Warming Centers in Rhode Island

Posted on January 4, 2018

The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) announces that due to forecasted extreme cold, the following communities will have warming centers open to the public for those who need to seek temporary shelter. If you do not see your community listed contact your local municipalities for more information. If you need additional assistance call 2-1-1.

Barrington:

Barrington Public Library: 281 County Rd

  • Mon – Thurs: 9 AM – 9 PM
  • Fri & Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM
  • For Barrington residents seeking warming centers outside of above hours please contact (401) 437-3930.

Bristol:

Roger’s Free Library: 525 Hope St

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM

Burrillville:

Jesse Smith Library: 100 Tinkham Lane

  • Mon – Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 10 AM – 5 PM

For Burrillville residents seeking warming centers outside of above hours please contact (401) 641-0898.

Central Falls:

Forand Manor: 30 Washington St

  • Mon – Sun: 9 AM – 9 PM

Wilfrid Manor: 466 Hunt St

  • Sat – Sun: 9 AM – 9 PM

Charlestown:

Charlestown Town Hall: 4540 South County Trail

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Charlestown Community Center: 100 Park Ln

  • Mon – Thurs: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
  • Fri: 8:30 AM – 12 PM

Cross’ Mills Public Library: 4417 Old Post Rd

  • Mon: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Tues: 9 AM – 1 PM
  • Wed: 9 AM – 6 PM
  • Thurs: 9 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Sat: 9 AM – 3 PM

Police Community Room: 4901 Old Post Rd

  • Daily: 7 AM – 5 PM

For Charlestown residents seeking warming centers outside of above hours call (401) 364-1212 – extension “0”

Coventry:

Coventry Police Department: 1075 Main St.

  • Available as needed. For assistance contact Coventry PD at (401) 826-1100.

Coventry Public Library: 1672 Flat River Rd.

  • Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 12 PM – 4 PM

Senior Center: 50 Wood St

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 5 PM

Cranston:

Arlington Library: 1064 Cranston St

  • Mon – Wed: 10 AM – 4: 30 PM
  • Fri: 10 AM – 4:30 PM

Auburn Library: 396 Pontiac Ave

  • Mon – Wed: 10 AM – 6 PM
  • Fri: 10 AM – 6 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 5 PM

Central Library: 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd

  • Mon – Wed: 9 AM – 8 PM
  • Thurs – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM

Knightsville Library: 1847 Cranston St

  • Mon: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Tues – Wed: 11 AM – 6 PM
  • Fri: 11 AM – 5 PM

Oaklawn Library: 230 Wilbur Ave

  • Tues & Wed: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Fri & Sat: 10 AM – 5 PM

William Hall Library: 1825 Broad St

  • Mon & Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Tues & Wed: 12 PM – 8 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 6 PM

East Providence:

Riverside Library: 475 Bullocks Point Ave

  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM

Weaver Library: 41 Grove Ave

  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM

Exeter:

Exeter Library: 773 Ten Rod Rd

  • Tues – Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 6 PM

Glocester:

Glocester Manton Library: 1137 Putnam Pike

  • Mon – Wed: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 3 PM

Harmony Library: 195 Putnam Pike

  • Mon – Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 4 PM

Hopkinton:

Hopkinton Police Station: 406 Woodville Rd

  • Available as needed. For assistance contact Hopkinton Police Department – (401) 377-7750.

Johnston:

Johnston Senior Center: 1291 Hartford Ave

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 5 PM

Johnston Public Library: 1 Memorial Ave

  • Mon – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM

Little Compton:

Brownell Library: 44 Commons

  • Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Wed: 12 PM – 7 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 4 PM

 

Middletown:

Middletown Library: 700 W. Main Rd

  • Mon – Thurs: 9:30 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9:30 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM

Senior Center: 650 Green End Ave

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 4 PM

Town Hall: 350 E. Main Rd

  • Mon – Fri: 8 AM – 4 PM

Narragansett:

Maury Loontjens Memorial Library: 35 Kingstown Rd

  • Mon – Thurs: 9:30 AM – 8:30 PM
  • Fri: 9:30 AM – 5 PM
  • Sat: 9:30 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 12 PM – 4 PM

Newport:

Donovan Manor: 19 Chapel St

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Edward King House: 35 King St

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 4 PM

Florence Gray Community Center – Main Lobby: 1 Shimoda Way

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Newport Public Library: 300 Spring St

  • Mon: 12:30 PM – 9 PM
  • Tues – Thurs: 9:30 AM – 9 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9:30 AM – 6 PM
  • Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM

Seamen’s Church Institute: 18 Market Square

  • Mon – Sat: 7 AM – 4 PM
  • Sun: 7 AM – 12 PM

 

North Kingstown:

Senior Center: 44 Beach St

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

North Kingstown Library: 100 Boone St

  • Mon – Thurs: 9 AM – 8:30 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 1PM – 5PM

North Providence:

North Providence Senior Center: 2 Atlantic Blvd

  • Mon – Fri: 8AM – 4PM

 

North Smithfield:

Scouter’s Hall: 11 Main St, Slatersville (Will Open if Needed)

  • Contact the North Smithfield Emergency Management Agency hotline at 401-767-2206 to request.

Pawtucket:

Blackstone Valley Visitor Center: 175 Main St

  • Mon – Sun: 10 AM – 4 PM

Leon Mathieu Senior Center: 420 Main St

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 4 PM

Pawtucket Police Department: 121 Roosevelt Ave; 24/7

Pawtucket Public Library: 13 Summer St

  • Mon – Thurs: 9 AM – 8:45 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 4:45 PM
  • Sun: 12 PM – 3:45 PM

For those Pawtucket residents affected by the cold needing transportation, call (401) 727-9100 for assistance.

