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NCHC Vaccine Clinics

NCHC Vaccine Clinics

NCHC’s COVID vaccine clinics pop up at community events, headed to Riverside Speedway, Saturday!

 

COVID-19 vaccine clinics are popping up throughout Northern New Hampshire. With vaccines doses in tow, the Public Health Network (PHN) team of the North Country Health Consortium (NCHC) are at the ready to head to your next community event within the region.

“When the COVID vaccine first became available in limited supply, our clinics were for high-risk health workers, first responders, and the elderly,” said Kris van Bergen-Buteau, NCHC’s Director of Workforce & Public Health Programs. “Now that there are ample vaccines coming into the region, the work of the Public Health Network has pivoted to providing as many opportunities as possible for community members to take up the COVID shot, if they want it and when they’re ready for it.”

The Public Health Network is actively reaching out to and taking requests from community partners throughout Coos and Northern Grafton Counties to set up pop-up COVID vaccine clinics. So far, the PHN has held clinics at settings including employer sites, and events such as the Lancaster Farmers Market and the Whitefield Lions Club Pancake Breakfast.

On the calendar, upcoming PHN pop-up COVID vaccine clinics in the community include:

  • Littleton First Friday Art Night: Aug. 6th at 5-8 pm
  • Riverside Speedway, Northumberland: Aug. 7, 14 & 21st at 3-7 pm
  • Dalton Town Day: Aug. 14th at 4-11 pm
  • Mobile Food Pantry at Lancaster Assembly of God: Aug. 21st at 11 am – 1 pm
  • Bridge Concert, Stark: Aug. 28 at 4:30-10:30 pm

The PHN clinic team will be travelling with all three vaccines—Pfizer, J&J, and Moderna— to ensure that all community members’ needs are met.  The team will assist those who opt for one of the two-dose vaccines, Pfizer or J&J, with arrangements for their second doses.

Any community members interested in bringing a Pop-up COVID vaccine clinic to their worksite or next event should get in touch with the North Country Public Health Network by emailing phn@NCHCNH.org or calling NCHC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Coordinator, Zina Schmidt at (603)259-4369.

The North Country Health Consortium (NCHC) is a non-profit public health organization based in Littleton that collaborates with health and human services providers serving Northern New Hampshire. NCHC is the hub of the North Country Public Health Network. To learn more about the North Country Public Health Network, and other programs and initiatives of NCHC, visit NCHCNH.org.

Pictured (L-R) are:  Janice Reynolds, RN, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Volunteer, Kris van Bergen-Buteau, Director of North Country Public Health Network, Zina Schmidt, PHEP Coordinator, Lynn Sheridan, MRC Volunteer.


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