The Mesa Hydration Donation campaign to provide a supply of water to the homeless and unsheltered has already collected 61,128 bottles, exceeding last year’s total of approximately 60,000 bottles. However, with more than six weeks remaining in the campaign and temperatures exceeding triple digits on a daily basis, the need for donations is still critical. You can donate water at various drop-off locations throughout the City:

• Mesa Fire Department Volunteer Center, 2830 E. Adobe (located behind Fire Station 206 at Lindsay and Adobe), 24-hour drop-off in parking lot

• Red Mountain Multigenerational Center, 7550 E. Adobe, 5:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday

• United Food Bank, 245 S. Nina Drive (north of Broadway between Extension and Alma School), 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday, Collection bins will be available on weekends

• Paz de Cristo, 424 W. Broadway, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday – Sunday

• A New Leaf – MesaCAN, 635 E. Broadway, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday in front lobby

The water is distributed through United Food Bank to numerous agencies in the valley, including A New Leaf-East Valley Men’s Center, Paz de Cristo, Saint Vincent de Paul and Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS).

The fourth annual Mesa Hydration Donation Campaign will be collecting water until Friday, August 27. For more information, contact Mesa Neighborhood Services Management Assistant Mischelle Durkovic at (480) 644-3983 or mischelle.durkovic@mesaaz.gov