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Salvation Army, Carver Center to open warming stations

Monday, January 6, 2014

ANNISTON (WDNG) - The Salvation Army and the City of Anniston are each providing warming stations to needy Anniston residents who may otherwise be unable to protect themselves from frigid arctic air that moved into the area on Sunday night.

Temperatures across Calhoun County dropped below freezing Sunday night and remained in the low 20s by 9 a.m. Monday morning. High temperatures in Anniston are not expected to climb out of the 20s and low temperatures on Monday night are forecasted to dip to about 9 degrees.

Salvation Army Capt. Bert Lind says up to 150 people will be able to use the organization’s facilities on the 400 block of Noble St. between Monday and Thursday evening. He said beds and cots will be available and that snacks and meals will also be provided.

The Salvation Army warming station will be open 24 hours a day and Lind asks that only those people that have no other option to protect themselves from the dangerously cold weather utilize the facility.

The Carver Community Center on W. 14th St. will open their doors at 1 p.m. beginning on Monday. Center program director Angie Shockley says City Manager Brian Johnson and Mayor Vaughn Stewart on Sunday made the decision to open the city-owned center because of available shower facilities.

Shockley says the Carver Center has room for about 30 people and will be open 24 hours a day until Wednesday. Residents are being asked to take any toiletry items they will need, and Shockley says pets, drugs, or alcohol will not be allowed.

She says residents needing a warm place to stay for the night must be signed in by 10:30 p.m. and lights out will be at 11 p.m. An Anniston police officer will also be at the Carver Center from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. each night.

Shockley says donations are not needed at the Carver Center at this time. Capt. Lind with the Salvation Army says that, while donations will not be turned away, anyone wanting to support the shelter can give monetary donations.

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