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3 Supply Centers Open In St. Pete: Hurricane Irma Recovery
St. Petersburg has opened three supply and food centers for residents in need and those wishing to help them.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — St. Petersburg residents in need of food and supplies as they recover from Hurricane Irma’s devastation will find three locations open to serve them on Thursday.
The city announced that the Rev. Kenny Irby, St. Petersburg’s community intervention director, has coordinated three sites. People with supplies that may help others are invited to drop them off at the locations. People in need of emergency supplies and non-perishable food may also pick up items from the locations. (For more hurricane news or local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from St. Pete Patch, and click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
The following locations will be open until noon on Sept. 14:
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Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church
- 955 20th St. South
Christ Gospel Church
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- 2512 22nd Ave. S.
The following location will be open until 3 p.m. on Sept. 14:
Greater Mt. Zion AME
- 1045 16th St. S.
The city hasn’t announced if the locations will reopen on Friday.
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