St. Vincent de Paul Warming Center open tonight

With the extreme cold weather, St. Vincent de Paul’s Warming Center will be open tonight and Friday night. Future nights will be extended as extreme cold persists.

The National Weather Service is predicting a low of 23 degrees overnight Thursday and 20 degrees Friday.

St. Vincent de Paul's warming center will be open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. each night the temperature dips below 25 degrees.

Transportation will leave from the St. Vincent de Paul Community Dining Hall at 6:45 p.m. on the nights the warming center is open. Transportation will return to the dining hall the next morning.

The Post Falls Shelter is located at 202 W. 7th Street behind the Post Falls St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, in the Kamps Apartment basement. St Vincent de Paul is able to shelter 50 individuals and will have available sleeping bags, blankets, gloves, stocking caps, coats, a full bathroom, warm food and drinks.

St. Vincent de Paul is accepting donations of warm food at both locations. Donors should contact the Warming Center Coordinator at 208-771-5396.