ALAMEDA

Now open and operating every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Alameda’s Winter Warming Shelter provides a warm place to sleep for those in need along with dinner, breakfast, a shower (on Wednesdays and Fridays), toiletries, clothing and limited overnight storage during the colder winter months ahead.

Guests can also bring one approved, well-behaved pet. The warming shelter will be open through April 30 in Christ Episcopal Church at 1700 Santa Clara Ave. Warming Shelter guests should enter through the Grand Street parking lot.

The Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB), which is operating the warming shelter , also operates Jack Capon Villa on Lincoln Avenue, an 18-unit affordable housing community for low-income individuals with developmental disabilities. Many thanks got to Christ Episcopal Church’s leadership, congregation and volunteers, who continue to fulfill this critical need in our community and who have made a significant monetary contribution to help operate the warming shelter.

Anyone interested in supporting the warming shelter can buy an item on the shelter’s wish list or volunteer their time and support with meals. For more information, call the Alameda Homeless Hotline at 510-522-HOME (4663) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or call 211 on nights and weekends to access resources countywide. To contact the Alameda Warming Shelter, call 510-832-1382, ext. 123, or email warmingcenter@hceb.org.

— city of Alameda

Students can apply by Jan. 14 for $5K Van Sickle Scholarship

Applications are now open for the $5,000 Ken and Shirley Van Sickle Scholarship.

This college scholarship is open to graduating seniors who live in Alameda and attend one of its public high schools. Selection is based on a combination of academic achievement, leadership ability and financial need.

The scholarship is named in honor of Ken and Shirley Van Sickle, two distinguished educators who devoted many years to the education of Alameda’s students. Now in its 36th year, the scholarship was established by their son, Keith, a 1976 Alameda High School alumnus who later earned degrees at Stanford and Harvard.

Last year the scholarship was awarded to David Velasquez of the Alameda Community Learning Center. Now a freshman at San Jose State University, Velasquez is studying business. The deadline for applications is Jan. 14. Application forms are available from each high school’s counseling office. For more details, email ckvansickle@gmail.com.

— Keith Van Sickle

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