Boys & Girls Club to host 50-mile walk to raise awareness for upcoming fundraiser
July 6, 2021 1:37 PM Logan Rude
MADISON, Wis. The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County is holding a 50-mile walk to raise awareness for the organization’s upcoming MOVE4BGC campaign.
The 50-mile walk marks the final week of fundraising before the MOVE4BGC event scheduled for July 17. The BGCDC is hoping to raise $1.2 million as part of this year’s campaign. So far the group has raised $1.1 million.
The awareness walk will kick off at 4 a.m. Saturday from the McKenzie Family Club in Sun Prairie.
From there, the group will walk to McPike Park on South Ingersoll Street, which will mark the beginning of a two-mile Black history walking tour through downtown Madison led by Wisconsin Historical Society. The group is expected to arrive at McPike Park around 8 a.m.
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School of Pharmacy Volunteers Help Vaccinate Underserved Communities in Vaccine Equity Effort 2021 PharmD students Janvi Shah (left) and Kathryn Freitag (right) give the COVID-19 vaccine to a couple at the vaccine clinic held at the McKenzie Family Boys & Girls Club in Sun Prairie. Photo by Paul L. Newby II 18 May
The School of Pharmacy, Fitchburg Family Pharmacy, and the Boys and Girls Club partner to increase COVID-19 vaccine access and address hesitancy among BIPOC communities
By Katie Ginder-Vogel
As pharmacists and healthcare providers rallied to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the race to vaccinate the public opened a different battlefront addressing vaccine equity. Although people of color have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, these communities of color have lower rates of vaccination. In Wisconsin, the COVID-19 vaccination rate for Black patients is about half the rate of white patients.
Dr. Jasmine Zapataâs mother and husband werenât sure they wanted to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but after talking with her about their concerns they got immunized in March.
Zapata, a UW Health pediatrician who is Black, is having similar conversations with patients, before church groups, at school forums and with friends and other family â pretty much anyone she knows who wants help making a decision.
Sometimes it takes multiple discussions, but Zapata said thatâs OK.
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âYes, there is urgency. Yes, we want everybody to get it right away,â said Zapata, who this week will become chief medical officer for community health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. âBut we need to also be patient and continue having conversations.â
Boys & Girls Club of Dane County launching week-long COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign next week
May 7, 2021 9:46 AM Logan Rude
MADISON, Wis. The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County is launching a week-long campaign to dispel misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and raise awareness about their effectiveness.
The week-long efforts start Monday, May 10 and will end Saturday, May 15 with a COVID-19 vaccination clinic hosted by the Boys & Girls Club.
““We will address the misinformation so that hesitant individuals have facts to fully inform their vaccination decision,” says Dr. Sarah Ghee, chief operating officer of BGCDC. “We all must take steps to increase our own awareness regarding the issue.”