Extreme temperatures hit Boise. Here’s a map of places where you can get cool
The city is coordinating cooling centers with an organization that provides homelessness resources this weekend as a heat dome is expected to bring near-record high temperatures to Boise.
The Downtown Boise YMCA, city libraries, Interfaith Sanctuary and Corpus Christi House will be open during regular business hours for the public to cool down, according to the city in a Friday news release.
Boise temperatures are expected to climb as high as 105 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
Our Path Home, a public-private partnership that provides resources for homeless people in Ada County, will distribute water, sports drinks, hats, sunscreen and cooling rags while the supplies are available. The organization is also seeking donations of those supplies from the public.
“They’ll distribute anything they can,” said Jill Youmans, a spokesperson for the city, in a phone call with the Idaho Statesman. “They’re also looking to garner anything they can.”
Donations can be delivered to the Interfaith Sanctuary, Corpus Christi House and Idaho Harm Reduction Project.
More information about the city’s cooling resources for the rest of the summer will be released on Monday, Youmans said.
