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Volunteers seek daytime coverage at warming shelter; council clarifies funding and bus-pass arrangements
Summary
A volunteer said Morgantown’s warming shelter lacks daytime staffing and could leave people exposed in cold weather; councilors said staffing requests must come from Catholic Charities and described existing reimbursement rules and transit support.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — During public comment at the Jan. 21 Morgantown City Council meeting, volunteer Stephanie Hunt urged the council to find daytime coverage for the city’s emergency warming shelter, saying the volunteer-run shelter closes daytime hours unless a volunteer is present and that people could be left outside in very cold weather.
"I spent my afternoon at the warming shelter...it is closed unless there's a volunteer. So I was up there volunteering, and it's kinda scary that if something happens to the volunteer…
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