ST. PETERSBURG — Cold night shelters are open Tuesday, Dec. 30, at multiple locations across St. Pete. The Homeless Leadership Alliance has coordinated with local shelters to ensure that individuals in need have a warm and safe place to sleep. Shelters are activated when the National Weather Service expects a “feels like” temperature below 40 degrees across the county between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Shelter guests are accepted until the shelter is full.
The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) will provide free bus rides to and from cold night shelters from 5 p.m. Tuesday through 7 a.m. Wednesday. 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 in St. Pete:
Unitarian Universalist Church
100 Mirror Lake Dr. N
Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.
Note: This location requires the use of stairs.
PSTA Routes #9, #20, #24 SunRunner
Salvation Army
Address: 1400 4th Street South, St. Petersburg
Hours: 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.
PSTA Route #4A or B
Families with children will be placed in family shelters on cold nights (if space is available). Families should call First Contact at 2-1-1 for information about family shelters in St. Petersburg and Clearwater
Additional shelter locations throughout Pinellas County can be found at www.PinellasHomeless.org/coldn
Support the Cold Night Shelter Program by volunteering or donating at www.PinellasHomeless.org/coldn
