COLLECTING DONATIONS TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM RUNNING. A CHURCH IN MOUNT AIRY HAS BECOME A WARMING CENTER OF SORTS. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS SPOKE WITH VOLUNTEERS ABOUT THE NEED THEY ARE FILLING IN THE COMMUNITY. IT MIGHT BE COLD OUTSIDE, BUT WARM HANDS AND WARM HEARTS FILL THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MOUNT AIRY, GIVING NEIGHBORS A CHANCE TO ESCAPE THE FREEZING COLD IF TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW 32 DEGREES. VOLUNTEERS KEEP THE WARMING CENTER OPEN FOR GUESTS TO SIT INSIDE FROM 8 P.M. TO 7 A.M. THE INITIATIVE EXPECTS TO RUN THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY, OR AS LONG AS TEMPERATURES STAY LOW AND VOLUNTEERS ARE WILLING TO BE THERE. THEY SAY THE WARMING CENTER IS ONE OF A KIND. SOMETIMES IT VARIES. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE. WE CAN HOLD UP TO TEN PEOPLE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME IN. WE …
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