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Through obstacles, Scioto DD carries out COVID-19 vaccines
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
SCIOTO The race toward herd immunity, like many sustained tasks, is not an easy one. Few know that better than the Scioto County Board of Developmental Disabilities who have gone to work in vaccinating both its care recipients and caregivers.
Through eight clinics between January and March held at the Vern Riffe School gymnasium, the board went to work vaccinating 105 employees and approximately 225 individuals mostly on-site.
“It was pretty exhausting to be honest,” said VRS Nurse Loretta Cooper in a Thursday interview.”But it was well worth it.”
Commissioners denote developmental disabilities awareness month, agriculture week
The Scioto County Commissioners held their regularly scheduled Thursday meeting on March 11. Photo by Patrick Keck.
SCIOTO Among the 16 items on its Thursday meeting agenda, the Scioto County Commissioners passed two resolutions marking this month as a celebration of developmental disabilities awareness and agriculture.
This being DD Awareness month nationwide, Commissioner Bryan Davis said he has always been impressed with the work of the Scioto County Board of Developmental Disabilities based out of the Vern Riffe School
“I have a warm place in my heart for those folks,” he said, a meeting set for later that day to present the resolution. “We have been able to do a lot of projects with them over the years to assist them.”