Post by Hellonlinks on Aug 1, 2005 16:23:06 GMT -5
The Tri-County Opportunities Council has $625 available to purchase fans for SENIORS or those MEDICALLY AT RISK because of the current heat wave and do not have fans. To contact the agency for assistance, call (800) 323-5434 Illinois Fan Club
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois Community Action Association invite you to join the “Illinois Fan Club.” By making a contribution to the Illinois Fan Club, you will help purchase fans for senior citizens and the homebound across Illinois. Be a Good Samaritan and a good neighbor. Please help the Illinois Community Action Association distribute fans to the needy in our state.
Illinois Fan Club
Illinois Community Action Association
3435 Liberty Drive
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 789-0125
www.icaanet.org
QUINN TRAVELS TO THREE ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE “ILLINOIS FAN CLUB” -- PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF FOR THE ELDERY AND THOSE IN NEED
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn unveiled the “Illinois Fan Club,” a program aimed at providing relief to senior citizens and the homebound suffering from the heat wave baking much of Illinois. Quinn traveled to Springfield, Marion and Cahokia to kick-off the initiative.
Quinn announced grants from the Office of Lieutenant Governor to the Illinois Community Action Association to help provide free fans to senior citizens in downstate Illinois counties. He also appealed to Illinois residents to donate to the Illinois Fan Club, and to take time to check in on elderly family members and neighbors.
Quinn will authorize $10,000 in seed money grants from the Governor’s Rural Affairs Council - which Quinn chairs - and the Agricultural Premium Fund to enable the Illinois Community Action Association to get the Illinois Fan Club program up-and-running. The grants may be used to leverage corporate and individual donations as well as to purchase fans for distribution through Community Action agencies throughout the state. Eligibility will be based on financial and health needs.
The Illinois Community Action Association announced it is matching the $10,000 grant with another $10,000 for the Illinois Fan Club. The Association is a membership organization which serves as the network for not-for-profit community action agencies created 40 years ago to help fight the war on poverty. The Association administers heating assistance programs for low-income Illinois residents.
“This is a ‘fan club’ everyone should join,” Quinn said. “These grants can be matched with individual and corporate donations to bring some precious relief to our neighbors who may be sweltering behind closed doors. Let’s heed the lessons learned from Illinois’ killer heat wave ten years ago.”
In 1995, more than 700 died during one of our nation’s worse heat wave. With a 126-degree heat index on July 13, 1995, power outages affected tens of thousands. Many of the victims were senior citizens who had no fans or anyone to look in on them during the heat wave. A landmark analysis of the tragedy – “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago” by Eric Klinenberg – found that a decline in social and family networks were a major cause of the disaster.
“We’ve just experienced a blistering heat wave here in Illinois and the dog days of summer are yet to come,” Quinn said. “Join the Illinois Fan Club and a grateful senior citizen will become a member of your fan club.”
“The Illinois Fan Club exemplifies the good neighbor spirit needed to prevent suffering during these brutal summer months,” Quinn said. “No elderly person should be sitting alone in a suffocating room without a fan and a good neighbor who drops by every day.”
Quinn - who chaired the Special Task Force on the Condition and Future of Illinois’ Energy Infrastructure - noted that two summers ago, the Northeast and Canada experienced the worst power blackout in history. Fifty million residents were plunged into darkness, causing heat-induced health problems for many senior citizens.
“The 2003 Northeast blackout and 1995 Chicago heat wave were wake-up calls about the public health dangers of excessive heat, especially for those lacking access to cooling sites.“ Quinn said. “The Illinois Fan Club is a great partnership comprised of the Rural Affairs Council, Illinois Community Action Association, Illinois businesses and everyday citizens who care about their neighbors.”
For more information about the Illinois Fan Club, visit: www.BlackoutSolutions.org.
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois Community Action Association invite you to join the “Illinois Fan Club.” By making a contribution to the Illinois Fan Club, you will help purchase fans for senior citizens and the homebound across Illinois. Be a Good Samaritan and a good neighbor. Please help the Illinois Community Action Association distribute fans to the needy in our state.
Illinois Fan Club
Illinois Community Action Association
3435 Liberty Drive
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 789-0125
www.icaanet.org
QUINN TRAVELS TO THREE ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE “ILLINOIS FAN CLUB” -- PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF FOR THE ELDERY AND THOSE IN NEED
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn unveiled the “Illinois Fan Club,” a program aimed at providing relief to senior citizens and the homebound suffering from the heat wave baking much of Illinois. Quinn traveled to Springfield, Marion and Cahokia to kick-off the initiative.
Quinn announced grants from the Office of Lieutenant Governor to the Illinois Community Action Association to help provide free fans to senior citizens in downstate Illinois counties. He also appealed to Illinois residents to donate to the Illinois Fan Club, and to take time to check in on elderly family members and neighbors.
Quinn will authorize $10,000 in seed money grants from the Governor’s Rural Affairs Council - which Quinn chairs - and the Agricultural Premium Fund to enable the Illinois Community Action Association to get the Illinois Fan Club program up-and-running. The grants may be used to leverage corporate and individual donations as well as to purchase fans for distribution through Community Action agencies throughout the state. Eligibility will be based on financial and health needs.
The Illinois Community Action Association announced it is matching the $10,000 grant with another $10,000 for the Illinois Fan Club. The Association is a membership organization which serves as the network for not-for-profit community action agencies created 40 years ago to help fight the war on poverty. The Association administers heating assistance programs for low-income Illinois residents.
“This is a ‘fan club’ everyone should join,” Quinn said. “These grants can be matched with individual and corporate donations to bring some precious relief to our neighbors who may be sweltering behind closed doors. Let’s heed the lessons learned from Illinois’ killer heat wave ten years ago.”
In 1995, more than 700 died during one of our nation’s worse heat wave. With a 126-degree heat index on July 13, 1995, power outages affected tens of thousands. Many of the victims were senior citizens who had no fans or anyone to look in on them during the heat wave. A landmark analysis of the tragedy – “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago” by Eric Klinenberg – found that a decline in social and family networks were a major cause of the disaster.
“We’ve just experienced a blistering heat wave here in Illinois and the dog days of summer are yet to come,” Quinn said. “Join the Illinois Fan Club and a grateful senior citizen will become a member of your fan club.”
“The Illinois Fan Club exemplifies the good neighbor spirit needed to prevent suffering during these brutal summer months,” Quinn said. “No elderly person should be sitting alone in a suffocating room without a fan and a good neighbor who drops by every day.”
Quinn - who chaired the Special Task Force on the Condition and Future of Illinois’ Energy Infrastructure - noted that two summers ago, the Northeast and Canada experienced the worst power blackout in history. Fifty million residents were plunged into darkness, causing heat-induced health problems for many senior citizens.
“The 2003 Northeast blackout and 1995 Chicago heat wave were wake-up calls about the public health dangers of excessive heat, especially for those lacking access to cooling sites.“ Quinn said. “The Illinois Fan Club is a great partnership comprised of the Rural Affairs Council, Illinois Community Action Association, Illinois businesses and everyday citizens who care about their neighbors.”
For more information about the Illinois Fan Club, visit: www.BlackoutSolutions.org.