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Title	County	Town	Type	Body
City of Lewiston Warming Shelter	Androscoggin	Lewiston	Warming Center, Other	The City of Lewiston’s Warming Shelter, at 551 Lincoln Street, is open 8pm to 8am
Flanagan Community Center	Knox	Rockland	Warming Center	Rockland will opening the Emergency Warming Center at the Flanagan Community Center in Rockland tomorrow December 21st from 5pm - 7:30am Sunday. Our space offers warm meals, clean bedding, and supplies to utilize the warm showers here. People don't need to wait til 5pm to come over - the Rec Center is open to the public as usual during the day tomorrow. At this time we do anticipate opening the space for a second night on Sunday, December 22nd starting at 2pm. Address: Flanagan Community Center - 61 Limerock St. Rockland,,ME 04841 Please don't hesitate to reach out to Luca (207) 542-9789 with any questions.
South Parish Congregational Church	Kennebec	Augusta	Warming Center	The South Parish Congregational Church offers a warming center in Augusta, Maine. Phone: 207-213-6637 - Email: southparishwarmingcenter@gmail.com Address: 34 Bridge St. Augusta ME 04330 Mailing Address: 9 Church St. Augusta ME 04330 Here is the Link: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/1cfbf513/M_q0q-UpJkuBYFCBzvKtPg?u=https://southparishchurch.com/overnight-warming-center-1
Health Acadia	Hancock	Ellsworth	Warming Center, Other	“Healthy Acadia at 24 Church Street in Ellsworth is open as a warming center serving people from Hancock and Washington counties. We are open the last two weekends in November, the 22, 23, and 29, from 4 pm to 6:30 am. We are open seven nights a week from 4 pm to 6:30 am, December 1st through April 30th. Our overnight warming center offers a safe, warm space for housing insecure community members in Hancock and Washington counties. Meals, snacks, and beverages are available. The primary contact for the warming center is Tracy Crossman at tracy.crossman@healthyacadia.org and Paige Johnston at paige@healthyacadia.org If you have any questions, please feel free to email us.”
Common Space Warming Shelter	Cumberland	Portland	Warming Center, Other	The City of Portland, in conjunction with Commonspace, is opening an overnight Warming Shelter this Saturday-Monday. Location: Commonspace 103 India St Portland, ME Hours Open 7pm Saturday, Dec 21 - 7am Sunday, Dec 22 Open 7pm Sunday, Dec 22 - 7am Monday, Dec 23 Open 7pm Monday Dec 23 - 7am Tuesday, Dec 24 Contact: 207-823-4273 (Commonspace) This shelter is opened as a temporary overnight warming shelter for unsheltered adults during periods of extreme cold or excessive snow, in addition to the permanent emergency shelters available to individuals experiencing homelessness 365 days a year. Contact: 207-823-4273 (Commonspace) This shelter is opened as a temporary overnight warming shelter for unsheltered adults during periods of extreme cold or excessive snow, in addition to the permanent emergency shelters available to individuals experiencing homelessness 365 days a year.

A Warming Center is a facility that has been opened for short term operations due to a specific emergency or event. They are normally opened when temperatures or a combination of precipitation, wind chill, wind and temperatures have or may become dangerous. Their paramount purpose is the prevention of death and injury related to exposure to the elements. Warming centers can help stranded motorists, or residents that have lost critical services. Some warming centers may provide limited food, showers, charging stations and places to rest.

A Cooling Center is a facility that has been opened for short term operations due to a specific emergency or event. They are normally opened when hot temperatures may become dangerous.

A General Population shelter (aka Emergency shelter) is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their current residence. The main difference between a warming center and emergency shelter is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as natural or man-made disasters. Another difference from a warming center is that people staying in emergency shelters are provided places to sleep and/or eat for an extended period. If the shelter is run by the Red Cross facilities are ADA compliant and non-acute medical care and disaster mental health services are available.