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On January 27 at the COVID-19 vaccination center at Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ, Marisol Rivera shows off the Prichard Industries Employee of the Month certificate she s just been awarded. (April Saul for WHYY)
Last week, as a Marc Anthony song blared through a loudspeaker at Camden County College’s Papiano Gymnasium, Marisol Rivera salsa danced through rows of people who had just been inoculated against COVID-19. She was dressed as a leprechaun.
Periodically, the 53-year-old Camden grandmother disinfected vacant chairs, while medical personnel observed whether anyone was experiencing adverse reactions to the Moderna vaccine.
“I’m gonna make you laugh!” she said to an elderly woman. “Forget COVID!”
Coat and book giveaway helps hundreds of Philadelphia students
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) Hundreds of coats and books were donated to students at Juniata Park Academy on Wednesday. There was a need even before the pandemic. It s even greater now, remarked parent Tyana Elbedawi, who is also a social worker. Even working, I m still struggling.
Thomas Bread Company partnered with the non-profit Operation Warm to donate thousands of coats. More than 500 of them are going to kindergarten through fourth-grade students at the school. Not just during the pandemic, but at any point, we need to make sure that we re working together to provide the basic needs, human rights for our children, according to principal Marisol Rivera Rodriguez.