Volunteers Sought For Code Blue Shelters In Lower Merion

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — With frigid weather bearing down on the Philadelphia region, Lower Merion officials are looking for residents willing to step up when temperatures drop.

Volunteers are sought to work shifts during Code Blue cold weather declarations in Lower Merion Township.

The Lower Merion Code Blue shelter will run from Dec. 1 through March 31, 2026, beginning at Our Mother of Good Counsel in Bryn Mawr. Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Ardmore Presbyterian Church, and Ardmore United Methodist Church will serve as shelters in January, February, and March, respectively. Volunteers are needed to all four locations.

Each shelter houses up to five men per night when temperatures dip to 32 degrees or lower.

Volunteers work in teams of two over two shifts — 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. — each night.

Anyone 18 and older can sign up to host on Code Blue nights in Lower Merion.

Those who sign up must provide Pennsylvania criminal background check results, as well as attend in-person training at 7 p.m. on Nov. 24 at Our Mother of Good Counsel.

Volunteers can also watch the training video online here before their first shift.

Visit this website to sign up for a Code Blue volunteer shift.

Email CodeBlueLM@gmail.com for more information.

Our Mother of Good Counsel is located at 31 Pennswood Road in Bryn Mawr; Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church is located at 625 Montgomery Ave. in Bryn Mawr; Ardmore Presbyterian Church is located at 5 W. Montgomery Ave. in Ardmore; and Ardmore United Methodist Church is located at 200 Argyle Road in Ardmore.