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Friday, January 03, 2014

UPDATED PRESS RELEASE - SHELTER SCHEDULE

Mayor James Ireton, Jr. would like to inform the public of the Community Emergency Shelter Project Schedule. Beginning January 4, 2014 through March 28, 2014 several community churches will take part in hosting adult males ONLY at their shelter facilities. Below is the weekly schedule of host locations. For further inquiries, please contact the respective facility listed on the schedule.

Salisbury Police Chief Barbara Duncan said, “Please reach out to the Police Department if you come across someone you believe to be homeless, so that we may help get them to safe shelter and out of the cold.”

Due to the expected drop in temperature, HALO has agreed to open its shelter doors on Friday 1/3/14 with the following schedule:

Day Facility opens at 8:45 a.m. and will remain open and extra half hour closing at 5:00. Men are welcome to stay on the property.
Café will open at 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Men will be permitted to be in the respite area in the shelter until 8:00 p.m.

Café will open back up at 8:00 p.m. to prepare for evening rest. All men will be expected in that area at 8:00 p.m. Men’s shelter will close at 6:30 a.m. to set up for breakfast.

Café will open to everyone at 7:30 a.m. for a hot breakfast.
Saturday after breakfast at 8:30 a.m. men will need to leave the premises.

HALO would like to have the men call in to our office 410-742-9356 beginning Thursday for a head count, or they may sign up at the day facility. Thursday and Friday. HALO is prepared to handle 70 men.

Community Emergency Shelter Project
Adult Males Only
Winter 2014 Shelter Schedule

January 4, 2014 to March 28, 2014

January 4-January 10, 2014 Location: Wesley Temple
Capacity: 30 Guests
1322 West Road
Salisbury, MD

Key Volunteer: Monica Vickers

January 11- January 17, 2014 Location: Cross Pointe Church of the Nazarene
Capacity: 30 Guests
Phone: 410-742-3840
27765 Nanticoke Road
Salisbury, Maryland 21801

Key Volunteer: Steven Starkey

Transportation Provided: Pick-up at Transit Station at 4:30- 4:45. Return to Transit Station next morning.

January 18- January 24, 2014 Location: Bethesda UM
Capacity: 35 Guests
410-742-8855
406 N Division St/ Salisbury, MD

Key Volunteer: Howard Grise

Location: St. Peters Episcopal Church
Capacity: 30 Guests
410-742-5118
115 St. Peters Street/ Salisbury, Md 21801

Key Volunteer: Bill Day

January 25- January 31, 2014 Location: Asbury UM Church
Capacity: 35 Guests
410-749-2131
1401 Camden Ave/ Salisbury, MD

Key Volunteer: Calvin Peacock

Location: Grace Church
Next to Christian Shelter
Capacity: 25 Guests
Key Volunteer: Gail Phillips

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Women and children can go freeze to death, however.

Anonymous said...

6:39
That is not true. Halo takes women and children and so does the Christian Shelter and The Village of Hope.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps the article should have mentioned where women and children can go. I had a thought similar to the previous poster.

Anonymous said...

Women are supposed to turn to prostitution?

Anonymous said...

why does it say adult males only?

Anonymous said...

Thot the same. What about women? Article states clearly, MEN ONLY.

Anonymous said...

Ireton has no use for women, or didn't anyone tell you?

Anonymous said...

I'm female (thought I would mention that). As far a sheltering the homeless....THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I!!