Many nonprofits have a plan in place to protect the most vulnerable people in our community when temperatures reach dangerous highs.
Another local shelter, OurCalling, is helping keep people cool by handing out beat the heat kits.
“Included are cold water, sunglasses, sunblock, chapstick. And we’re looking into buying neck cooling wraps and a lot of different things to protect our friends this summer,” said Ali Hendricksen, Development Manager for OurCalling.“We’re hoping to receive as many products as we can as fast as we can so we can start creating more of these kits, and send our search and rescue teams out on the streets with them. We need hundreds,” said Hendricksen.
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