Seminole County teams with food bank to vaccinate underserved communities
People getting vaccine could also get enough food for 2 weeks
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Seminole County teams with food bank to vaccinate underserved communities
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County teamed up with Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida at a pop-up vaccination site in East Altamonte Springs Wednesday.
Connie Mcmillon-Thomas, a nurse with the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County, was helping to get people vaccinated at the event.
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“A lot of people who displayed hesitancy, in the beginning, are beginning to come out and receive their vaccines,” McMillon-Thomas said. “This area of Altamonte is underserved and we came out to reach the underserved population, whereby they would have easy access to obtaining their vaccine. People are more comfortable in their ‘native environment.’ We have a large senior population out here in Altamonte and a lot of them don’t travel