Cold night shelters in Pinellas County will be open Thursday night, Jan. 15. The shelters will be open from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Shelters will not be open Friday night, Jan. 16.
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 from 5 p.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Friday. 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
- 111 W Lime Street, Tarpon Springs
- PSTA Route #19
Clearwater
- First United Methodist Church of Clearwater
- 411 Turner Street, Clearwater
- PSTA Route #52A
Pinellas Park
- Boys & Girls Club of Pinellas Park
- 7790 61st St. N, Pinellas Park
- PSTA Route #74
- First United Methodist Church of Pinellas Park
- 9025 49th St. N, Pinellas Park
- PSTA Route #49
St. Petersburg
- Unitarian Universalist Church
- 100 Mirror Lake Drive N, St. Petersburg
- Note: This location requires the use of stairs.
- PSTA Routes #9, #20, #24, SunRunner
- Salvation Army
- 1400 4th Street South, St. Petersburg
- PSTA Route #4A or B
- Allendale Church
- 3803 Haines Rd. N, St. Petersburg
- PSTA Route #16, #38
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.