Just two days after a call went out for donations to keep the heat on at a local homeless shelter, several local companies joined forces to help. On Saturday they delivered and installed a new heating unit for the men’s dormitory at Christian Care in downtown Rock Island.
The 15 year old heating and cooling unit failed on Thursday, and Christian Care said it had no money to replace it.
Then to the rescue came Kale Heating and Air Conditioning, Republic, YORK, and Cattani Crane.
According to WVIK, Republic is a local distributor of hvac equipment and it teamed up with furnace manufacturer YORK to donate the full cost of the new unit. Kale Heating and Air Conditioning then donated the cost of installation and made sure the heat came on in time for the onset of frigid conditions Saturday night.
Cattani Crane provided the Terex telescopic truck crane to lift the unit onto the roof at Christian Care.
By HERB TRIX
