As summer approaches, Phoenix’s central hub for homeless services is seeking donations of bottled water.
“Arizona’s heat is no joke,” said Keys to Change spokesperson Kim Beaudoin. “This is a tangible, easy thing that you can do to give back and help out and support your fellow man.”
Keys to Change is the lead organization on a 13-acre campus in downtown Phoenix where multiple shelters and other homeless service organizations operate.
Beaudoin said there is a critical need for bottled water on the campus during the heat season.
“In the summertime we go through about 120,000 bottles of water every month, so we’re looking at well over half-a-million bottles of water needed for the heat,” Beaudoin said.
Keys to Change will host Thirst Aid water donation events monthly through September. The first event is Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Beaudoin said donors can drive up to the 1300 W. Harrison St. campus to drop off cases of water and volunteers will be on-hand to help.
“We unload the car and send you on your merry way,” Beaudoin said. “So it’s a 10 minute commitment out of your day and the bottled water and the electrolytes and heat relief supplies that you donate really do save lives.”
Keys to Change also accepts monetary donations for heat relief. And the organization is looking for volunteers to help out with the water donation events.
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