Eastside winter homeless shelters open Saturday

The city of Bellevue will open its Eastside Winter Shelter for homeless men at the International Paper site starting Saturday, Nov. 15. Catholic Community Services will open its women's shelter at the St Peter's United Methodist Church in Bellevue that same day through January, when it moves to the Redmond United Methodist Church.

The city of Bellevue will open its Eastside Winter Shelter for homeless men at the International Paper site starting Saturday, Nov. 15. Catholic Community Services will open its women’s shelter at the St Peter’s United Methodist Church in Bellevue that same day through January, when it moves to the Redmond United Methodist Church.

The men’s shelter is expected to provide shelter through March. The International Paper site is at 1899 120th Ave. N.E., and homeless men will be able to use the site 8 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

The shelters are also seeking community donations to provide meals. More information about the meal program can be found at www.tinyurl.com/lt7dg9r.For more information about the Eastside winter shelters, contact Congregations for the Homeless at 425-372-7252 or dwightj@cfhomeless.org; or Catholic Community Services at 206-437-7448 or eileenm@ccsw.org.