Pullman warming shelter seeks more volunteers

Family Promise of the Palouse is looking for volunteers to help at the warming shelter in Pullman through January 31, 2019.

The warming shelter this year is in the basement of the new Pullman City Hall building, the former Encounter Ministries at 190 SE Crestview.

The warming shelter is a temporary emergency shelter, open from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. on nights when temperatures reach below 30 degrees. It will provide a place for homeless people to be safe and warm in extreme cold weather.

The warming shelter had a volunteer orientation Dec. 20 and opened Dec. 21. The warming center aims to staff t...