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Glendale will activate relief station during Excessive Heat Warning

Salvation Army to provide help during next week’s heat wave

Posted 6/12/21

The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services will activate 11 heat relief stations throughout the Valley, including Glendale, where anyone in need can go for indoor cooling and hydration during an Excessive Heat Warning issued by the National Weather Service June 13-18.

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Glendale will activate relief station during Excessive Heat Warning

Salvation Army to provide help during next week’s heat wave

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The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services will activate 11 heat relief stations throughout the Valley, including Glendale, where anyone in need can go for indoor cooling and hydration during an excessive heat warning issued by the National Weather Service June 13-18.

“Anyone can come into a Salvation Army location for indoor cooling and hydration during regular operating hours, but when the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat warning, The Salvation Army considers it a disaster situation,” Major David Yardley, The Salvation Army Metro Phoenix Program Coordinator, stated in a news release, “so our EDS team ‘activates’ our heat relief stations to another level, with extra signage directing people to each location and some locations having canopies outside to give water and other available heat relief items to passersby. Salvation Army officers and staff will also take water to those in need around their neighborhoods.”

The heat relief stations will be activated from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day from June 13 to 18 and on any day the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat warning during the year, including weekends (excluding federal holidays).

The Glendale station is at the Glendale Corps Community Center, 6010 W. Northern Ave.

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A mobile hydration unit will also be dispatched from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day June 13-18 to targeted portions of the Valley that have been identified as homeless encampments and areas with high homeless populations.

The Salvation Army’s heat relief efforts – which averages nearly 1,500 bottles of water given out a day during an Excessive Heat Warning – follow current recommended COVID-19 guidelines from local, state and federal health officials.

“We wish to thank key partners APS, DBP and Ford for the significant donations of funding and water they’ve provided this year,” added Yardley. “Generous community support gives The Salvation Army the means to provide this life-saving service.”

To donate to help neighbors in need facing summer heat visit SalvationArmyPhoenix.org or text HEAT to 51555. To volunteer at a heat relief station, contact your local Salvation Army or call 602-267-4100.

The Salvation Army EDS is part of the Maricopa Association of Governments’ Heat Relief Regional Network, the goal of which is to provide resources for vulnerable people and help prevent heat-associated deaths.