15 Nights Open 2882 beds 5850 meals
926 unique individuals were sheltered 713 males 204 females 9 gender unknown 119 Veterans and 20 unaccompanied youth. 12135.9 volunteer hours donated
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| What a Season! Tremendous Thanks to the over 250 dedicated volunteers, our most generous site hosts, ALSCO, CAHOOTS, White Bird, Lane County Commission, Food for Lane County and every supporter and contributor to our success!
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| Updated Monday 4/9 @ 9:00 AM |
VOLUNTEER CHECK-IN
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| Text ACTIVATE to 292929 for Text Message Alerts |
December Report
| Number of activations |
3 |
| Total Guests/Beds Provided |
609 |
| Unduplicated Individuals Served this month |
335 |
| Total Meals Served |
1240 |
| Total Volunteer Hours Donated |
2227 |
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PROPOSED NEW PROTOCOL LINK
- Egan Warming Center Leadership monitors the KMTR 7 Day Forecast and we consult with Joseph Calbreath when cold weather approaches.
- We also monitor Weather.com, Accuweather.com and Weather Underground.
- Egan Warming Center Leadership monitors the KMTR 7 Day Forecast Weather.com, Accuweather.com and Weather Undergroundand we consult with Joseph Calbreath when cold weather approaches.
- Activation Status is upgraded to Standby when the forecast overnight lows are below freezing 30 degrees.
- Volunteers are notified and asked to check in with availability. Support agencies are also notified.
- Activation Alert Status increases to Watch at 48 hours (2 Days) (if forecast remains under 30)
- We remain on Watch if the forecast remains cold but not under 30 degrees.
- Activation Alert Status increases to Activate 24 hours (the day before).
- the low temperature cut-off is below 30 Degrees.
- Once Activated (24 hours) we are committed to open the Warming Centers the following night.
- After two consecutive days of Eugene Inversion weather (under freezing with cold wet days) we are authorized to activate.
- In emergency situations a 48 hour activation cycle is authorized.
- If we are on Standby, we can activate in 24 hours.
- Once activated we monitor the weather and stand down on 24 hour notice when weather improves sufficiently.
- Volunteers and support agencies are notified daily about the next night status. This decision is made between 4 and 5 PM and communicated to all Site Leads, support agencies, volunteers and guests.
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The Egan Warming Center is a coalition of community members representing service providers, religious congregations, nonprofit support agencies, social activist communities and local government who have come together to ensure that homeless people in Lane County have a warm and safe place to sleep when temperatures drop below 30 degrees between November 15th and March 31st.
Please take a moment and consider how you and/or your organization or business can get involved this winter season. To help in a shelter this winter, please complete an online Volunteer Application today.
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King Jr.
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