The Krewe of Red Beans will launch an initiative to get New Orleans’ elderly culture bearers vaccinated.
It’s called Culture > COVID and is an extension of the krewe’s program Feed the Second Line, which has been delivering boxes of local produce and prepared meals from local restaurants to elderly cultural fixtures since May.
“It’s vital that we don’t lose any more culture bearers to COVID,” Red Beans krewe leader Devin De Wulf said. “We’ve already lost quite a few in 2020.”
The program will bring the city’s elderly musicians and culture creators to Crescent Care Health Clinic to receive extra vaccine doses.
New Orleans community health center working to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19
Dozens of vaccine appointment fill up in minutes at CrescentCare By Kimberly Curth | January 15, 2021 at 3:55 PM CST - Updated January 15 at 4:26 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The day finally arrived for 77-year-old Albert Charles to get his COVID-19 vaccine, “It was a little sting that was it,” Charles said. “I had been over here to get tested so they gave me a call and let me know.”
That call came from New Orleans community health center, CrescentCare. They’ve been vaccinating patients who are 70 and older against the Coronavirus. They will partner with the City to host a community vaccination clinic Saturday. The 120 slots they had available for people to call and make an appointment quickly filled up Friday.