Agency Helps Ensure Elderly Residents are Cool and Healthy

(Washington, DC) - The District of Columbia has activated its multi-agency heat plan in response to forecasts from the National Weather Service (NWS) calling for temperatures in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees over the next several days, with heat-index values predicted to reach as high as 115 degrees. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are possible. The multi-agency heat plan will remain in effect as long as the daily high temperature reaches 95 degrees or higher.

Below are the Office on Aging designated cooling centers for Seniors. If the senior cannot get to the center, please call (202) 724-5626 for assistance. 

The centers operate between 9 am -5 pm. – Monday – Friday. The Washington Senior Wellness Center in Ward 7 is also open on Saturday from 9 am – 3 pm. 

Bernice Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center ( Ward 1)
3531 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington DC 20010
(202) 727-0338
(2 blocks from Metrorail Green Line- Petworth Station)
(70,71,79 bus lines)

Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center ( Ward 4)
324 Kennedy Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
(202) 291-6170
( E-2, E4, bus lines)

Model Cities Senior Wellness Center ( Ward 5)
1901 Evarts Street, NE
Washington, DC 20018
(202) 635-1900
(E-2, E4, H6, B8, B9 bus lines)

Washington Seniors Wellness Center ( Ward 7)
3001 Alabama Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20020
(202) 581-9355
(92, 34, W2, W3, W4 bus lines)

Congress Heights Seniors Wellness Center ( Ward 8)
3500 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20032
(202) 563-7225
( A-2, A-6, A-8 bus lines)

IONA Senior Services ( Ward 3)
4125 Albemarle Street NW
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 966-1055
(steps from Metrorail Red Line Station-Tentleytown)
( 31, 32,36 , 37, D32, N2, H3, H4, M4 W47 bus lines)