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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - 12 residents volition person escaped AC units arsenic portion of Fresno Councilmember Luis Chavez's elder national aerial conditioning assistance program.
“We'll person everything provided for them. Installation volition beryllium escaped of charge,” said Fresno Councilmember Luis Chavez.
On Friday, helium introduced the archetypal signifier of his program to supply seniors successful Southeast Fresno with AC units.
“Then, the consequent signifier that we're going to absorption on, we close present person a fund for an further 25 units that we volition beryllium offering to elder citizens,” said Chavez.
The archetypal circular of AC units is going to residents who are bedridden, connected hospice oregon those who person ailments.
Resident Linda Rhods has emphysema and asthma. She says that astatine times her flat tin get arsenic blistery arsenic 95 degrees.
She’s hopeful that the caller AC portion volition assistance amended her life.
“Emphysema volition person you sweating a full lot, past you can’t breathe, wheezing and stuff…make you consciousness truly bad. So, with this, it volition amended it.”
26 days retired of the period of July, temperatures successful Fresno reached supra 100 degrees.
Chavez says the metropolis received galore heat-related exigency calls, which is what prompted the initiative.
“We cognize that our elder citizens are much susceptible to the vigor than your accepted residents. As we each know, arsenic we get older, it's harder for our bodies to accommodate to the temperatures,” said Chavez.
Right now, the apartments person swamp coolers -John Pilipenko, a resident, says sometimes, those coolers don’t enactment that well.
“It gets lukewarm sometimes. It truly does, particularly aft it hits astir 108 and above. Yeah, it takes a small spot to chill off,” said Pilipenko.
Chavez says close present is the cleanable clip to put and bring alleviation to seniors arsenic the blistery temperatures don’t look to beryllium leaving anytime soon.
“I deliberation it's bully to enactment and person partners that are committed to moving successful our community. And again, we anticipation to marque this a citywide program,” Chavez said.
The metropolis wants to grow the programme to different susceptible seniors successful Fresno who are 62 and older and surviving connected a fixed income. Call the metropolis of Fresno astatine 559-621-7882.
