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Googling "211" gets me to www.211.org, looks like this is a United 
Way service.  Putting "211" into Wikipedia gets me to 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-1-1 , which has more information.

-- dkm


At 6/19/2012 04:05 PM Tuesday, Richard Wiggins wrote:
>Local news media advertises the number 211 for finding cooling 
>centers (and other services) in the Lansing area.  211 is apparently 
>like the old 411 number some of us may remember.  Does the number 
>211 work on campus?  Do you have to dial a prefix?
>
>(If I dial 211 on my AT&T cell phone, I get a voice notice that the 
>call cannot be connected.  It appears from net searches that 211 may 
>be tied to the United Way..  Is 211 official or not?  I am retired 
>from MSU and do not have a campus phone.)
>
>/rich