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Laura Catoe is one of dozens of volunteers helping people sign up for vaccine appointments in the Austin area.
Laura Catoe has gotten really good at snagging vaccine appointments for folks having trouble doing it themselves. Anyone 16 or older in Texas has been eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine for a few weeks now, but finding an appointment to get a shot hasn t gotten much easier.
Catoe is a volunteer appointment booker with Kendra COVID Coaches, a group in Central Texas that helps people get vaccinated. Folks fill out a form online and people like Catoe hunt down a spot for them. Catoe says she has a whole system at this point.
Police: 3 year old child eats drug-infused candy, mother arrested THC-infused candy bar eaten by 3 year old in Potsdam (Source: State Police) By 7 News Staff | March 16, 2021 at 3:52 PM EDT - Updated March 16 at 3:52 PM
POTSDAM, N.Y. (WWNY) - A Potsdam woman has been arrested after her 3 year old child ate drug-infused candy.
State police charged 29 year old Kendra Wright with endangering the welfare of a child.
According to police, Wright had a candy bar infused with THC, a compound found in cannabis.
On February 19, troopers say Wright’s 3 year old child ate a portion of the candy bar and was taken to Canton-Potsdam Hospital, where the child was treated and released.
After a year filled with fear of the coronavirus reaching her 83-year-old father, Kendra Wright felt a sense of hope.
In early January, Wright secured a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for her dad, who resides in assisted living. With that first shot, she took a breath of relief. Then she wanted to help others in Central Texas do the same.
Today, Wright has banded together more than 50 volunteers, dubbed Kendra’s Covid Coaches, to help those medically vulnerable with an often frustrating technical process.
Wright, who lives in Bee Cave, started by helping schedule vaccine appointments online for a few neighbors. With each one, more folks felt Wright’s same relief and wanted to volunteer their time to help spread that same feeling.