Just a reminder, as the temperatures are expected to plummet tonight, Rockland’s Warming Center, operated by Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland, is open to homeless, single adults at the Yeager Health Center in Pomona. The Warming Center opens each night at 5pm, regardless of the temperature, and remains open during the day when the temperature, including wind chill, is 32 degrees or below which is expected this weekend. The extreme cold can cause hypothermia, and frostbite can occur in as little as 15 to 30 minutes on exposed skin. The Center offers showers and laundry facilities. Dinner and breakfast are provided for overnight guests and lunch is served during the day when the center is open. People can be picked up for transportation to the Center at several locations in the county, including:
· Nyack- 4:25 PM & 8:00 PM South Broadway and Burd Street (in front of the First Reformed Church of Nyack)
· Haverstraw- 5:00 PM & 6:20 PM Village of Haverstraw Commuter parking lot (across from Village Hall)
· Spring Valley- 5:30 PM & 7:05 PM Spring Valley Parking lot west of Key Bank on Route 59 by Planet Fitness
· Pomona- Department of Social Services 5:00 PM at 50 Sanatorium Road (at the bus shelter Monday-Friday only)