FULTON COUNTY, GA (CBS ATLANTA) -
With temperatures reaching into triple digits, cooling centers around Metro Atlanta have been opened to senior citizens who need relief from the extreme heat.
Four Senior Multipurpose facilities will be open in Fulton County from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to seniors living in the county.
"Any cooling problems that they have, if they don't have AC, if they don't have fans, just anything, if their house is just hot or if they just want to get out here to a really cool place, we are open for that," said Sonia Foster, manager of the Helene S. Mills Facility in southeast Atlanta.
Neighborhood senior facilities will also be available from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday during dangerously high temperatures.
Any residents without air conditioning are urged to visit one of the facilities listed below:
Ray and Joan Kroc Center Community Center (Mobile Canteen, Fans, Ice-cream)
967 Dewey Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
H.J.C. Bowden Senior Multipurpose
2885 Church Street, East Point, GA 30344
Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose
677 Fairburn Road, NW, Atlanta, GA 30331
Helene S. Mills Senior Multipurpose
515 John Wesley Dobbs Ave., SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
The Salvation Army Peachcrest (Cooling Station, Fans)
3500 Sherrydale Lane, Decatur, GA 30032
The Salvation Army Lawrenceville (Cooling Station, Fans)
3455 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30044
Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose 6
500 Vernon Woods Drive, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
The City of East Point Fire Department has established Cooling Stations in each of its three fire stations.
- Fire Station # 2: 3171 Norman Berry Drive
- Fire Station # 3: 3800 North Commerce Drive
- Fire Station # 4: 2222 Ben Hill Road
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