Cold-weather shelters are opening this weekend as below-freezing temperatures loom

Thomas Weber, Treasure Coast Newspapers
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As below-freezing temperatures approach the Treasure Coast, cold-weather shelters are opening for the weekend.

  • The Image of Christ shelter, 3090 Avenue G, Fort Pierce, will open 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday into Monday morning.

  • The Source, 1015 Commerce Ave., Vero Beach, offers shelter every night through its Dignity Bus, which houses 20 people. Reservations can be made by calling The Source, 772-564-0202.

  • The Salvation Army of Indian River County, 2655 Fifth Street Southwest, will open its cold weather shelter for the first 40 people at 6 p.m. Saturday.

  • The 10th Street Community Center, 724 S.E. 10th St., Stuart, will provide a cold-weather shelter beginning 6 p.m. Saturday through 7 a.m. Sunday, and 6 p.m. Sunday through 7 a.m. Monday.

Transportation to the shelter will be provided at 5 p.m. from Indiantown Village Hall, 15516 S.W. Osceola St., Indiantown; 5:30 p.m. from Love and Hope in Action, 1760 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart; and 5:30-5:45 p.m. from the Salvation Army, 821 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Stuart.

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After Monday temperatures dipped to 34 degrees in parts of the Treasure Coast, but without setting cold-weather records, meteorologists now are expecting below-freezing lows for the weekend.

Thomas Weber is a Digital Now Reporter at TCPalm. You can reach him at thomas.weber@tcpalm.com or 813-545-9113. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

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