More than 60 fans were donated to three St. Joseph agencies Tuesday in an effort to help those in need stay safe and cool this summer.

Kansas City Power & Light is partnering with agencies across its service area to distribute the fans for free based on agency policies.

“For the North District, which is basically St. Joe and up to the Iowa border and over to the Trenton area we’re distributing about 125 fans but overall over the whole company we’re distributing closer to 500 fans,” said Dan Hegeman, KCP&L District Community Affairs Manager.

He said 65 fans were distributed Tuesday among three agencies to cover a large portion of St. Joseph.  Fans were dropped off at Grace House located at 2638 Lafayette, AFL-CIO Community Services located at 1203 N. 6th St. and InterServ Wesley Center located at 200 Cherokee St.

Dave Howery is the Ex. Director for InterServ and said the fans will help the agency provide heat relief for families in need.

“There’s a distribution person who would help with that,” Howery said.

Howery said looking out for community members doesn’t stop at fan distributions.  He said InterServ’s facilities serve as cooling centers and when volunteer go out to distribute meals through the organization’s mobile meals program they are also keeping an eye out.

“When people go into the home for home delivered meals they’re also assessing as well.  What’s the environment like, what’s the safety factors like, and what’s the communication with that client who made need that,” Howery said. “And then we do economic assistance that helps with utilities, especially utilities to keep people in their homes and provide relief.”

For information on the fans contact each organization to find out details on distribution policies.