Faith leaders help vaccinate Leon County
and last updated 2021-03-08 09:00:50-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Angie and Marty Sipple are among the 600 people vaccinated in Leon County as part of a partnership between places of worship in the county.
"We're just extremely thankful," said Marty Sipple.
Together with vaccines from the state Temple Israel and Immanuel Baptist church were able to host an appointment-only drive-thru clinic.
Adding to the more than 50,000 people vaccinated in Leon County, according to the department of health.
A partnership that Rabbi Michael Shields knows is needed right now.
"In Hebrew it's called Pikuach Nefesh, and the value of Pikuach Nefesh is to save a life, saving a life is more important than any other value," said Shields.