Mesa Hydration Donation Campaign under way
Posted: Updated:MESA -- The scorching heat is here and there's a portion of the population that is more vulnerable than most.
As Javier Soto explains, the City of Mesa is working with nonprofit agencies to provide supplies of water to the homeless and unsheltered.
Residents are being asked to donate bottles of water at various drop-off locations throughout the city:
· Mesa Fire Department Volunteer Center
2830 E. Adobe (located behind Fire Station 206 at Lindsay and Adobe)
24-hour drop-off in parking lot
· Red Mountain Multigenerational Center
7550 E. Adobe
5:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday – Friday
8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday
· United Food Bank
245 S. Nina Drive (north of Broadway between Extension and Alma School)
7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday
Collection bins will be available on weekends
· Paz de Cristo
424 W. Broadway
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday – Sunday
· A New Leaf – MesaCAN
635 E. Broadway
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday in front lobby
The Mesa Hydration Donation Campaign will be collecting water until Friday, August 27. For more information, contact Mesa Neighborhood Services Management Assistant Mischelle Durkovic at (480) 644-3983 or mischelle.durkovic@mesaaz.gov.