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Derek Gamble installs a window A\/C unit in Sumter, South Carolina as part of Operation Summer Salvation.<\/p>\n
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Derek Gamble sets up a window A\/C unit before placing it in a window frame.<\/p>\n
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The summer heat can be intense, especially for those without air conditioning, but South Carolina resident Derek Gamble is trying to help those who cannot protect themselves from the rising temperatures.<\/span><\/p>\n Gamble is the founder and director of the non-profit organization Operation Summer Salvation. The organization aims to bring comfort and protection to the elderly and disabled in South Carolina by installing window air conditioning units.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo far we have [installed window units in] six counties, but we\u2019re actually using the [Lieutenant Governor’s] Council on Aging to try and cover all 46,\u201d Gamble says. \u201cThat\u2019s why the 2018 goal is 500 air conditioners, so at least a minimum of 10 units per county.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Though his goal of 500 air conditioning units is a long ways away, Gamble says the help it provides is worth the time and energy.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMost of the time [the recipients are] pretty grateful because it\u2019s very, very hot in South Carolina, and we\u2019re starting to see heat indexes over 100. We\u2019re installing room units. We\u2019re not doing the whole house, but they\u2019re able to at least go into one room and get cool, so that is a form of salvation,\u201d Gamble says.<\/span><\/p>\n Since Gamble founded the organization in 2016, he has installed 157 air conditioning units, and he hopes to continue to give back.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWell it is a very good feeling \u2026 It feels good to give in all aspects,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n The organization is accepting donations through the Summer Salvation GoFundMe page, and Gamble says people are welcome to message the \u201c<\/span>Air Conditioners For The Elderly and Disabled of South Carolina\u201d Facebook page for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Derek Gamble began Operation Summer Salvation to help elderly and disabled people in South Carolina keep cool during the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":11052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[62,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10971"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11068,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10971\/revisions\/11068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}