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Health officials hope to vaccinate kids at school, increase outreach in hesitant communities
Source: CNN
and last updated 2021-05-04 18:05:26-04
HAMPTON ROADS, Va.â As vaccine supply outpaces demand, health officials are getting creative to combat vaccine hesitancy.
âWe used our church bus to circulate throughout the community to announce that we were offering the vaccines, and we were providing rides for people we needed to come to the church to get their vaccine,â said Bishop Dwight Riddick of Gethsemane Baptist Church.
In Norfolk, Faith Deliverance Christian Center says it garnered a tremendous response from walk-ins at their vaccination clinics with the help of volunteers holding signs up outside letting people know shots were available to the public.
Local pastors instill faith in vaccine to help health officials vaccinate vulnerable communities
and last updated 2021-04-20 20:53:33-04
NORFOLK, Va. â Faith leaders are leading the charge to vaccinate the most vulnerable populations.
Faith Deliverance Christian Center has stayed closed during the pandemic, but the church opened its doors for a special service Tuesday.
Community service brought people together for a vaccination event at the predominantly Black church in Norfolk on 26th Street and Waverly Way.
âOur community and communities of color are being hit the hardest, and so we have to do what we need to do in order to protect ourselves,â said Dr. Sharon Riley, Faith Deliverance Christian Center pastor.
Muskogee native Starr Fisher recalled how her late uncle, Apostle Lathon Archie, served his community. He had the mind and the heart to give, she said. He was a servant in every capacity of the word.
Archie, founder and pastor of Faith Deliverance Christian Center, died in 2015. Archie established such programs as Royal Instructional School of Excellence, Precious Little Angels Childcare and Students Taking a New Direction (STAND).
Fisher, who now operates Manhattan Catering in Tulsa, said she wants to honor her uncle by hosting the Lathon Archie Memorial Holiday Give-A-Way 6 p.m. Christmas Eve at Archie s former church. The objective is to feed folks and give those kids toys, she said. If people are hungry and need help with groceries or things, we re also going to have bags for people who show up.