HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — As cold temperatures settle in across the Tampa Bay area, counties across our region are opening cold-weather shelters to help residents stay safe and warm.

Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties activated their cold weather shelters Monday night, and they will stay open Tuesday night to serve anyone in need of a warm place to sleep.

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“It’s critical that they come. Last year, one of our regulars passed away at a bus stop because of hypothermia. It just got too cold,” said Christine Bond with St. Vincent de Paul.

Bond spent the day helping local shelters prepare for the cold night ahead, delivering food and blankets to organizations including First United Methodist Church in Clearwater, one of several Pinellas County locations now serving as a cold weather shelter.

That shelter can accommodate up to 100 people, offering mats to sleep on, blankets and a hot meal.

Pinellas County Shelters include:

First United Methodist church of Clearwater
First United Methodist Church of Pinellas Park
Unitarian Universalist Church
The Salvation Army
Boys and Girls Club of Tarpon Springs

Hillsborough County shelters include:

Church of God of Prophecy Hyde Park
Hyde Park United Methodist Church
Tampa Bay Mission of Hope in Brandon
Amazing Love Ministries in Tampa
Greater New Hope Church Anointed Ministries in Plant City
The Portico in Tampa

Pasco County shelters include:

Shady Hills Mission Chapel 15925 Greenglen Lane, Spring Hill
First Nazarene Church of Zephyrhills 6151 12th Street, Zephyrhills

To see Tampa Bay 28’s list of local cold weather shelters, click here.

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