BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – As temperatures dip this weekend, emergency cold weather shelters will open across Vermont.
Burlington’s shelter opens at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Miller Center at 130 Gosse Court. No preregistration is required and pets are allowed.
In addition to Burlington, several cities and towns are opening overnight shelters this weekend, including St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Bennington, NEKCA in Newport, Rutland City Library, Montpelier Teen Center and First Methodist Church in Brattleboro.
For more information, call 211.
Cold weather shelters:
- Bennington County – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 200 Pleasant Street, Bennington, 8 p.m.-8 a.m.
- Chittenden County – Miller Center, 130 Gosse Court, Burlington, 5 p.m.-8 a.m.
- Northeast Kingdom – NEKCA, 371 Main Street, Newport, 8 p.m.-8 a.m.
- Rutland County – City Library, 10 Court Street, Rutland, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 a.m.
- Washington County – Teen Center, 130 Main Street, Montpelier, 8 p.m.-8 a.m.
- Windham County – First Methodist Church, 18 Town Crier Drive, Brattleboro, 8 p.m.-8 a.m.
