Ash Rootes, director of the overnight warming center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of DeKalb, talks Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at the church, about the main eating and sleeping area at the facility. The warming center, which is open nightly during the winter months, offers free hot meals to all and a warm, safe place for community members. (Mark Busch)
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