New Hanover County Garden Club host Art and Bloom
Art and the Bloom By John Smist | January 10, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST - Updated January 11 at 5:47 AM
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Garden Club hosting its annual Art & The Bloom event. This year 28 artists made floral arrangements inspired by artwork from private collections and the Wilmington Art Association. Each arrangement is created with real flowers.
“Designers get six weeks before the event they get a random pic they don’t pick their art,” said Sharon Van Teyens Art and the Bloom Co-Chair. They designed the artwork that we give them.”
Patients will receive the second dose of the two-shot drug in four weeks.
Brunswick County Health Services has received 200 doses of the vaccine from the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services, which has also delivered to Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center and the New Hanover County Regional Medical Center.
Pursuant to state order, the vaccine will be rolled out in four phases. It is currently in Phase 1A, which includes health care workers at high risk of exposure and long-term staff and residents of group facilities.
“Following the State’s vaccination plan for Phase 1a, Brunswick County’s first shipment(s) of doses went to health care workers providing direct care to COVID-19 patients and/or who are treating COVID-19 related symptoms,” said a county release. “Vaccine supplies will be limited at first, which is why independent state and federal public health advisory committees determined that the best way to fight COVID-19 is to start with vaccinations for those m