The Warming Shelter

09/23/2026

What a great day with our Sioux City Leaders getting to share:

- How the Warming Shelter operates and who it serves
- How clients move through our tiered pathway toward stability
- Safety expectations and accountability within the shelter

To all who attended, thanks for your time, your commitment to our community and your wonderful questions and dialogue today. We are better together!

Special thanks to our supporters and partners at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church for hosting and providing lunch for all of us.

09/22/2026

💙 A Huge Thank You to Sioux City Dream Center 💙

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Sioux City Dream Center for their incredibly generous donation to The Warming Shelter. They provided food, drinks, paper goods, cleaning products, hygiene kits, and so much more — items that make a real, meaningful impact for the guests we serve every day.

Not only did they donate these supplies, but they also went above and beyond by helping with delivering everything with four vehicles to ensure it all arrived safely. That level of care and commitment truly speaks to their heart for our community.

Thank you, Dream Center, for your generosity, your partnership, and your willingness to show up in such a big way. We are deeply grateful. 🔥❤️

09/17/2026

❤️ What if life-changing support was within reach?

At The Warming Shelter, IT IS. We believe that homelessness is not the end of someone’s story.

Sometimes, what a person needs most is a safe place to land, someone who believes in them, and the support to take the next step.

Our goal is more than providing shelter. It’s about helping people build a foundation for something better:

🤝 Mentorship — someone willing to walk alongside you
🙌 A Hand Up — support without judgment
🧭 Accountability — encouragement to keep moving forward
🏗️ Foundation Building — creating stability one step at a time
🌱 Long-Term Success — working toward a future beyond shelter
🛟 Safety — a place to rest, recover, and begin again

We meet people where they are — and we believe in where they can go.

Your support helps make that possible. Every donation, volunteer hour, partnership, and act of kindness helps bring life-changing support within reach.

❤️ Save Lives. Restore Hope. Rise Up.

09/16/2026

💙 A Huge Thank You to Sioux City Dream Center! 💙
Today, we received over a month’s worth of laundry pods for our clients — and this donation is so much more than soap. It’s dignity. It’s confidence. It’s opportunity.

Because of this generosity, our clients will be able to:

🧼 Go to work in clean clothes
Showing up feeling confident, professional, and ready for the day.

👕 Send their kids to school in fresh, clean outfits
Helping children feel comfortable, included, and proud.

🚶‍♂️ Head to doctor appointments feeling clean and cared for
Which can make a world of difference in how they’re treated and how they feel.

💼 Walk into job interviews with confidence
Clean clothes can be the difference between feeling discouraged and feeling hopeful.

🌅 Start each day with dignity
Something every person deserves.

Sioux City Dream Center, your donation directly supports the wellbeing, confidence, and daily lives of the people we serve. You’ve helped remove a barrier that many don’t think about — but one that deeply affects our clients’ ability to move forward.

Thank you for caring. Thank you for giving. Thank you for making a real difference. 🔥💕

09/16/2026

Employee of the Month: Sunni Roberts!
We are so excited to celebrate Sunni Roberts as our Employee of the Month! Sunni has been part of The Warming Shelter team for 6 months, and in that short time she has made a huge impact with her kindness, humor, and heart for our residents.

🔥 What fulfills her most in her role?
“Interacting and building relationships with residents.”

🫶 What she wishes more people knew about shelter work:
“That the homeless have big hearts — they are people too.”

✨ Her superpower of choice:
“The ability to make people laugh. Days are better with laughter.”

🤣 Funniest or most memorable moment:
“Too many to pick just one! My co‑workers make me laugh all the time!”

🤫 Something she’s secretly amazing at:
“If I told, then someone would know. I’m not into self‑incrimination… hahaha!”

🍽️ Favorite ‘fancy’ restaurant:
“It’s not fancy, but HUHOT!”

🥤🍬 Favorite drink/treat:
Arizona Green Tea + Payday or Nut Roll candy bars.

💬 Her advice for new staff:
“Learn patience and give everyone grace for where they are.”

09/16/2026

⭐️MEN’S CLOTHING NEED⭐️
We are currently in need of:
• Men’s jeans, sizes 28–34 (all lengths)
• Men’s boxers or boxer briefs, sizes Medium–3X

Drop-Off Information 📍
No need to call — donations can be dropped off Monday–Sunday, 9:00 AM–5:30 PM
The Warming Shelter
916 Nebraska St, Sioux City, IA 51105

09/12/2026

Don't forget to sign up!

Sunday Funday for a Cause on September 27th at the Nickel is approaching, but this is still time to get your teams registered! Message SUX Pride on Facebook to register for Volleyball, Co****le or Horseshoes!

Day includes live music, raffles, and hamburger/hotdog feed. All ages are welcome!

**Proceeds benefits The Warming Shelter and the SUX Pride 2027 festival**

09/05/2026

09/04/2026