Georgetown opens warming center to provide shelter during low overnight temps

  • Artemio Olivarez settles in for the night on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at the Madella Hilliard Neighborhood Center, located at 803 West Eighth Street. Photos by Andy Sharp.
    Artemio Olivarez settles in for the night on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at the Madella Hilliard Neighborhood Center, located at 803 West Eighth Street. Photos by Andy Sharp.
  • Nate Bonner, with Helping Hands of Georgetown, looks over cots with Lisa Pierce on Sunday, January 14 at the Madella Hilliard Neighborhood Center. Pierce, a volunteer with Helping Hands of Georgetown, is also homeless, living in her truck.
    Nate Bonner, with Helping Hands of Georgetown, looks over cots with Lisa Pierce on Sunday, January 14 at the Madella Hilliard Neighborhood Center. Pierce, a volunteer with Helping Hands of Georgetown, is also homeless, living in her truck.
  • Henry Correa, Jr., left, and Nick Kendricks, right, enjoy a hot meal on Sunday, January 14 at the Madella Hilliard Neighborhood Center. Photo by Andy Sharp.
    Henry Correa, Jr., left, and Nick Kendricks, right, enjoy a hot meal on Sunday, January 14 at the Madella Hilliard Neighborhood Center. Photo by Andy Sharp.
  • Leah Horick, left, and Greg Van Ganderen are pictured after donating bedding and other items on Sunday, January 14. Photo by Andy Sharp
    Leah Horick, left, and Greg Van Ganderen are pictured after donating bedding and other items on Sunday, January 14. Photo by Andy Sharp
  • Malcolm Ricks finds warmth in a restroom behind the Grace Heritage Center on Sunday, January 14.
    Malcolm Ricks finds warmth in a restroom behind the Grace Heritage Center on Sunday, January 14.
  • David Valdez shelters inside a restroom behind the Grace Heritage Center on Sunday, January 14. Photo by Andy Sharp
    David Valdez shelters inside a restroom behind the Grace Heritage Center on Sunday, January 14. Photo by Andy Sharp

    The Madella Hilliard Neighborhood Center, located at 803 West Eighth Street, Georgetown, opened as a warming center  for people needing shelter Sunday, January 14, as temperatures dipped under 20 degrees.

    The warming center is being overseen by Helping Hands of Georgetown, the Wilco Homeless Coalition and the Georgetown Health Foundation. Twenty cots and bedding were provided by the Central Texas Red Cross. Food was provided by Helping Hands of Georgetown.

    Due to the cold weather, MLK Day events in Georgetown on Monday have been postponed. The warming center will be available again beginning at 8 p.m. on Monday, ahead of what is forecast to be the coldest evening of the year.  

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