For Immediate Release:   January 8, 2010

For Further Information Contact:  Scott Raymond, 491-9176; John Cardone, 491-1381

 

                                               City to Open Warming Station

 

Due to unusually cold weather conditions expected over the next several days, the City, in partnership with the local American Red Cross, is opening the Purple Heart Memorial Community Recreation Center located at 4305 Avenue H, Lake Charles as a temporary Warming Station for citizens to stay warm overnight.

 

The Warming Station will be open today, Friday, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and Saturday, January 9, from 7 p.m. to 7a.m.  Anyone staying at the Warming Station must provide their own essentials, including: clothing, toiletries, food and personal belongings.

 

Citizens planning to stay overnight should bring their own sleeping bags.  No pets will be allowed in the Warming Station

 

For more information, contact the Purple Heart Memorial Community Recreation Center at 491-1277.

                            

 

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