JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The City Rescue Mission is stepping up to help those who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets during the cold weather. <\/p>\n
With temperatures forecasted to dip into the low 40s overnight Monday, the organization is extending its shelter services, providing people without housing a warm place to sleep and a hot meal.<\/p>\n
Individuals in need can check in on Monday night at City Rescue Mission\u2019s New Life Inn campus on West State Street. According to the organization, cold nights often lead to an increase in people seeking shelter.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe usually see about 100 people every night, but then on these cold nights when it drops below 40\u00b0, we open up, and it\u2019s just you know extra space,\u201d said Paul Stasi, Executive Director of City Rescue Mission.<\/p>\n The shelter has 200 beds available. Stasi said the mission regularly serves a wide range of individuals and families.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n For the City Rescue Mission, the effort goes beyond simply providing a bed, focusing instead on caring for people during dangerous weather conditions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe really want to be able to reach out with God\u2019s love and help people in his name,\u201d Stasi said.<\/p>\n The shelter extension will last through Monday night.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The City Rescue Mission is stepping up to help those who would otherwise be sleeping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,26058,46443,28,348,46444,116,351,118,117,349,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-84437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-city-rescue-mission","tag-cold-weather-shelters-in-jacksonville","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-homeless-in-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84437","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=84437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}