“We’re anticipating bigger numbers this winter.”
Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team (GUEST) Executive Director Michelle Wells is gearing up for a long winter with more people in need of night shelter accommodations across the 10 counties GUEST serves throughout the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck.
This year, GUEST will be operating the winter night shelter from Dec. 1 through March 30. A church or civic organization will serve as the host site for GUEST for one week before the night shelter is moved to another site for the next week. This keeps going until the end of March.
“We are there Monday to Monday,” said Wells.
As cold weather begins to move in, GUEST is still searching for host sites in order to operate its night shelter through the winter months.
“At present, we have four weeks that do not have a host,” said Wells. Those four weeks are Dec. 8-15, Jan. 19-26, March 16-23 and 23-30.
“It doesn’t have to be a church,” stressed Wells. “It can be a civic organization.”
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