MUST opens temporary shelter for those fleeing Hurricane Irma
MUST Ministries is opening its inclement weather shelter for people who need a place to stay during Hurricane Irma, which is expected to blow into Georgia on Monday.
The shelter will be open 24 hours a day until Tuesday or until services are no longer needed.
It will be available for families and single women and will have 22 additional beds available for use.
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MUST’s will refer single men seeking shelter to The Extension.
Donations are needed to help service those seeking shelter. Items needed include breakfast items (cereal, cereal bars, fruit, milk, juice, breakfast sandwiches), rain ponchos, umbrellas, full-size blankets and sheets, new pillows, pillow cases, bottled water and sack lunch items (bread, lunch meat, peanut butter, cookies, snack chips).
Donations can be brought to the Elizabeth Inn Campus – Loaves and Fishes Kitchen, 55 Elizabeth Church Road in Marietta.
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Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.
