PHOTO COURTESY OF HERMISTON WARMING STATION
The Hermiston Warming Station will be closed tonight, Wednesday, March 30.
The station, located at the Arc Building at 215 W. Orchard Ave., is staffed by a coalition of community members working to ensure that people who are experiencing homelessness in the Hermiston area have a warm and safe place to sleep when the temperature drops below 32 degrees during the winter season. The warming station operates through March. The warming station a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization under St. John’s Episcopal Church and donations are tax deductible. Donations can be mailed to HWS, PO Box 433, Hermiston, Ore., 97838.
The warming station is currently in need of volunteers. It can only open during the fall and winter months when their are at least six volunteers to serve the three shifts per night. The station is also in need of DVDS that are rated G or PG, as well as healthy breakfast shakes.
For more information, call 541-720-4295 or visit the Hermiston Warming Station website.
