Immediate Release
Dec. 1, 2020
Media Contact
Tony Fabrizio, Senior Public Relations Coordinator, (727) 464-4600
Pinellas: Cold Weather Shelters to Open Tonight
Temperatures expected to drop to low 40s by early Wednesday
The Pinellas County Homeless Leadership Alliance and Learning Empowered will open cold weather shelters tonight, 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:
Clearwater
Dr. Martin Luther King Neighborhood Center
1201 Douglas Ave., Clearwater, 33755
Capacity: 50-60
Note: this is a one-time only shelter location for Clearwater. Hours are 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
St. Petersburg
Northwest Presbyterian Church
6330 54th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, 33706
(727) 544-4551
Capacity: 50
Salvation Army
1400 4th Street S., St. Petersburg, 33705
Phone: (727) 822-4954
Capacity: 25
Hours are 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
The Turning Point
1810 5th Avenue N., St. Petersburg, 33713
(727) 823-7811
Capacity: 12
Pinellas Park
Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast in Pinellas Park
7790 61st Street N., Pinellas Park, 33781
Phone (727) 547-5437
Capacity: 50
Tarpon Springs
Boys and Girls Club of Tarpon Springs
111 W Lime Street, Tarpon Springs, 34689
Phone: (727) 937-6837
Capacity: 30-35
Families with Children
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.
Learning Empowered
Learning Empowered was formerly known as United Methodist Cooperative Ministries/Suncoast, Inc. The organization is dedicated to using the inherent intelligence, passion and drive in its clients and supporters to change the world.
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