Pinellas County To Open Cold Weather Shelters Tuesday Night

Clearwater FL

01 December, 2020

4:51 PM

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PINELLAS COUNTY, FL Pinellas County's Cold Weather Shelters will Tuesday, Dec. 1. The National Weather Service forecasts low temperatures of near 40 degrees in Pinellas County early Wednesday. Most of the shelters will open between 6 to 6:30 p.m. and accept guests all night. They will close at 6 a.m. (Shelters with different hours are noted below.) Guests will be provided a warm, safe place to spend the night. They will be advised if the shelters will be open additional nights. The following shelters will be available to adults: ClearwaterDr. Martin Luther King Neighborhood Center1201 Douglas Ave., ClearwaterCapacity: 50-60Note: this is a one-time only shelter location for Clearwater. Hours are 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. St. PetersburgNorthwest Presbyterian Church6330 54th Ave. N., St. Petersburg727-544-4551Capacity: 50 Salvation Army1400 4th St. S., St. Petersburg727-822-4954Capacity: 25 Hours are 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. The Turning Point1810 5th Ave. N., St. Petersburg727-823-7811Capacity: 12 Pinellas ParkBoys and Girls Club of the Suncoast in Pinellas Park7790 61st St. N., Pinellas Park727-547-5437Capacity: 50 Tarpon SpringsBoys and Girls Club of Tarpon Springs111 W. Lime St.Tarpon Springs727-937-6837Capacity: 30-35 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.