #WarmingCenterMassachuetts #EmergencyShelters #OvernightShelters

#Tennessee - #WilsonCounty adds #WarmingShelter hours. How to help

by Andy Humbles
Jan. 15, 2026, Updated Jan. 16, 2026

"The Wilson County Emergency Management Agency has added hours for its warming shelter, which will be set up at two locations with cold temperatures expected during the weekend and into next week.

Current hours and locations are as follows:

5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 17 to 9 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 18: Faith Lutheran Church, 1655 W. Main Street, #LebanonTN
5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18 to 9 a.m., Munday, Jan. 19: Faith Lutheran Church, 1655 W. Main Street, Lebanon.
5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19 to 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 20: Q Barn, 914 Tennessee Blvd., Lebanon (Wilson County Fairgrounds).
5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 20 to 9 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21: Q Barn, 914 Tennessee Blvd., Lebanon (Wilson County Fairgrounds).
5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21 to 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 22: Q Barn, 914 Tennessee Blvd., Lebanon (Wilson County Fairgrounds).

Plans are for shelters to close during the day, but hours are subject to change according to weather and volunteer availability, according to #WEMA.

The Q Barn will be marked with signs guiding visitors from the Tennessee Boulevard entrance. WEMA with community partners and volunteers operate the #WarmingShelter."

FMI (and to volunteer):
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2026/01/15/wilson-county-warming-shelter-opens-at-fairgrounds-as-temps-plunge/88194513007/

#PolarVortex #ExtremeCold #Southeast #WarmingShelters #EmergencyShelters

#Tennessee - #WilsonCounty adds #WarmingShelter hours. How to help

by Andy Humbles
Jan. 15, 2026, Updated Jan. 16, 2026

"The Wilson County Emergency Management Agency has added hours for its warming shelter, which will be set up at two locations with cold temperatures expected during the weekend and into next week.

Current hours and locations are as follows:

5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 17 to 9 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 18: Faith Lutheran Church, 1655 W. Main Street, #LebanonTN
5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18 to 9 a.m., Munday, Jan. 19: Faith Lutheran Church, 1655 W. Main Street, Lebanon.
5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19 to 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 20: Q Barn, 914 Tennessee Blvd., Lebanon (Wilson County Fairgrounds).
5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 20 to 9 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21: Q Barn, 914 Tennessee Blvd., Lebanon (Wilson County Fairgrounds).
5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21 to 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 22: Q Barn, 914 Tennessee Blvd., Lebanon (Wilson County Fairgrounds).

Plans are for shelters to close during the day, but hours are subject to change according to weather and volunteer availability, according to #WEMA.

The Q Barn will be marked with signs guiding visitors from the Tennessee Boulevard entrance. WEMA with community partners and volunteers operate the #WarmingShelter."

FMI (and to volunteer):
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2026/01/15/wilson-county-warming-shelter-opens-at-fairgrounds-as-temps-plunge/88194513007/

#PolarVortex #ExtremeCold #Southeast #WarmingShelters #EmergencyShelters