Cold night shelters open Wednesday and Thursday nights

Cold night shelters in Pinellas County will be open Wednesday, Jan. 8, and Thursday Jan. 9, 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 Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) will provide free bus rides to and from Cold Night Shelters starting at 5 p.m. 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

• Boys and Girls Club of Tarpon Springs
  • Address: 111 W Lime Street, Tarpon Springs
  • Hours: 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.
  • PSTA Route #19

Clearwater

• First United Methodist Church of Clearwater
  • Address: 411 Turner Street, Clearwater
  • Hours: 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.
  • PSTA Route #52

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.
  • PSTA Route #74
• First United Methodist Church
  • 9025 49^th Street North, Pinellas Park
  • Hours: 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.
  • Note: This location requires the use of stairs.
  • PSTA Route #52

St. Petersburg

• Northwest Presbyterian Church
  • Address: 6330 54^th Ave. North, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.
  • PSTA Route #75
• WestCare Turning Point
  • Address: 1801 5^th Ave. North, St Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.
  • PSTA Route #9
• Unitarian Universalist Church
  • 100 Mirror Lake Drive N, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.
  • Note: This location requires the use of stairs.
  • PSTA Routes #18, #23 or #100X
• Salvation Army
  • Address: 1400 4^th Street South, St. Petersburg
  • Hours: 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.
  • PSTA Route #4

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