It’s a Summer Fan Drive Drop Off Parade!

Decorate your cars, vans, trucks, dogs and kids to deliver donations of fans and funds for Central Texans who can’t afford or don’t have AC. Join our friends from KXAN and Whittlesey Landscape Supplies for this unique Summer Fan Drive event. Drive by and drop off your fans or funds on Friday, July 16th from 7am-7pm.

Parade on down and drop off fans and funds at any of these Central Texas locations:

Whittlesey Landscape Supplies:

• Round Rock: 3219 S IH 35, Round Rock, TX 78664

• Austin: 629 Dalton Ln, Austin, TX 78742

• Liberty Hill: 14775 TX-29, Liberty Hill, TX 78642

• Granite Shoals: 2102 N Phillips Ranch Rd, Granite Shoals, TX 78654

KXAN Studio:

• 908 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78701

Help 12,000 Central Texans (and their pets) survive the summer heat! Join us for the Fans 4 Paws No-Contact Fan Drop off  benefiting Family Eldercare’s Summer Fan Drive for seniors, families and their companion animals who don’t have or can’t afford AC. Bring new fans or a monetary donation to help us keep seniors and their pets safe from the heat!

Help pets in hot homes and get a free t-shirt!

Fans-4-Paws campaign:

Sponsor Fans-4-Paws

In a live performance benefiting Family Eldercare’s Summer Fan Drive, DJ Mel, notoriously recognized as "Obama's DJ," is one of Texas' most well-rounded and high profiled DJs. Based in Austin with past performances at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Bonnaroo, Voodoo Festival, 2015-2019 NFL Draft, 57th Presidential Inauguration for Barack Obama, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Election Night 2012 at Obama HQ, Obama Farewell Address, White House Easter Egg Roll 2013-2016, 2016 Iowa Caucus & New Hampshire Primary for Bernie Sanders, 2016 X-Games, 2011 California Democratic State Convention, 2011 Tour de France and has one of the the longest-running DJ weeklies in the US at the legendary West Campus bar, Nasty’s (1996-2017). He is the Official DJ for The University of Texas Football and Men's Basketball Team. Mel regularly tours throughout the US and abroad. In 2014, he was inducted into The Austin Music Hall of Fame.

It’s a Birthday Celebration! Wish the Summer Fan Drive a Happy 30th Birthday on May 15th during Family Eldercare’s first ever virtual event with live music and trivia, hosted by local musician Joel Laviolette of Rattletree. From 6:00-8:00 Joel will share his love for mbira music and modern-day electronica as well as his passion for the Summer Fan Drive.

YOU can save lives from heat related illness, join us and donate!

Why?

We want the community to know COVID-19 is not slowing us down! High heat and high humidity are dangerous and not going away. Thousands of our neighbors urgently need us now.

1. Heat is the #1 weather related killer - especially in seniors, children and medically fragile
2. Fan drive clients have limited income and can’t afford to run an AC
3. COVID-19 layoffs have caused more people to need an inexpensive way to stay cool – fans cost about 10 cents a day to run
4. It takes longer and costs more to run a No-contact fan drive

Join our movement to keep 12,000 central Texans cool this summer!