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Warming centers open in NEPA

With the cold temperatures, centers are open throughout different counties.
Credit: WNEP

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Warming centers are open in several counties to help people exposed to the cold. 

Lackawanna County:

  • Keystone Mission, Scranton Innovation Center - 8 West Olive Street
    Scranton, PA 18508.  Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
  • Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton, 409 Olive Street
    Scranton, PA 18509. Daily, 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
  • Keystone Mission, 982 Providence Road
    North Scranton, PA 18508. On a day the shelter is open, community members will be able to enter at 9:00 pm, and the shelter will remain open until 6:00 am the next morning
  • Community Intervention Center, 445 N 6th Ave, Scranton, PA 18503. Open 7 days a week, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. (570) 342-4298

Luzerne County:

  • Keystone Mission, Wilkes Barre Innovation Center - 365 Overnight Shelter, 90 East Union Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Open every day, arrive by 8:00 p.m., and the shelter will remain open until 7:00 a.m.
  • Divine Providence – Hazleton, 214 West Walnut Street, Hazleton, PA - 18201. 570-455-1521. Open 365 days a year
  • Mother Teresa Haven – Wilkes-Barre. 39 East Jackson Street, Wilkes Barre, PA - 18701. (570) 825-9948. 

Monroe County:

  • Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church, Cold Weather Homeless Shelter. 915 North Fifth Street
    Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Seasonal: November 1st through March 31st; 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., seven nights a week.

Carbon County:

  • Dimmick Memorial Library, Jim Thorpe - Library Services. 54 Broadway
    Jim Thorpe, PA 18229. Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Bradford County:

  • Main Link Peer Support Center, Towanda - Extreme Weather Warming Center. 17 Pine Street Towanda, PA 18848. When the warming shelter is triggered to be open: 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Susquehanna County:

  • Clifford Fire Station, 1035 State Route 106, Clifford Township, PA 18407. 570-222-3741. No designated closure time
  • Great Bend Fire Station, 54 Tannery St, Great Bend, PA 18821. 570-879-2854. No designated closure time          
  • Susquehanna Fire Station, 43 Erie Blvd. Susquehanna, PA 18847. 570-853-3197. Opening at 5. No designated closure time
  • United Fire Company, 72 Monument St, Montrose, PA 18801. 570-278-2879. No designated closure time
  • Hallstead Brough Building, 127 Franklin Ave, Hallstead, PA 18822. 570-879-2884. Opening at 5 p.m

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