Agencies coordinate services during cold weather extremes

Those who are homeless can seek shelter through the Salvation Army Ocala’s Center of Hope.


The Salvation Army’s Center for Hope in downtown Ocala includes space for cold weather shelter. [Photo by Andy Fillmore]

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Posted January 7, 2025 | By Andy Fillmore, [email protected]

For the unsheltered homeless, weather extremes can become a struggle for survival. Local agencies were working to coordinate shelter access as the National Weather Service forecasted wind chill factor temperatures in the mid-20s in Ocala this week. Dan, an 83-year-old man from Wilton Manors, looks more like a kindly grandfather than someone you would find […]

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