JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- With temperatures expected to dip well into the 20s tonight, local shelters are working to help people in need get out of the cold.
The I.M. Sulzbacher Center on East Adams Street opens whenever temperatures dip to 40 degrees, according to President and CEO Cindy Funkhouser, so it will be prepared.
The Salvation Army will be opening an overflow shelter tonight at 900 W. Adams St., according to spokesperson Jill Black, who added that the Salvation Army also opens cold weather shelters when temperatures reach 40 degrees.
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Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the Salvation Army facility at 15 E. Church St. will be open. Black said it can accommodate 125 men; women will need to go to the overflow shelter.
Trinity Rescue Mission will open an emergency shelter as long as the temperatures are expected to be around freezing, according to communications director Daniel Riddick. It can handle men and women at the facility at 622 W. Union St.
The shelter at the Asbury United Methodist Church, 16 College Drive in Orange Park (corner of College and Blanding), is open. It opens any time the temperature drops below 42 degrees.
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