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A flyer provides information for an equity-focused vaccine clinic that will take place on Saturday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St.
The local health department and several community-based organizations will be offering an equity-focused vaccine clinic on Saturday, providing vaccines to people of color, who national data shows are less likely to have received a vaccine.
People 18 and older who identify as black, indigenous or other person of color are encouraged to register for the vaccine at LDCHealth.org/Getmyvaccine using code 739562, according to a flyer announcing the event. The clinic will offer a limited number of doses of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
photo by: Meeting screenshot/Douglas County Commission
Douglas County Commissioner Patrick Kelly, top right, jokes about sending a mallet to Commissioner Shannon Portillo, bottom left, for her to use after she was elected as the Commission Chair for 2021 during a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Commissioner Shannon Reid, bottom right, was elected as vice chair.
Two new Douglas County officials on Wednesday quickly stepped into leadership roles just days after they were sworn into office.
Commissioners Shannon Portillo and Shannon Reid were unanimously elected as chair and vice chair of the County Commission during its regular meeting. Both were appearing during their first meeting after they filled the seats on the commission on Monday.