The Salvation Army has announced that its community center in north Salina is open to all persons needing to get out of the cold.
According to Captain Lynn Lopez, the facility at 1137 North Santa Fe Avenue is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. "to the homeless and all folks needing a place to be in these drastic temperatures."
"They can hang out in the dining hall, watch movies, or play basketball/walk in the gym," Lopez noted. "If we need to add hours of operation, the officers will come earlier and stay later."
Lopez explained that juice, coffee, and hot breakfast, as well as hot lunch and hot supper will be served. The facility has a limit of two meals per person. If people are picking up meals to go, they can get two meals per family member, she added.
"Praying no one succumbs to the deep freeze by remaining outdoors!" Lopez noted.