<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Y1SW5_1Go2ZzG100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Y1SW5_1Go2ZzG100" width="1200" height="600" ><p>LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) - A warming center in the basement of New Beginnings Church in Lowville opened Nov. 1 and will stay open through April 30. </p><p>It is the only warming center in Lewis County and provides warmth during the winter to people without homes.</p><p>“We want people to be safe,” said Laurie Millard, Northern Regional Center for Independent Living. “Sleeping outside, it is hard for many people to imagine what that might be like, to sleep outside where there is snow, cold, wind.”</p><h2>Hours, funding and staffing</h2><p>Guests can stay at the center from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. The Lewis County Department of Social Services provides funding. A small staff helps with cleaning, rule enforcement and cooking.</p><p>Food is available at the center. “We have food here for them; a lot of times it’s shelf-stable food,” Millard said. “We are hoping to implement more home-cooked meals for people, more nutritious, so that’s something new we are trying this year.”</p><h2>Added amenities</h2><p>The center has been open for four years. This year, it has a new kitchen, a freezer and laundry machines. Last year, a shower and refrigerator were added. The improvements were made possible by DSS funding and community donations.</p><p>“People that don’t have their own home to live in, that means they don’t have a place to shower, they don’t have a place to do laundry, and those things matter, just in terms of treating people with dignity,” Millard said.</p><h2>Centers in neighboring counties</h2><p>Jefferson County operates a county-authorized overnight warming center at the Salvation Army. It also has a daytime center at New Life Christian Church. Both opened Nov. 1.</p><p>St. Lawrence County has a center in Ogdensburg.</p></div></body>

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LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) - A warming center in the basement of New Beginnings Church in Lowville opened Nov. 1 and will stay open through April 30. It is the only warming center in Lewis County and provides warmth during the winter to people without homes. “We want people to...

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LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) - A warming center in the basement of New Beginnings Church in Lowville opened Nov. 1 and will stay open through April 30. It is 

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