Senior Citizens Inc. Annual Fan Drive is up and running to provide free fans to help low-income senior citizens deal with rising summer temperatures.
“Coming off an unseasonably warm winter, we know that even more seniors than usual are going to suffer from the upcoming sweltering heat of summer,” said Patti Lyons, Senior Citizens president. “But the fact is that we simply don’t have the funding to provide fans for everyone in need so we are restricting our distribution to the most extreme cases.”
The agency is calling for community support by donating new electric box fans or funds to purchase them.
Each year hundreds of fans are distributed throughout the area but unless fans or funds are donated, those will not be available this year, Lyons said.
New fans or donations may be dropped off at Senior Citizens offices at 3025 Bull St. weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
To qualify for a fan, seniors must be 55 or older and have income of less than $1,000 a month. Seniors wishing to apply for a fan may go to the Bull Street site and provide proof of income and a photo ID.
For information, call Senior Citizens at 236-0363 or visit www.seniorcitizens-inc.org