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Free Bus Ride Available To Cold Weather Shelters; Shelter Opening In Century
January 6, 2014
For the homeless or those with inadequate heat for tonight’s bitter cold, there are options being offered for North Escambia residents.
The Escarosa Coalition on the Homeless is offering a free bus voucher to the Waterfront Rescue Mission or the Salvation Army.
North Escambia residents unable to pay the bus fare to one of the shelters can mention the Esacrosa Coaliton on the Homeless voucher program to the bus driver.
The only bus remaining today from the North Escambia area picks up as follows:
- Century Courthouse – 7:05 p.m.
- Hwy 29/Hwy 95A , Molino – 7:17 p.m.
- Hwy 29/Hwy 95A, Cantonment – 7:26 p.m.
- Hwy 29/Nine Mile — 7:35 p.m.
- ECAT Transfer Center – 7:55 p.m.
The Town of Century, in conjunction with BRACE, will open the Ag Building/Community Center on West Highway 4 by the Century Care Center upon request for cold weather shelter Monday and Tuesday.
To request cold weather shelter in Century, contact DeAnna Poland-Stemock at (850) 596-4613. Cots and blankets will be provided on a first come first served basis.
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3 Responses to “Free Bus Ride Available To Cold Weather Shelters; Shelter Opening In Century”
You Would be surprised how many homeless access everything Online. Multiple Businesses now a days have free public WiFi. All your library s have WiFi 24/7 and Public access Computers. All they need is a Old phone, it doesn’t even need to have service just turn on and they can surf the internet with WiFi. They would be more inclined to get it here than any news paper or word to mouth source.
>>Was wondering how many homeless people really know about this? I assume they won’t get the message via computer…and if other people who live without enough heat in their homes to need this service, I also assume they cannot afford a computer.
A surprising number of homeless people have computers or smartphones, especially in the Pensacola metro.
But I agree — this is one time NorthEscambia.com is not the best way to reach the homeless population of Century. But we do reach the people that know how to find the homeless.
And NorthEscambia turned to several area radio stations and asked them to broadcast the information, along with local TV.
Any other ideas?
Was wondering how many homeless people really know about this? I assume they won’t get the message via computer…and if other people who live without enough heat in their homes to need this service, I also assume they cannot afford a computer.
What other methods of communication are being used to get the word out to those in need?