{"id":305163,"date":"2026-05-22T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305163\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:30:11","slug":"salvation-army-of-corpus-christi-pushes-to-reach-500-fan-goal-during-summer-heat-drive-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305163\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvation Army of Corpus Christi pushes to reach 500-fan goal during summer heat drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Salvation Army is asking the community to help reach its goal of collecting 500 fans during its annual Beat the Heat Fan Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Organizers said the drive is only a little over halfway to its goal with just over a month remaining before donations wrap up at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The campaign collects new 20-inch box fans to be distributed to seniors, families, and individuals who need relief from the intense South Texas summer heat.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said every donated fan can make a difference for residents struggling to stay cool during the hottest months of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans can be shipped directly to The Salvation Army Family Store at 5042 South Padre Island Drive or dropped off at 1804 Buford Street in Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To make a purchase,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Lasko-20-Classic-Box-Fan-with-Weather-Resistant-Motor-3-Speeds-22-5-H-White-B20200-New\/42388499?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExYURaYlBIZk41aVZaRHhicHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4DfXy67HJ61TLFLiyoOKWFkidVfL6Uc8umVdUKZukjozVckD5wyG7844chYw_aem_usJ9CXNy-sr6quk1NRUZvg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Community members wanting more information or looking to get involved can contact Jonathan Gonzalez at 361-910-2494.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Salvation Army is asking the community to help reach its goal of collecting 500 fans during its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[110578,155,157,156,25834],"class_list":["post-305163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-box-fans","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-salvation-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}