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BRIEF: City of Spokane selects two warming centers for this winter

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A homeless woman named Patricia seeks spare change from passersby in Washington's McPherson Square park (2007).
A homeless woman named Patricia seeks spare change from passersby in Washington’s McPherson Square park (2007).

Out of a concern about the needs of homeless people who may not have a way to get warm during extreme winter weather, the City of Spokane has selected and contracted with two social service agencies to be designated as “warming centers” for homeless people in preparation for winter, according to a press release. Volunteers of America Hope House has been chosen as the warming center for single women, and The Salvation Army has been selected to serve single men, families with children and couples without children. The Volunteers of America Crosswalk will serve as an on-call warming center for youth.

These sites, which are not set up for lodging, will be activated during periods of extreme cold weather at the request of the City through Feb. 28 when the temperature falls below 20 degrees. These sites will be available in addition to regular homeless shelters located throughout Spokane, allowing more people to get out of the cold.

Temperatures are expected to drop later this month.


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Josie Camarillo
Josie Camarillo
Josie Camarillo is a recent graduate of Whitworth University, where she majored in English and psychology. Currently pursuing her Master in Social Work at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Camarillo writes for SpokaneFAVS from afar, but plans to return to the Spokane area after attaining her licensure as an independent social worker. She dreams of becoming a relationship therapist and a published author. Her hobbies include photography, horseback riding and writing poetry. Camarillo has a passion for photography and writing, especially poetry, and is interested in creative counseling methods like narrative therapy and using horses in therapy. Someday, she would like to be a counselor and a published poet. Her favorite poems are "The Singing Woman from the Wood's Edge" by Edna St. Vincent Millay and "The Art of Drowning" by Billy Collins. During fall 2013, Camarillo worked for Spokane Faith & Values as a copy editing intern, where her specialities included deleting Oxford commas and adding hyperlinks. Since then, she has transitioned into becoming a regular contributor to the site as a writer and photographer.

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