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WUNC reports from Greensboro about Guilford County and surrounding area.

As Temperatures Drop Shelters Prepare For Those In Need

On Tuesday night in Greensboro the temperature is expected to drop into the teens and shelters are expecting to be at or near capacity. Four years ago there was a significant rise in the number of people seeking shelter during the winter months. Greensboro didn’t have enough beds and on many cold nights dozens of people had to sleep on floors. The city responded by opening a half dozen winter emergency shelters for frigid nights like tonight. Reverend Mike Aiken says those facilities opened December 1st and will be packed this week.

"Our capacity at our winter emergency shelters has been at around 90-percent, so about double our normal capacity. So we should have room for about 225 people."

Aiken says the soup kitchens have been serving between 350 and 400 meals daily during the past week. He notes that while the shelters are busiest during the winter months, soup kitchens have fewer mouths to feed because children are in school.

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
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