Mutual-aid group helps keep Tucsonans cool in record-heat
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Billy and his dog Bo Jackson enjoy cool water and a cup of eegees from the Gator-Aid, a mutal aid group that distributes free water annd other resources needed to beat the Tucson heat on N. Fourth Ave., July 23, 2023. Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
Natalie Larson, member of the Gator-Aid mutual-aid group waits by the cooler to pass out supplies to anyone in need as the people around her enjoy the cold drinks on the hot Sunday, July 23, 2023. Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
Liz Casey, left, grabs a cup to prepare an Eegee's for someone while Xavier Martinez, middle, hands a ready cup to Victor Zevallos at the Downtown Ronstadt Center Stop in Tucson, Ariz., July 23, 2023. Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
Dahlia Baca, left, and her daughter Arianna Baca enjoy a cold cup of Eegge's that Gator-Aid mutual-aid group provides, July 23, 2023. Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
Gator-Aid mutal aid group members wait on the corner of E. Congress St., as one of them hand delivers supplies to someone in need across the street, July 23, 2023. Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
Two Gator-Aid members chat as they continue the walk down E. Congress St. to distribute supplies like water, Gatorade, Kool-aid jammers, ice packs, reusable water bottles, bananas, and Eegee's on July 23, 2023. Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
A Gator-aid member distributes a yellow Gatorade to Alex before giving him an ice pack and a cup of Eegee's, July 23, 2023. Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star