“Invisible disaster”: How Tucson nonprofits help seniors through extreme heat
It’s 103 degrees outside, and it’s hard to avoid the unrelenting heat, even on Tamara Shamrock’s shaded porch. But Tamara, 61, is only outside for a little while before she’s whisked into Tiffany Johnson’s car, where the air conditioning is blasting. “You’re the most important person to them when they take you to a doctor’s…
Rising heat, falling funding challenge nonprofits serving Tucson seniors
It may not have been easy exactly, but it was more manageable for Tree Lafferty to spend Arizona summers unhoused…
In one Armory Park kitchen, dinner for 100 unhoused neighbors starts at noon
Each Wednesday evening, upwards of 100 people line up on a sidewalk adjoining Tucson’s Armory Park for a hot meal…
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