SOUTHWEST FLORIDA \u2014 Several counties and non-profits are responding to the cold weather coming to Southwest Florida this week. <\/p>\n
LEE COUNTY: <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Dec. 30 and Wednesday, Dec. 31, the Salvation Army will have a limited number of single beds. Shelter will be available beginning the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 30, through the morning of Thursday, Jan. 1. <\/p>\n
People who need shelter should arrive between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at 2400 Edison Ave. in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n
Lee County said the Salvation Army will reassess capacity on Wednesday and will take people in as space allows. <\/p>\n
The county said on Tuesday, the Housing, Outreach and Treatment (HOT) teams will go in the community and connect with individuals experiencing homelessness to provide resources and distribute cold-weather supplies, including jackets, socks, blankets and hand warmers.<\/p>\n
Starting on Wednesday, LeeTran will provide Warming Busses at the locations listed below:<\/p>\n
6 a.m. – 8 a.m., Rosa Parks Transfer Station (2250 Widman Way, Fort Myers, FL 33919)<\/p>\n
6 a.m. – 10 a.m., Lehigh Acres Park & Ride (1121 Village Lakes Blvd., Lehigh Acres, FL 33972)<\/p>\n
6 a.m. – 10 a.m., Cape Coral Transfer Station (820 SE 47th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL 33904)<\/p>\n
Also on Wednesday, the following warming stations will be open: <\/p>\n
8 a.m. – noon, Dunbar United Way Resiliency Hub at Community Cooperative (3429 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33916)<\/p>\n
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Tice United Way Resiliency Hub at Goodwill Industries (5100 Tice St., Fort Myers, FL 33905)<\/p>\n
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Charleston Park United Way Resiliency Hub – Goodwill Industries (2541 Charleston Park Drive, Alva, FL 33920)<\/p>\n
8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Harlem Heights United Way Resiliency Hub at The Heights Center (15570 Hagie Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33908)<\/p>\n
9 a.m. – 1 p.m., West Cape Coral United Way Resiliency Hub at Goodwill Industries (1499 SW. Pine Island Rd. Cape Coral, FL 33991)<\/p>\n
9 a.m. – 3 p.m., South Fort Myers United Way Resiliency Hub at Jewish Family Services (9701 Commerce Center Court, Fort Myers, FL 33908)<\/p>\n
Mobile warming stations open, along with cold-weather supply distribution: <\/p>\n
8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m., Lions Park (2550 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33901)<\/p>\n
8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m., Rosa Parks Transfer Station (2250 Widman Way, Fort Myers, FL 33919)<\/p>\n
8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m., Edison Mall Transfer Station (4125 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33901)<\/p>\n
8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m., South Fort Myers Transfer Station (13182 S Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33907)<\/p>\n
COLLIER COUNTY:<\/p>\n
St. Matthew’s House is opening its shelter for four days, starting on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n
People can check in to the Campbell Lodge at 2001 Airport Road South, 34112 in Naples, or the Immokalee Friendship Lodge at 602 W Main Street, 34142 in Immokalee at 8:00 PM on any of those nights.<\/p>\n
The organization said there’s plenty of space and beds, pillows, blankets, snacks and coffee will be provided.<\/p>\n
Guests will be required to take a breathalyzer test. <\/p>\n
St. Matthew’s House is also asking for donations to help the people at the shelters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHWEST FLORIDA \u2014 Several counties and non-profits are responding to the cold weather coming to Southwest Florida this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,519,5926,264,356,266,115,15443,517,221],"class_list":["post-99085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-cold","tag-collier-county","tag-fox-4","tag-lee-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-shelter","tag-warm","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99085","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=99085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}