Sullivan s Travels: Relay for Life scheduled for May 15
One day, we will gather in groups and laugh and cry and be together.
One day…
Well, how about May 15?
That’s when the Relay for Life of Natick, Framingham, Sherborn, Ashland and Holliston will (hopefully) convene at Natick High’s Memorial Field.
Last year’s physical Relay was canceled because of the pandemic; most of the fundraising went virtual.
Should the Relay proceed as planned, there will be a day of games, activities and fun, all to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
This will be the first Relay without organizer Edna Glass, who passed last fall. In her honor, one of the teams has been named “The Unbeatable Edna Glass Team.”
“They ran like clockwork,” White said.
Last week, the department applied to the state Department of Public Health to administer vaccines, when they become available.
White doesn’t believe all of the town’s roughly 36,000 residents will need to use the local clinics, because some will have access to vaccines through other sources, including those who work in health-care settings where immunization are also occurring.
Natick will probably distribute the Moderna vaccine
It’s highly unlikely the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be distributed by the Natick public health department because it doesn’t have ultra-cold storage capacity. The vaccine must be stored at -94 degrees Fahrenheit or below, and arrives in shipments of 975 doses, packed in dry ice.