Rising heat, falling funding challenge nonprofits serving Tucson seniors

It may not have been easy exactly, but it was more manageable for Tree Lafferty to spend Arizona summers unhoused when she was younger. As Lafferty aged, sitting on the hot concrete, or being nudged along from shady downtown spaces, felt harder to take. “I was a lot stronger,” said Lafferty, 61. “There was much […] The post Rising heat, falling fun

By: Yana Kunichoff

Outlets: Arizona Luminaria

Published: September 2, 2026

Words: 2,481

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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It may not have been easy exactly, but it was more manageable for Tree Lafferty to spend Arizona summers unhoused when she was younger. As Lafferty aged, sitting on the hot concrete, or being nudged along from shady downtown spaces, felt harder to take. “I was a lot stronger,” said Lafferty, 61. “There was much less pain involved.”

Last year was the first time she used a cooling center, and she wandered into the …

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