Chatham Seniors Can Cool Off Free In Memorial Park, Colony Pools

CHATHAM, NJ — The Memorial Park Pool in Chatham Borough and Chatham Township’s Colony Pool Club invite senior residents to come to each respective pool where they live, when temperatures skyrocket to 90 degrees and higher.

Chatham Borough’s Memorial Park Pool at 22 North Passaic Avenue is open free for seniors who are ages 65 and up when the mercury hits over 90 degrees.

The Colony Pool Club at 55 School Avenue invites Chatham Township seniors ages 62 and up to hit their pool for free; and ask that they bring identification to enter the pool.

New Jersey’s Office Of Emergency Management cautions everyone in the Garden State that heat indices may reach more that 100 to 105 and with excessive heat advisories through Wednesday possible.

Cooling center information is available statewide at www.nj211.org, by dialing 2-1-1 or texting 898211 with your zip code to find a cooling center. Cooling centers may include shopping malls, libraries, community centers and other locations.

New Jersey’s OEM gives the following tips for people who must go outside, how to stay cool indoors and other tips to beat the heat:

1. Wear lightweight, loose, light-colored clothes.
2. Stay in the shade and wear a wide-brimmed hat to cover your face.
3. Stay hydrated.
4. Steer clear of “high-energy activities.”
5. Try not to use electric fans when it’s more than 95, which “create a false sense of comfort” and actually, don’t reduce body temperatures.
6. High heat can cause power outages. See more information here about what to do before, during and after outages.
7. Check on family members, neighbors and friends, especially those who may be seniors, for heat-related illnesses.
8. Never leave children, pets or anyone alone in a hot parked car, even for a minute (find more heat-related pet care tips here) or it can turn deadly, New Jersey OEM says.

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