Arizona Faith Networks hosts volunteer event to pack heat relief kits
The arrival of summer means the Valley’s most vulnerable residents need ways to avoid the heat. Arizona Faith Network is hosting a community service event this weekend at Central United Methodist Church to help them do just that.
The Rev. Katie Sexton-Wood is AFN’s executive director.
“So Sunday’s event is the second time we’ve ever done this. This is our annual interfaith heat packing night. We are packing a thousand heat relief kits to distribute to our respite centers as well as to our street outreach throughout Maricopa County,” she said.
Kits include a water bottle, sunscreen and cards with cooling center locations, among other items. AFN is a partner of the Maricopa Association of Governments’ Heat Relief Network.
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