
weather closing 2/16/21
Again Tuesday, February 16th we will be closed due to the dangerous cold. We WILL open Wednesday February 17th at 10am. Wednesday we will take calls for food box appointments. Conserve electricity. Be safe.

weather closing 2/16/21
Again Tuesday, February 16th we will be closed due to the dangerous cold. We WILL open Wednesday February 17th at 10am. Wednesday we will take calls for food box appointments. Conserve electricity. Be safe.

Closed Monday 2/15/21
Out of an abundance of caution and consideration for the persons receiving our services, our staff and volunteers, we will not be open MONDAY Feb 15th The forecast is for wind chills 25 below and high temp of 0. TV channel 4 says: "We have officially broken the record low this morning of -6° set back in 1936. If you must be out today, make sure that you have no exposed skin. Frostbite can occur in 20-30 minutes with our wind chills ranging from -20° to -30° this morning. The

Closed Saturday 2/13/21
Out of an abundance of caution and consideration for the persons receiving our services, our staff and volunteers, we will not be open Saturday, Feb 13th. The forecast is for wind chills 25 below and high temp less than 5. We will reopen Monday, Feb 15th at 10am. Thank you for understanding

Bitter cold, no donations
The forecast is for bitter cold temps, below zero wind chills for the next 10 days. For this reason we will be spending as few minutes outside as possible. We are asking anyone wishing to make a donation of anything to PLEASE delay dropping off until the daytime temp is above 30 degrees. Reminder: We have treated the parking lot and sidewalks but the salt does not work well in the frigid temp. Watch your step, tread carefully.

CLOSED today 2/8/2021
Shawnee Community Services will be closed for in person services today, Monday, February 8, 2021 due to a combination of poor road conditions, VERY cold temperatures, and our shortage of available staff. Everyone stay in, stay warm, stay safe. We will still be taking calls for pantry boxes to be picked up later this week.
scam alert
Please do not respond to any email from Sylvia Terry or any Shawnee Community Services email address that asks you to purchase any kind of gift cards. I, Sylvia Terry, nor Shawnee Community Services will send any email requesting the purchase of gift cards that are sent back by email. Any email of this nature is a scam. We have been alerted that this kind of email from "Sylvia Terry" was sent out today . We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.