20160224 - Warming Center (HRB)

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Volunteer stylist Erica Zarnstorff (cq) cuts a guest's (that did not want to be idenetified) hair at the Woodstock warming center in Woodstock on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The center is open Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and offers the homeless an opportunity to eat, sleep and shower.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com A client sleeps at the the warming center in the old Woodstock Fire House. The facility is open Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and has places for homeless people to eat, sleep, shower and get services that include haircuts and meet with representatives from county service providers.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Woodstock warming center guest Art Anderson speaks with a visitor after getting his hair cut on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. The center offers the area homeless a chance to receive servicesand meet with representatives from county service agencies.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Wodstock warming center guest Greg Fairbanks heads to the showers on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Afterward, Fairbanks had his hair cut by stylist Erica Zarnstorff.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Pastor Tom Rogers of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Woodstock greets a visitor to the warming center in the old Woodstock fire house in Woodstock. Rogers and Sue Rose, community services director with the McHenry County Housing Authority started the program.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Personal sized Bibles along with toiletries are available at the Woodstock warming center.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Woodstock warming center guest Greg Fairbanks reads a magazine while waiting for an open shower on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. The center is open Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. offers homeless people palce to to eat, sleep, shower and receive services including haircuts assistance from county service provider representatives.