Cold night shelters activating Tuesday night

Cold night shelters in Pinellas County will be open on Tuesday night, Dec. 19, the Homeless Leadership Alliance has announced. The shelters will open at the times shown below.

Shelter guests are accepted until the shelter is full. All sites provide a warm and safe place to sleep, and many sites also serve a meal. Shelters are activated when the National Weather Service expects the “feels like” temperature to hit 40 degrees or below across the county between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Shelter Locations

The following cold weather shelters are available to adult men and women:

Tarpon Springs

• Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast
  • Address: 111 W Lime Street, Tarpon Springs
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

Clearwater

• First United Methodist Church of Clearwater
  • Address: 411 Turner Street, Clearwater
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

Pinellas Park

• Boys & Girls Club
  • Address: 7790 61^st Street North, Pinellas Park
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

St. Petersburg

• Northwest Presbyterian Church
  • Address: 6330 54^th Ave. North, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

• WestCare Turning Point
  • Address: 1810 5^th Ave. North, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

• Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg
  • Address: 100 Mirror Lake Drive North, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.
  • Please Note: This location requires the use of stairs.

• Salvation Army
  • Address: 1400 4^th Street South, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.

• Allendale United Methodist Church
  • Address: 3803 Haines Rd. N, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

Families with children will be placed in family shelters on cold nights (if space is available). Families should call 2-1-1, Tampa Bay Cares, Inc., for information about family shelters. Support the Cold Night Shelter Program by volunteering or donating at www.PinellasHomeless.org/coldnightshelters.