%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 20 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 12 0 R /F6 14 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 15 0 R /GS2 16 0 R /GS3 17 0 R /GS4 18 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 3.1.0 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20250826002207+00'00') /ModDate (D:20250826002207+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1269 >> stream xWMs6W챝a~SIiIj=drDHC,ZV~Fin@}9A;=0@`.EE3g,Ś7WѝE+{-Nh'8J1ΤqrY2W\O2<-Ew88Mg~bloWǬ(J*"êv[)S%kN9+1DͿ7l-FE8s6q}pl'T)gѱѱZw.!QŽ6TZ4܊* jÎ>&CdrG׍4|)lSZbI,-N`+:∥GZqt>cERK'^JtK-lj+ "l^fCWƨVU3tVUX-!kI-.t]V~Pm/4CköFWّ6~*\P-EAdxҭ C %]h݊DτΡZ@~OjwB1F1K?]Q7!khj~/hZŵOT#^Si9>b1dk8(AR)xּg'O?Ag~΃OAȝ覴{K`# ,kFж[&.L|} ;m>]u5@>ڑx8-l)oгϡs!} [∡ Ij|4P VJ+8Z$fB:=Q7%d8ktXQFFu?s-p'LWTDR+uyU}p}us*oΦ+<#BJgs!Y"Zg}  YiGKU6yq v?[jJ s s$*ߛjgsk[t )7ųq/֧N??leWM|~zh!2 c}"N\:4e<$CazAzͲ`sia\TassS( Øk;YT eY@󐬜zr78>]+pGA+ĿvgW$JC6*+Yg<\y; SzsE"fNOqɒtNs@?#Y~ M+3/=)er3yI endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 13 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F6 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 19 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 20 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 21 0 R >> endobj 21 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1047 >> stream x}VM6 W(\zmvI'遖`z?#(^b"><<\)֮h~Ypk|IxM7oH8awKk> BEHj= {Vv:F%%51aNwЯ~6oLQEhn@*0yN}}Aw(ܫ 7hѲbͪ2 `鄃 U]b7mD_ҡVȆZDjWh5",<N;wj:hIP䝴zf#{eCAuQ=劰eDjp|~r߈nxo=Vr=8RMLG8 ҁHUspϏfT3t@,KЇp7 jN9 Zt'A1y$[7Q~]rTF/7ƇNEq*ڷFcA9U$Nq7 ]FFcd@Ƕ-?iXcch2E0aGR˂RI"O,KBZTit))˦{aW^t2qE:[g)+<}dAlGTFƟ;ʒ%qH^XhUqus}3Շos endstream endobj xref 0 22 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000401 00000 n 0000000430 00000 n 0000000579 00000 n 0000000682 00000 n 0000002024 00000 n 0000002131 00000 n 0000002239 00000 n 0000002349 00000 n 0000002462 00000 n 0000002578 00000 n 0000002607 00000 n 0000002717 00000 n 0000002774 00000 n 0000002831 00000 n 0000002890 00000 n 0000002949 00000 n 0000002978 00000 n 0000003083 00000 n trailer << /Size 22 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[] >> startxref 4204 %%EOF Army joins Extreme Heat Project | Caring Magazine
Read Caring Magazine Volume 29

Vol. #29

Hope in Action

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Army joins Extreme Heat Project

July 22, 2009
2 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

The Army aids in preventing heat-related deaths.

by Elisabeth Arriero –

United Phoenix Fire Fighters Association volunteers distribute water. [Photo by Melissa Axman]

With temperatures expected to rise steadily through August, one Salvation Army site in Tempe is joining the Extreme Heat Project to bring bottled water to anyone at risk of dehydration.

“A lot of different groups have come in for water: homeless people, college kids—I’ve even seen some families come in,” said Capt. Keith Bottjen, who oversees the Salvation Army at 40 E. University Drive. “And if you don’t have to spend a buck or two here, it all adds up.”

Tempe residents can pick up free bottled water from Bottjen’s branch, across from Arizona State University, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday year-round.

Now in its third year, the Extreme Heat Project aims to prevent any heat-related deaths in the Valley by providing water, hats and sunscreen to anybody who asks.

The project, which will have 14 hydration stations throughout the Valley this summer, was originally created with the homeless in mind, said John Landrum, a homeless outreach coordinator for the Phoenix Salvation Army.

“The temperature here doesn’t cool down at night, so these people are constantly exposed to the heat and dehydration,” he said.

Melissa Axman, director of community relations for the Phoenix Salvation Army, pointed to a two-week period in summer 2005, in which 32 people died in the Phoenix area of heat-related causes.

“That was kind of our trigger,” she said. “We wanted to bring that number down to zero.”

Bottjen said that while his location has provided water to residents for the past few years, joining forces with the Extreme Heat Project will provide much needed reinforcement.

“The last two years we’ve run out of water to give to people,” he said. “Now we’ve been told as long as heat emergencies are going on, we’re going to keep getting water.”

At the Salvation Army’s annual water drive in Phoenix on Thursday, Axman was hopeful about collecting enough bottled waters to hydrate the estimated 50,000 people in need this summer.

Among the donors Thursday was the Phoenix Fire Department, which donated 5,184 bottles of water to be distributed across the Valley.

“We see the need for hydration stations every time we encounter any heat-related emergencies,” Firefighter Rich Bauer said. “The key is prevention. Keep drinking water.”

Those interested in donating water or money to the Extreme Heat Project can do so at any participating Salvation Army location.

Reprinted from The Arizona Republic, June 20, 2009

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like