by Matt Baume
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Mar 10, 2021 at 9:15 am
Volunteers examine the supplies at the Evergreen Clinic. Business Health Trust
Two weeks ago, local QFC leadership got some good news: Their pharmacies were about to receive hundreds of doses of the COVID vaccine from the federal government. But it was up to the company to figure out how to administer the doses—no easy task, given the cramped confines of an average supermarket pharmacy.
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Fortunately, a local nonprofit called Business Health Trust was ready to lend some assistance. BHT was founded to help hundreds of small businesses provide health insurance to their employees, but, throughout the pandemic, executive director Sarai Childs has broadened the organization's mission to take advantage of any wellness opportunities that arise. As luck would have it, she’d spent the last few weeks touring various vaccination sites to learn about best practices, just in case there was an opportunity to create one here in Seattle.