Cold night shelters activating Tuesday night

Cold night shelters in Pinellas County will be open on Tuesday night, Dec. 3, 2024, 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.

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

Tarpon Springs

Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast in Tarpon Springs

• 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 of the Suncoast in Pinellas Park

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

First United Methodist Church

• Address: 9025 49^th Street North, Pinellas Park
• Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

St. Petersburg

Northwest Church

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

Salvation Army

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

WestCare Turning Point

• Address: 1801 5^th Ave. North, St Petersburg
• Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church

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

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.