CASI senior activity center to reopen March 17
The Quad Cities senior center is reopening after a whole year of closure with updated guidelines and classes. Author: Connor Day Updated: 10:42 PM CDT March 16, 2021
The Quad Cities CASI senior activity center is finally reopening on Wednesday, March 17, a year after it closed due to the pandemic.
The center closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be opening with operational changes to help help keep people safe.
CASI will have altered hours to allow staff to deep clean the building every day, a mask requirement, and enforced social distancing.
The organization also says that classes have been changed to adapt them for safety concerns. So we re doing some of our line dancing classes and urzula classes and our general exercise; those kinds of classes that we can really limit the number of people, we can spread them out and they re not necessarily using the same equipment, says CA
Updated: 3:53 PM CST March 8, 2021
MOLINE, Ill. For many Americans who want the Coronavirus vaccine, getting an appointment can be a challenge. Local organizations are helping targeted groups get appointments to remove the stress of trying to land a timeslot.
CASI in Davenport has worked through a waitlist of more than 3,000 people by helping secure appointments for senior citizens in the Quad Cities. on Monday, March 8th, 2021, CASI held their first vaccine clinic in which 150 people were able to receive the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Another 150 are scheduled to be vaccinated at CASI s clinic on Tuesday, March 9th.
It s part of a collaboration between CASI and Community Health Care. Laura Kopp, CEO of CASI said:
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DAVENPORT, Iowa When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccines, it s fast becoming a case of don t call us, we ll call you. We here at UnityPoint would ask that you wait to hear from us, said the hospital system s clinic operations director, Tricia Fisher. As soon as we make contact with those patients we mark down their status so that we don t have repeat phone calls, so we know the patients that have declined, those that have scheduled, those that have maybe already received it in other locations, she added.
By leaving a message with your name and phone number, CASI staff will add your name to their wait list. This service is intended for people without internet access.