 As single-digit temperatures make their way into the region, many are turning up the heat and bundling up to stay warm. But for many residents, that is not an option. I spoke with Rachel Dotson, the director of the East Kentucky Dream Center, about how they are helping those in need. Eastern Kentucky is great at prepping for storms. Whether or not the weather is always right, the weatherman is always right. This week we've gotten a huge storm. The needs that have came in this week have just been crazy. So many people that can't afford kerosene, can't afford propane. There's children living in homes with no heat. They're sleeping in jackets, they're sleeping in hoodies. So the Dream Center tries to provide the extras, the extras to take the burden off of we're going to freeze to death. We try to keep a good supply of socks, of hand warmers, gloves, toboggans, and blankets. Blankets are a huge thing. When Walmart has the blankets on sale, even though it's little cheap ones, buy them, stock up, bring them to us. We always need them. We feel our blessing box with them. We put them in our homeless packs. Appalachian Wireless just can't stop themselves. Give the iPhone 13 128 gig for a penny with a two-year contract on the Mix and Match or Unlimited Plan. New or renewed line, while supplies last. One penny for an iPhone 13. We are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. In addition to helping the homeless, the Dream Center delivers meals to over 300 senior citizens and provides hot meals every Wednesday and Friday. We do a hot meal every Wednesday and Friday. There's other locations in town for a meal on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. So a free hot meal is always covered. But what about after that? What about when these families go home or when they go back to where they're sleeping or where they're staying? We want to provide more than that. So we want to provide the easy open pop-top lids. You know, a lot of children cook for themselves, unfortunately. We want to have the mac and cheese, the soups, that kind of thing that's easy open, easy fixed for them, as well as the ones that are living and sleeping outside. To make a donation to the East Kentucky Dream Center, go to ekdc.info backslash donate. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.