Storm Safety & Emergency Overnight Warming Center

Dear Friends,

We are wishing you all a very safe weekend as our communities navigate the effects of Hurricane Lee. 

Here at Healthy Acadia, we are grateful to have been able to open an Emergency Overnight Warming Center for the duration of the storm, to provide shelter and safety to community members who are unhoused or unsafely housed, to protect them from the dangerous weather.

The Emergency Overnight Warming Center, located at Healthy Acadia’s INSPIRE Recovery Center, 24 Church Street, Ellsworth, is open from Friday, September 15 @ 4pm through Sunday, September 17 @ 6am. The Center welcomes those who are unhoused or unsafely housed from across Hancock and Washington counties. Cots, mats, and comfortable seating are available, as well as food and drinking water. Please feel free to call the INSPIRE Center at 207-412-2288 for more information. 


If you would like to make a donation to support this effort, please click here.

We have fresh veggies, home-baked goodies, coffee, tea, and water available at the emergency warming center at INSPIRE. And, homemade soup, courtesy of Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital.

Below are some resources to help everyone stay safe and well throughout the weekend. Feel free to use and share!:

Governor Mills Hurricane Lee Press Release - includes tips and resources

Washington County Emergency Management Agency Facebook page - up-to-date storm info & local resources 

Hancock County Emergency Management Agency Facebook page - up-to-date storm info & local resources 

UMAINE Emergency Response Tips - tips on food/nutrition during power outages, generator safety, and more

MEMA (Maine Emergency Management Agency) - tips, resources, support, storm shelters

FEMA mobile app (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - tips, resources, support, storm shelters


Additional warming centers in the Downeast region:

Charlotte

  • If you have no power or no heat, the Charlotte Fire Station will be available as a warming center Saturday. You can call for Warming Center inquiries 207-454-8406.

Ellsworth

  • Located at 24 Church Street Ellsworth inside of Healthy Acadia’s INSPIRE Recovery Center. We have maximum capacity for 20 individuals. Open through Sunday at 6 a.m.

Jonesboro

  • Warming Center next to the Jonesboro Union Church at 24 Looks Point Road. This warming center will be manned Saturday 12 p.m. till Monday. Time is subject to change, it depends on the power situation in the area.

Pleasant Point

  • Passamaquoddy Tribal Office at 22 Bayview Drive. Only Open If Called. Call Paige Sprague at 207-853-2600 for information.

Princeton

  • Call Fire Chief Tony Ramsdell at 207-952-2577 if you need help and a warm place. They will open the Princeton Fire Department.

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