Bloomington Salvation Army launches fan drive

Posted on June 13, 2015

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – As the temperatures rise, the need for fans in the community rises too.

The Salvation Army of McLean County is holding a fan drive.

“These fans are going to people who typically don’t have any other source of air in their house,” development director Angie Fulton said. “When the days get hot like we’ve had the past few days, it’s really tough on families with no air circulation.”

Fulton said fans or cash donations to pay for fans can be dropped off weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Corps Community Center at 611 W. Washington St. in Bloomington.

“Last year we received significantly more cash donations that actual fan donations,” Fulton said. “We’ll take whatever we can get, because there’s a lot of people in need and we want to help as many people as we can.”

Fans will be given out June 29 – Aug. 28. One fan will be given to each family that requests a fan. Fan recipients are asked to bring a photo ID and a current piece of mail to prove they live in McLean County.

The Salvation Army gave out 350 fans in McLean County last summer.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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