{"id":132848,"date":"2026-01-27T00:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132848\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:15:16","slug":"cold-night-shelters-to-open-monday-and-tuesday-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132848\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold night shelters to open Monday and Tuesday nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>news January 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p>            <img width=\"339\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cold-shelter.jpg\" class=\"w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>            <\/p>\n<p>Cold night shelters in Pinellas County will now be open tonight, Monday, Jan. 26, and tomorrow night, Tuesday, Jan. 27, the Homeless Leadership Alliance has announced. The shelters will be open from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cfeels like\u201d temperature to hit 40 degrees or below across the county between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) will provide free bus rides to and from Cold Night Shelters both evenings from 5 p.m. through 7 a.m. the next day. Riders must tell PSTA drivers they are going to a Pinellas Cold Night Shelter when boarding to ride fare-free.<\/p>\n<p>The following cold weather shelters are available to adult men and women:<\/p>\n<p>Tarpon Springs<\/p>\n<p>St. Timothy Luthern Church812 E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs<\/p>\n<p>Clearwater<\/p>\n<p>First United Methodist Church of Clearwater411 Turner Street, ClearwaterAllows leashed\/contained pets<\/p>\n<p>Pinellas Park<\/p>\n<p>Boys &amp; Girls Club of Pinellas Park7790 61st St. N, Pinellas Park<\/p>\n<p>First United Methodist Church of Pinellas Park9025 49th St. N, Pinellas ParkAllows leashed\/contained pets<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg<\/p>\n<p>Unitarian Universalist Church100 Mirror Lake Drive N, St. PetersburgRequires the use of stairs<\/p>\n<p>PSTA Routes #9, #20, #24, SunRunner<\/p>\n<p>Salvation Army1400 4th\u00a0Street South, St. PetersburgRequires valid ID for entry<\/p>\n<p>Allendale Church3803 Haines Rd. N, St. Petersburg<\/p>\n<p>Northwest Church6330 54th Ave. N, St. PetersburgAllows leashed\/contained pets<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Homeless Leadership Alliance is in need of volunteers for this and future activations. Those interested in volunteering should visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinellashomeless.org\/become-a-volunteer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pinellashomeless.org\/become-a-volunteer<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"news January 23, 2026 Cold night shelters in Pinellas County will now be open tonight, Monday, Jan. 26,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-132848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}