(La Porte, IN) - A local official Is out looking for homeless people to place in shelters before a predicted bitter cold hits.

 

Center Township Trustee Lisa Pierzakowski said arrangements for temporary housing have already been made for several people on the streets that she recently approached.

 

Pierzakowski said she'll be physically out in the coming days looking for other people without a home and wanting shelter for the upcoming Arctic-adjacent weather that's supposed to hit the area soon. 

 

“We’re trying to get as many as we can situated from Saturday until Tuesday during the coldest part,” she said.

 

Pierzakowski says her office at 1108 W. Indiana 2 in La Porte will also be open on Sunday and Monday for people needing warmth.

 

“We have a huge back room. We can do coffee or anything else they need. We got the showers and stuff like that. There should be no excuse for anybody to be out in the elements,” she said.

 

She’s asking people who know someone needing a roof over their heads during the predicted bitter cold to call her cell phone at 851-8739 or her office at 362-2736.

 

A mixture of rain and snow on Friday and all snow for Saturday is in the forecast, along with daily high temperatures in the single digits beginning Sunday through Tuesday.