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Seniors receive help through heating bill program
Qualifying households can receive up to $350 of aid
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Shanna Cotton, of the Hall County Community Resource Center, talks with visitors to the Ninth District Opportunity heating assistance program event Tuesday morning at Legacy Link. The NDO program helps qualifying households with a one-time payment of up to $350 to their primary heating vendor.
With temperatures in the 70s Tuesday across Hall County, it seemed odd to see dozens of seniors waiting to apply for help paying their heating bills at the Legacy Link office in Oakwood. But the forecasts for a cold, wet winter, spurred on by a strong El Niño, are a reminder of what’s likely to come in January, February and March. Martha Hunter said her furnace went out last year during a cold spell.