EASTON, Pa. – Temperatures are tumbling around the region. Some areas are even dropping into the teens.<\/p>\n
Groups and churches in Easton are wasting no time to open their doors for folks to keep warm.<\/p>\n
69 News Reporter Cierra Genelle spoke with several warming shelter organizers who say they are just happy they can help those who need it the most this winter.<\/p>\n
They are thanking the community for their support to do so.<\/p>\n
It’s out of the kindness of their hearts that the groups spend days and nights making sure everyone stays toasty warm this winter.<\/p>\n
“We’re structured in love. We serve in love,” said Minister Robert Beldo at Greater Shiloh Church. “We take care of these people.”<\/p>\n
Greater Shiloh Church, Christ United Methodist Church and Safe Harbor Easton are all opening their doors with meals, beds and essentials, as the brisk chill quickly turns into a blistering freeze.<\/p>\n
On Thomas Bright Avenue, Beldo said Greater Shiloh Church has a long-standing service for those in need and welcomes folks every Thursday and Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
“And this is all because of the donations and the giving that the people do in the community,” said Beldo.<\/p>\n
“It’s really, really heartwarming to see.” said Elanie Ferrara, a volunteer at Christ United Methodist on West Berwick Street.<\/p>\n
The church’s warming center is open from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n
It’s a time frame when Ferrera said folks have a safe space to sleep and can meet a new face or two.<\/p>\n
“You get to know them and talk to them, and they’re, you know, just like a next-door neighbor,” said Ferrara.<\/p>\n
Down the road, Safe Harbor Easton on Bushkill Drive is gearing up to open for the winter season.<\/p>\n
“We’re very grateful to be starting this year because we almost didn’t get to run our winter shelter nights,” said Sarah Stehlin, Director of Development at Safe Harbor Easton.<\/p>\n
Stehlin said thanks to help from their partners, funds were secured. Now they, too, can open their doors every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
“People in Easton will have somewhere to go every night and get out of the cold,” said Stehlin.<\/p>\n
Donations are accepted at all three locations.<\/p>\n
The shelters are open until March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EASTON, Pa. – Temperatures are tumbling around the region. Some areas are even dropping into the teens. Groups…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,30783,28124,2347,4509,2181,30782,30784,4345,15096],"class_list":{"0":"post-55597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-christ-united-methodist-church","12":"tag-cold-weather","13":"tag-community-support","14":"tag-donations","15":"tag-easton","16":"tag-greater-shiloh-church","17":"tag-safe-harbor-easton","18":"tag-volunteers","19":"tag-warming-shelter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}