Churches hope to do more after opening shelters

Weather officials: Temperatures dipped below 30 degrees during weekend

  • Cots are set up inside Westminster Hall at First Presbyterian Church in Palatka on Saturday for homeless people to take refuge from below-freezing temperatures.
    Cots are set up inside Westminster Hall at First Presbyterian Church in Palatka on Saturday for homeless people to take refuge from below-freezing temperatures.
  • A Life Church Palatka volunteer helps bring in cot supplies this weekend for the church’s cold weather shelter
    A Life Church Palatka volunteer helps bring in cot supplies this weekend for the church’s cold weather shelter
Three Putnam County churches opened last weekend as cold weather shelters and brought in 45 people over three days to escape the frigid temperatures. Life Church Palatka, First Presbyterian Church…

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