Roseburg Warming Center, located inside the Roseburg Senior Center at 1614 SE Stephens St. will be open through Tuesday.
The center offers 60 cots for guests and volunteers and check-in begins at 6 p.m. Unhoused individuals can arrive at any time during the night. A cot, blanket and pillow plus a hot dinner and breakfast are provided until 8 a.m.
The senior center will provide a free shuttle to make one circuit around town to pick up guests between about 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and then operate again in the morning to drive people back to the same locations.Â
Interested volunteers can help evenings from 6 p.m. to midnight, midnight to 4 a.m., or from 4-8 a.m. Interested local residents can sign up by commenting on the Facebook post about the opening at facebook.com/Warming.Center.Onward.
Sam Temple is a reporter for The News-Review. He can be reached at stemple@nrtoday.com or 541-957-4217.
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