Updated: 12:42 PM EST December 27, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. The Western New York Coalition for the Homeless announced Sunday morning that several shelters will be open overnight to help anyone in need.
The following shelters will be open overnight:
Lincoln Field House, 10 Quincy Street, Buffalo, 14212
from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Holy Cross, 412 Niagara Street, Buffalo, 14201
from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. (serving men only)
Rural Outreach Center, 765 Olean Road, East Aurora
from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
The Rural Outreach Center and Lincoln Field House will also serve as a daytime warming centers on Monday.
If you encounter someone on the street during these time frames, please direct them to one of the Code Blue shelters. You can also call 211 to have an outreach team dispatched; outreach teams are dispatched between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.