Seniors with heat-related concerns may also contact the Leon Mathieu Senior Center at (401) 728-7582 or the City’s Senior Liaison at (401) 728-0500 – Extension 241.

Portsmouth:

Portsmouth Multi-Purpose Senior Center: 110 Bristol Ferry Rd

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 4 PM

Providence:

Davinci Center for Community Progress: 470 Charles Street

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Federal Hill House: 9 Courtland Street

  • Mon – Fri: 6:30 AM – 6 PM

Silver Lake Annex Multi-Purpose Community Center: 529 Plainfield St

  • Mon – Fri: 6:30 AM – 5 PM

 

Library Branches

Fox Point Library: 90 Ives St

  • Mon: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Tues: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Wed – Fri: 1 PM – 6PM

Mt. Pleasant Library: 315 Academy Ave

  • Mon – Tues: 1 PM – 9 PM
  • Wed: 12 PM – 6 PM
  • Thurs: 9:30 AM – 6 PM
  • Fri: 12 PM – 6 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 6 PM

Olneyville Library: 1 Olneyville Square

  • Mon: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Tues: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Wed: 12 PM – 6 PM
  • Thurs – Fri: 1 PM – 6 PM

Rochambeau Library: 708 Hope St

  • Mon: 1 PM – 8:45 PM
  • Tues – Wed: 9:30 AM – 5:45 PM
  • Thurs: 1 PM – 8:45 PM
  • Fri -Sat: 12 PM – 5:45 PM

Smith Hill Library: 31 Candace Street

  • Mon: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Tues: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Wed: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Thurs: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Fri: 1 PM – 6 PM

South Providence Library: 441 Prairie Ave

  • Mon: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Tues: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Wed: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Thurs – Fri: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 6 PM

Wanskuck Library: 233 Veazie St

  • Mon: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Tues – Wed: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Thurs: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 1 PM – 6 PM

Washington Park Library: 1316 Broad St

  • 9 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Tues – Wed: 1 PM – 6 PM
  • Thurs: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 1 PM – 6 PM

 

Richmond:

Clark Memorial Library: 7 Pinehurst Dr, Carolina

  • Mon – Tues: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Wed: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Thurs: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 2 PM

Community Center: 1168 Main St.

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 12 PM

For Richmond residents seeking warming centers outside of above hours please contact (401) 539-8289.

Scituate:

Chopmist Hill Senior Center: 1315 Chopmist Hill Rd

  • Wed – Fri: 8 AM – 3 PM
  • Sat – Sun: Will be open as needed. Notifications of weekend availability will be issued via CodeRED.

Hope Library: 374 North Rd

  • Mon: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Tues – Thurs: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Sat: 9 AM – 4 PM

North Scituate Library: 606 West Greenville Rd

  • Mon: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Tues: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Wed: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 4 PM

Smithfield:

Greenville Public Library: 573 Putnam Pike

  • Mon – Thurs: 9 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM

Smithfield Senior Center: 1 William J. Hawkins Trail

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 4 PM

Those Smithfield residents requiring help staying warm after regular hours please call (401) 233-1033.

South Kingstown:

Hale Library: 2601 Commodore Perry Highway

  • Mon: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Tues: 1 PM – 8 PM
  • Wed – Fri: 1 PM – 5 PM

Kingston Free Library: 2605 Kingstown Rd

  • Mon – Tues: 10 AM – 6 PM
  • Wed: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Thurs: 12 PM – 8 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 10 AM – 5 PM

Neighborhood Guild: 325 Columbia St

  • Mon – Fri: 7 AM – 9 PM
  • Sat: 8 AM – 4 PM
  • Sun: 12 PM – 4 PM

Peace Dale Library: 1057 Kingstown Rd

  • Mon: 9 AM – 8 PM
  • Tues – Thurs: 9 AM – 6 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM

Senior Center: 25 St. Dominic Rd

  • Mon – Fri: 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Tiverton:

Tiverton Public Library: 34 Roosevelt Dr

  • Mon – Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 10 AM – 5 PM
  • Sat: 10 AM – 4 PM

Tiverton Senior Center: 207 Canonicus St

  • Mon – Fri: 8:30 AM – 4 PM

Warren:

Warren Town Hall – Basement: 514 Main St

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 4 PM

Warwick:

Pilgrim Senior Center: 27 Pilgrim Parkway

  • Mon – Fri: 8 AM – 4:30 PM

Warwick Public Library: 600 Sandy Ln

  • Mon – Thurs: 9 AM – 9 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
  • Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM

Westerly:

Westerly Public Library: 44 Broad St

  • Mon – Thurs: 9 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri: 9 Am – 6 PM
  • Sat: 9 AM – 4 PM

West Greenwich:

West Greenwich Library: 274 Victory Highway

  • Mon: 10 AM – 4 PM
  • Tues – Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri – Sat: 10 AM – 4 PM

West Warwick:

West Warwick Youth/Police Annex: 40 Factory St

  • Mon – Sat: 8:30 AM – 4 PM. May extend hours until 9 PM, as needed.

Woonsocket:

Woonsocket Senior Center: 84 Social St

  • Mon – Fri: 8 AM – 4 PM

Woonsocket Library: 303 Clinton St

  • Mon – Fri: 9 AM – 5 PM
  • Sat: 9 AM – 4 PM

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