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Cincinnati honors volunteers and agencies behind nine-day warming shelter activation
Summary
Cincinnati City Council on Feb. 23 honored the city's warming shelter team for coordinating a nine-day activation that served roughly 200 people per day during a deep cold spell, commending multiple city departments, nonprofits and volunteers for what council members called life-saving work.
Council member Anna Albee presented a resolution Feb. 23 recognizing the City of Cincinnati warming shelter team for managing an emergency activation that sheltered roughly 200 people per day during nine days of extreme cold.
The resolution credited the Cincinnati Recreation Department for activating the OTR Rec Center as a warming shelter, Cincinnati Metro for transport, Le Soups and Our Daily Bread for meals, Kroger for food donations, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health and Generosity 513 for outreach staffing, and volunteers from Xavier University and community partners. Director Deanna White and other city staff joined Albee at the front of the chamber as council read the resolution and called volunteers…
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