Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Housing Continuum and Care agency counted more than 150 unsheltered people living in Bucks County.
One day before starting the official count of unsheltered people living in Bucks County, volunteer Deborah Neidhart asked a staff member at one of the Central Bucks libraries if she knew of any homeless people in the area. Neidhart said the woman was shocked and denied that there were any homeless people at all in the area. "If you are not exposed to it, if you don't see it, then you really don't know that it exists," she said. "It's more invisible in Central Bucks than anywhere else in the county." It's a common misconception that Neidhart encounters, that only the lower part of Bucks County has a homeless population. It's a myth that Neidhart needs to shatter if she and the rest of her team hope to get an accurate count. "The camps are …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The National Weather Service is predicting more frigid temperatures, which has caused Bucks County to extend the Code Blue declaration through Monday, Jan. 28
Temperatures the past few days have been frigid, and more of the same is expected in the coming days. Bucks County has decided to extend the Code Blue Weather alert through Monday, Jan. 28. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures to drop to a low of 13 degrees Wednesday night and to remain low until Monday morning, causing the the Bucks County Emergency Management Agency and the Health Department to extend the Code Blue declaration through 7 a.m. on Monday. Additionally, snow is likely on Friday, according to National Weather Service predictions. Further arrangements have been made with area churches to open their doors as emergency shelters. Woodside Presbyterian in Yardley and Trinity Episcopal in Buckingham will remain …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Temperatures are expected to be frigid the next few days, prompting cold weather preparation.
A governmental cold-weather alert was issued Friday in advance of a cold front expected to bring frigid temperatures overnight next week. Bucks County's Code Blue weather alert will run from 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20 through 7 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, county officials said Friday. The alert puts two Bucks County churches on call to help the homeless or others needing shelter. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures overnight on Sunday to drop to around 24 degrees and continue to fall. Tuesday night's low is predicted to be about 15 degrees. Two churches are on-call to assist residents in Central Bucks and Lower Bucks. Woodside Presbyterian in Yardley and Trinity Episcopal in Buckingham will activate their emergency shelters, as…
Friday, January 28, 2011
A Langhorne church is on-call to help the homeless and needy, while weekend temperatures are expected to drop.
A governmental cold-weather alert has been extended until next week, keeping a church on-call to help the homeless or others needing shelter. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures overnight on Friday and Saturday to hover around 19 or 20 degrees, but on Sunday night, the thermometer is expected to dip down to just 9 degrees. Langhorne Terrace Ministries is Bucks County's on-call church for January. That means the church activates its emergency shelter, as well as coordinating transportation, temporary shelter, food and other needs. Bucks County's emergency management department had issued the Code Blue alert last week; it was to have expired on Wednesday. But given the recent snowstorm and dipping temperatures, county …
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