OCEAN COUNTY – Three shelters will be made available overnight as part of the Code Blue program that helps keep homeless people safe in low temperatures.
The following locations will be made available:
- Riverwood Park Recreation Center, Riverwood Drive (Off Whitesville Road), Toms River, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 a.m.
- Lakewood Community Center, 20 4th Street, Lakewood, 9 p.m. – 8 a.m.
- Greater Bethel Church of God, 201 Martin Luther King Drive, Lakewood, 7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
Additionally, the Toms River shelter will also be open from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 a.m. on the nights of Feb. 20 – 22. A van will be bringing people there from Shore Vineyard Church in South Toms River, and the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library at 5 p.m. Call 386-315-0168 for more information.
