COVID-19: Relatives are welcome at Dartmouth College vaccine clinics
Modified: 4/28/2021 8:52:44 PM
HANOVER The COVID-19 vaccination clinics at Dartmouth College next week will be open to family members of Dartmouth students, staff and faculty regardless of where they reside, college officials announced.
The hope is that the clinics will help get the college and community up to the 70% to 90% vaccination rate that is necessary to achieve herd immunity, Provost Joe Helble said during a virtual community conversation on Wednesday.
“We are not yet there on our campus,” Helble said.
As of Wednesday, just 12% of Dartmouth undergraduates have uploaded vaccination records indicating to college officials that they’ve been vaccinated, Helble said. That’s well below the more than 30% of students at Tuck School of Business and Geisel School of Medicine, he noted.
Small, unpermitted huts offer a lifeline to homeless people but stir controversy in Hartford
Scott Alexander, left, reacts to news from Vermont State Health Officer for the Town of Hartford Brett Mayfield, right, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, that his shelter, located on railroad land in White River Junction, Vt., will be taken down along with two others at the site. Mayfield visited two camps with the structures to inform residents that they have been deemed unsound by the town and try to connect them with housing before a winter storm expected overnight. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Community Foundation announced today that in partnership with many of its generous fundholders $169,711.94 in Spark Connecting Community grants has been awarded to 64 nonprofit organizations for local projects in communities across the state, including some nonprofits that serve residents in multiple counties. Of the total funding awarded, $77,950 was made possible by Giving Together, a program at the Community Foundation that shares grant proposals with fundholders and donors to give them the opportunity to co-fund projects.
Spark Connecting Community is a competitive grant program at the Foundation that puts building and nurturing community front and center. The Community Foundation aims to support the work happening throughout Vermont’s 251 towns that builds social capital. These grants where a small amount can make a big difference are intended to light the spark that keeps Vermonters healthy and happy.