Pinellas: Cold night shelters open Saturday and Sunday nights

Cold night shelters in Pinellas County will be open Saturday night, Jan. 31, and Sunday night, Feb. 1, the Homeless Leadership Alliance has announced. The shelters will be open from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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 Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) will provide free bus rides to and from Cold Night Shelters both evenings from 5 p.m. through 7 a.m. the next day. Riders must tell PSTA drivers they are going to a Pinellas Cold Night Shelter when boarding to ride fare-free.

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

Tarpon Springs

• St. Timothy Luthern Church
• • 812 E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs
  • PSTA Route #19

Clearwater

• First United Methodist Church of Clearwater
• • 411 Turner Street, Clearwater
  • Allows leashed/contained pets
  • PSTA Route #52A

Pinellas Park

• Boys & Girls Club of Pinellas Park
• • 7790 61^st St. N, Pinellas Park
  • PSTA Route #74

• First United Methodist Church of Pinellas Park
• • 9025 49^th St. N, Pinellas Park
  • Allows leashed/contained pets
  • PSTA Route #49

St. Petersburg

• Unitarian Universalist Church
• • 100 Mirror Lake Drive N, St. Petersburg
  • Requires the use of stairs
  • PSTA Routes #9, #20, #24, SunRunner
• Salvation Army
• • 1400 4^th Street South, St. Petersburg
  • Requires valid ID for entry
  • PSTA Route #4A or B

• Allendale Church
• • 3803 Haines Rd. N, St. Petersburg
  • PSTA Route #16, #38

• Northwest Church
• • 6330 54th Ave. N, St. Petersburg
  • Allows leashed/contained pets
  • PSTA Route #54, #66

Families with children will be placed in family shelters on cold nights (if space is available). Families should call 2-1-1, First Contact, for information about family shelters.

The Homeless Leadership Alliance is in need of volunteers for this and future activations. Those interested in volunteering should visit pinellashomeless.org/become-a-volunteer to learn more.

Stacy O’Donnell

Executive Aide to Chairman Dave Eggers

Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners

315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756

sodonnell@pinellas.gov

Office (727) 464-3276

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