Elm Court Loaves & Fishes Center will open as a Cooling Center for those age 60 and older during the heat wave this weekend. The center will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 25 and 26. Beverages will be provided.

“Many seniors in the downtown area live in apartment buildings with no air conditioning,” said Loaves & Fishes Centers Executive Director Joan Smith. “By opening our center during the hottest days of the summer, we can provide some respite from the heat for seniors who may have nowhere else to go to cool off.”

Elm Court Loaves & Fishes Center is located at 1032 SW Main Street in Portland. The phone number is 503.953.8204.

Since 1970 Loaves & Fishes Centers has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for seniors through 30 meal sites in Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties and Meals-On-Wheels delivery to homebound seniors. With the help of more than 7,400 volunteers, the nonprofit, secular agency now serves 5,000 meals daily and more than 1.4 million meals each year. The agency’s vision is that no senior will go hungry or experience social isolation.

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