Boyertown Mayor Marianne V. Deery presented proclamations at Monday nightâs council meeting, expressing appreciation to Ed and Terry Hudon, owners of The Medicine Shoppe of Boyertown, for providing COVID-19 vaccinations to more than 30,000 people.
The mayor also honored Brent Rothermel of Barto with a proclamation for setting up a call center to schedule vaccines for seniors and others who do not have computers.Â
Rothermel organized more than 100 volunteers from 26 nonprofit, religious and other organizations to help at the clinics, which were held in the Boyertown high schoolâs Bear Gym and at senior centers.
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About two dozen volunteers attended the borough council meeting.
While many retailers distribute COVID vaccines on a first-come, first-served basis, at least one local pharmacy is going out of its way to prioritize seniors and at-risk populations.
As soon as The Medicine Shoppe of Boyertown got the vaccine in stock, it began setting up clinics at assisted living facilities and, most recently, for Boyertown School District employees who are either 65 and older or have certain health conditions. When we got our first shipment, we turned around and gave it to three senior communities within a day, said Ed Hudon, who owns The Medicine Shoppe with his wife, Terry.
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On Wednesday, 243 staff members in the Boyertown School District got their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a local pharmacy.
Acting Superintendent Marybeth Torchia said the district was recently approached by Ed Hudon, owner of the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Boyertown, who was looking for an efficient way to distribute doses of vaccine he was receiving.
The pharmacy and school district collaborated, Torchia said, and within days a plan was hatched to use the library at the high school as a vaccine clinic.
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School nurses and other staff members were utilized to help operate the clinic â doing things like helping people keep 6 feet away from others and monitoring patients for the required 15 minutes after getting the shot â with Hudon doing the actual injecting.