Guadalupe Community Center
“I heard about the fans and so I rode the bus and then walked here this morning to get one.” said Diamond. Diamond, like many seniors in the Alamo City is on a fixed income and the fan will help her stay cool while not dramatically increasing her utility bills during the hot summer months. The fan is one of over 5,000 fans that will be given away this summer through the City’s “Project Cool” drive.
With temperatures already hitting close to 100, the fans have been “going out as quickly as they come in” said Lizzy Nemeth, director of the Guadalupe Community Center which distributes the fans.
The Church of Jesus Christ in front of half of the fans.
Today, Project Cool received a huge boost as a 1,000 new box fans were delivered and donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Today’s delivery of fans represents 20 percent of Project Cool’s annual goal of providing 5,000 fans for seniors.
Missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ worked alongside folks from Catholic Charities to unload the fans and put them in storage for distribution.
Catholic Charities will hold an “Adopt a Senior” day on Saturday, June 29th and are looking for volunteers to help distribute a fan, some food and other commodities to seniors. Yolanda Perez, Administrator for the City’s Human Services Department, speaking of the “Adopt a Senior” program said that the City is “trying to create a communication partnership with a senior to where a person can continue to go see that senior and see how they are.” More information on how to sign up to “Adopt a Senior” will be available at https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/adopt-a-senior-program-aims-to-keep-the-elderly-in-bexar-county-out-of-isolation/
More new box fans are still needed and can be dropped off at any San Antonio fire station through September.
For more information about Project Cool:
https://www.sanantonio.gov/humanservices/SeniorServices/ProjectCool