April 30, 2018
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Heather Rivers
The shelter, formerly known as Inn Out of the Cold, will now be known as The INN of Woodstock
Last week Oxford county council passed a motion that will boost funding to the shelter from around $90,000 to $150,000, allowing the shelter to operate on a year-round basis.
“I feel it is something that is really needed,” said Watson, co-ordinator of the shelter that has been renamed The INN of Woodstock. “We will continue to help people all year round.
“Homelessness is not a seasonal issue.”
With about 12 people per night, numbers have steadily gone up at the shelter and Watson attributes the rise to a lack of affordable housing in the region.