Meals on Wheels volunteers deliver box fans during severe heat wave

In the midst of a brutal, triple-digit heat streak, volunteers are doing what they can to make sure North Texas’ most vulnerable residents are staying cool.Box Fan DeliveriesFOX 4 tagged along on Wednesday as the Visiting Nurses Association of North Texas made food deliveries through the Meals on Wheels program.An estimated 4,000 volunteers are depended on to deliver about 7,000 meals per day.On Wednesday, they also brought box fans to some of their clients. The VNA said a single box fan can make the difference between a safe home and a health emergency.The recipients that FOX 4 talked to were extremely grateful. One grandmother got extremely emotional when she received the fan. She said she desperately needs the circulating air in her bedroom."Awe, I don’t know what to say. Thank you, thank you!" Arbere Key exclaimed."I appreciate them so much because they’re always out here asking us how we’re doing. Is everything alright? I enjoy them and that makes me feel good," added recipient Al