| Updated Saturday 2/4 12:00 PM |
VOLUNTEER CHECK-IN
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| Joseph Calbreath Weather Update |
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Volunteer Orientation
Saturday February 11 9-11 AM
First Christian Church in Eugene
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| Text ACTIVATE to 292929 for Text Message Alerts |
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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