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Hypothermia Prevention and Response Program

The 2021-2022 Hypothermia Prevention Shelter season begins December 1st and runs until April 1st. With temperatures dropping and COVID-19 posing additional risks, it has never been more important to stand together as a community in service to our unsheltered neighbors. Since 2005, we have partnered with Fairfax County and our local faith communities to ensure that no one sleeps outside during the winter months. Before the pandemic, our faith partners opened their doors to offer warm places to sleep and eat. This year, we will partner with over 50 faith communities.

The doors will be open to welcome our most vulnerable neighbors to a safe space where they will find warm, socially distanced, sleeping areas and hot meals provided by our faith partners. FACETS’ round-the-clock staff will remain on site offering individualized case management and support to help move our Hypothermia Shelter guests from homeless to housed.

During this crisis, with your support, FACETS has remained on the frontlines, dedicated to meeting the emergency and basic needs of our community’s most vulnerable. For more information regarding Hypothermia Prevention, please reach out to Hypothermia Site Coordinator Mike Dykes at mdykes@facetscares.org or call 703-352-5090. See below for current shelter location and information.

Hypothermia Prevention & Shelter Sites: Sunday, January 16th to Saturday, January 22nd

GREEN SHELTER:

St. John Neumann Church Reston

11900 Lawyers Road

Reston, VA 21091

RED SHELTER:

St. Mary of Sorrow Catholic Church

5222 Sideburn Road

Fairfax, VA 22032

For weekly program updates, call FACETS at 703-352-5090, EXT: 1302

Hypothermia Prevention Shelter Host Churches: Sunday, January 23^rd to Saturday, January 30^th

GREEN CHURCH: Westwood Baptist Church

Westwood Baptist Church

8200 Old Keene Mill Road

Springfield, VA 22152

Westwood Baptist Church – Springfield, VA (westwood-baptist.org)

RED CHURCH: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

5800 Backlick Road

Springfield, VA 22150

St. Marks Lutheran Church (stmarks-elca.org)

There will not be any van pick-ups. For weekly program updates, call FACETS at 703-352-5090, EXT: 1302

FACETS COVID-19 Update:

FACETS is closely monitoring the developments around coronavirus (COVID-19). As we do so, we remain dedicated to serving our neighbors who suffer the effects of homelessness, poverty, and hunger in Fairfax County. The health, safety, and well-being of everyone at FACETS is our number one priority and we are doing everything we possibly can to protect our guests, clients, students, families, volunteers and staff. COVID-19 has quickly overshadowed all other issues, but thus far has not stopped FACETS’ service to highly vulnerable people across all our programs. During this uncertain time, the children, families and individuals we serve are more dependent than ever on FACETS for food, shelter and other essential services. Our doors remain open but we can’t do it alone and we are reaching out to our community for help. None of us know what the next few weeks will hold but, we do know that the FACETS community is strong and we will weather the storm to be here for our neighbors who need help getting through these unusually challenging times. We are so grateful for our community that continues to bring hope and essential services to our neighbors in need. Knowing that you’re there means so much. Thank you. Stay safe and reach out to those who may need support. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or to call on us if we can help: facets@facetscares.org. We will continue to be in touch.

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