Have you gotten the COVID-19 vaccine yet? If you have, then you probably have that snazzy little vaccine card with your name and vaccine date on it. That card is going to become more and more important as time goes on this year. I have a feeling it will be like your driver s license or passport at some point.
So it s probably not the best idea to continuously fold it up and put it in your pocket or wallet. That sounds like a sure fire way to damage or lose your card.
A local postal shop wants to help you prevent all of that nonsense from happening. The Postal Shoppe, which has two locations in Rockford, is offering free lamination. All you have to do is head over to the shop and ask them to laminate your card.
2020 Excelsior finalist: Rockford Promise clears path to college
Organization: Rockford Promise
Address: 1643 N. Alpine Road, Suite 104, No. 102, Rockford. (It’s a post office box at the Postal Shoppe at Edgebrook.)
Phone: 815-627-0491
Total staff: 2.5, an executive director, scholar and mentor coordinator, and part-time administrative assistant.
Annual budget: $370,959; $312,000 reserved for scholarships, $204,000 paid out. In 2020, Rockford Promise awarded scholarship funds to five students to attend Rockford University and 24 students to attend Rock Valley College.
Mission: Rockford Promise is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) location-based scholarship program that offers full-tuition scholarships to deserving graduates of Rockford Public Schools. Modeled after Promise programs around the nation, the goal is to increase educational attainment in our community while providing a powerful economic incentive for residents and businesses to locate in the Rockford region.