Black churches fill a unique role in combating vaccine fears
In the hospital with covid-19 in December, Lavina Wafer tired of the tubes in her nose and wondered impatiently why she couldn t be discharged. A phone call with her pastor helped her understand that the tube was piping in lifesaving oxygen, which had to be slowly tapered to protect her.
Now that Wafer, 70, is well and back home in Richmond, California, she s looking to her pastor for advice about the covid vaccines. Though she doubts they re as wonderful as the government claims, she plans to get vaccinated anyway because of his example.
A New Day in the Peace Ministries
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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – A local non-profit society is one of 53 across the province receiving funding from the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions.
Northern Health was awarded two grants A New Day in the Peace Ministries in Fort St. John and 333 Recovery Homes Society in Prince Rupert were each given $25,000.
These grants will help with modified operating costs that took place due to the pandemic to meet public health requirements. These funds will help to offset pressures and allow continuing access to services as part of B.C’s overdose response.