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Photo Album: See inside Lewiston’s overnight warming center
At the new warming center set up in February at Calvary United Methodist Church, the inhabitants — both the homeless folks and the staff who tend to them — look out for one another.
A homeless person tries to find her bedding March 13 at the overnight warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Visitors are allowed to store their blankets and bedding during the day so they don’t have to carry things around with them. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Kevin Boilard, right and Kimber Sands gather bedding for homeless people recently at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Homeless people are allowed to store their bedding during the day at the church so they don’t have to carry it around with them until the next night. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalHomeless people prepare for the night March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalGreg Stewart lays out his blanket March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston where he and about 60 others sleep every night. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalA homeless man sleeps on the floor March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalVisitors eat a late-night dinner March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalPaul Bernard gives a homeless man whoopie pies March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston, after learning the night before he was craving them. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalPaul and Riechelle Bernard serve food March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalSome staff members talk before the doors open March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. From left are Linda Doucette Scott, Tonya Sands, Jessica McKenzie, Kevin Boilard and Kimber Sands. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalJessica McKenzie, left, and Riechelle Bernard serve food March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalRiechelle and Paul Bernard joke with visitors while serving food March 13 at the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalFriends gather around Colleena Burns, sitting at a table March 13 at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. They were talking about her new wheelchair that someone donated to her after hearing she was struggling with her old one that had a broken wheel. From left are Max Robitaille, Angela Berry, Ashley Aube, Burns and Lorino Jones. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalA homeless person heads over to get a cup of coffee March 13 at the warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalA homeless person eats March 13 across from the overnight warming center inside Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston where they serve a free hot meal. There are a few people who come to get food and leave the church grounds. Staff monitors this and if they choose to leave the church property, they can not come back until the next night. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalHomeless people cross Bartlett Street March 13 on their way to the warming center just before 10 p.m. when the doors open at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalFriends huddle around an outlet to charge their phones March 13 at the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalAfter eating their meal March 13 at the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston, many took the opportunity to go outside and have a smoke. Visitors are allowed to go outside until midnight as long as they stay on the church grounds. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalStaff member Tonya Sands, right, pets a dog March 13 at the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Sands was checking homeless visitors in but could not allow this woman to enter because pets are not allowed inside. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalPaul Bernard takes trays of donated desserts out of his car trunk as others smoke and hang around March 13 at the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalA Lewiston Police cruiser pulls into the parking lot March 13 at the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. While the police do not staff the warming center, they patrol close by and check in throughout the night. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...
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