Warming Center

As temperatures plunge in one of Utah’s coldest counties, a warming center is seeing record numbers of people needing shelter, and is urgently seeking more volunteers to help.

Questioning our judgments of others is essential for developing empathy and understanding. It's particularly important when considering people who are unhoused.

We’ll check in with the William A. Burnard Warming Center in Logan, with Lindsey Harrelson, and Jayme Walters, on today's Access Utah.

Many people struggle with mental illness, and it can make life very challenging. Unhoused people are no different. Some struggle with mental illness and some do not.

Some people may think volunteering is time-consuming and draining. However, volunteering for just a few hours fills an otherwise unmet need.

How do we gather information about homelessness in our communities?

Working together to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurrent.

Over 100 Cache Valley residents volunteered at the William A. Burnard Warming Center last year.

Drug use and homelessness are complex issues, and many people automatically link the two together.

The Bear River Local Homeless Council is opening a temporary warming center in North Logan to keep people safe during the extra cold weather.