It keeps me safe : At Westport clinic, kids hope COVID vaccine means a more normal summer Kerri Tallman, Standard-Times
WESTPORT A small pinch in the arm didn t keep kids from taking the first step in returning to a normal summer.
Wesport Town Hall Annex distributed vaccines to all ages at a clinic Thursday.
Brennan Gaisford, 12, received his vaccine because he can t wait to go back to summer sports camps and make new friends. An avid Tampa Bay fan for both baseball and basketball, Gaisford is also looking forward to traveling to Hawaii with his family later this year.
With eligibility now open to ages 12 through 15 for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, young students may be the last in the family to receive the vaccine. For Gaisford, his grandparents and parents were waiting with bated breath for him to finally receive his dose so they could all be safe.
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NEW BEDFORD – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced today it is awarding a total of $433,567 from the SouthCoast Emergency Response Fund in its first round of grants to address COVID-19 vaccine equity and hesitancy. The Community Foundation is partnering with city health officials and leaders to invest strategically in Brockton, Fall River, and New Bedford, to ensure that all community members become aware of the benefits, gain access, and get vaccinated.
Earlier this year, the Community Foundation approached nonprofits, city health directors, and community health centers to identify solutions to tackle the disparity between the state average and the local communities average, particularly in communities of color. As of May 14, the fully vaccinated rate in Massachusetts is 43.8%. Collectively Brockton, Fall River, and New Bedford is lower than the state at approximately 31.9%.1
SouthCoast Community Foundation awards $1.3M to 20 local nonprofits through Emergency Response Fund
SOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION awarded $1.3 million to 20 local nonprofits through its Emergency Response Fund. NEW BEDFORD – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced Thursday that it has awarded 20 local nonprofits a combined $1.3 million in grants from the foundation’s Emergency Response Fund. The funds from the foundation help alleviate costs related to basic needs – food security, emergency child care, housing, technology for remote work or school, transportation and…
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Barbara J. Erickson, âcatalyst for the conservation movement,â dies at 42
By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated January 23, 2021, 4:55 p.m.
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Barbara Erickson, at a pond at Francis William Bird Park in Walpole.Handout
While leading one of the stateâs most important environmental organizations, Barbara J. Erickson looked back with reverence and ahead with anticipation.
âWe are always passing the baton to the next generation,â she said at the Trustees of Reservations annual meeting in 2019.
Ms. Erickson, who was 42 when she died of cancer on Jan. 15, played a key role statewide among those who preserve the open space jewels of the past and unearth new gems for the future.