‘It can be brutal’: Ohio’s rural homeless shelters brace for a cold winter

Inside the laundry room at Homeward Bound, a homeless shelter in Wooster, a volunteer folds the latest batch of bedding, while a washing machine spins a sudsy load.

“We do a lot of laundry as you can imagine. We provide all the bedding and the shower and towels and stuff like that,” says Brandon Barnes, the shelter’s executive director.

Homeward Bound opened earlier this year and can accommodate up to 44 people at a time…

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