北橡树基金会宣布获得现金 Incentive to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

的 北橡树基金会, in partnership with the Enmon family of Ponchatoula and Jani-King Gulf Coast, is offering a $100 cash incentive to the first 100 people to register and receive the Pfizer BioNTech two-dose COVID-19 vaccine through its “COVID 100” initiative. 参与者必须在网上自行安排时间 在这里 or call (985) 230-SHOT [7468] to receive the first dose of the vaccine Saturday, 7月31日, 周六注射第二针, 8月. 21岁，在北橡树免疫诊所.

的 $100 cash incentive is the brainchild of Ponchatoula businessman Tom Enmon and is being made possible through his $5,000美元的礼物和5美元,来自Jani-King Gulf Coast的配对礼物, according to 北橡树基金会 Director Staci Arceneaux.

“Our goal is to make a difference and save lives, and if this incentive gives unvaccinated people ‘on the fence’ the extra support they need to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, 那就值得了,埃蒙解释道.

“COVID 100” is an effort that Enmon hopes will catch on and help turn the tide of Louisiana and the Northshore’s low vaccination rate in the face of rising COVID-19 hospitalizations of unvaccinated individuals. According to CDC and Louisiana Department of Health data, the state vaccination rate is the fifth lowest in the U.S. at 36.1%, with only about one-third of the Northshore region fully vaccinated and Tangipahoa Parish lagging behind as the least-vaccinated parish at 29.55%.

“如果我们成功了, we hope that our example will challenge others with the resources to step up and keep the incentives going,” Enmon asserts while voicing his concern that roughly 60% of Louisiana’s citizens and 70% of Tangipahoa Parish residents are unvaccinated and vulnerable as the state has experienced a 177% increase over the past 2 weeks in average daily number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000居民.

“的 care and concern that the Enmon family and Jani-King Gulf Coast have for the health of others is commendable and a worthy example to us all,奥尔顿·刘易斯指出, 北橡树基金会主席. “We are proud to have such like-minded partners to join with our foundation in supporting 在线体育投注’s efforts to improve lives, 在这种情况下, 拯救他们.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 99.2% of all COVID-19 deaths are in unvaccinated people, meaning the available vaccines are very effective against the current COVID-19 variants, 包括三角洲, 哪个是路易斯安那州的主要菌株.

North Oaks Chief Medical Officer Robert Peltier, MD, confirms that COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled at North Oaks Medical Center in recent weeks, 自2021年1月起, most every COVID-19 patient admitted has been unvaccinated. “Most vaccinated people – even if they get COVID-19 – will not need to be hospitalized. Vaccination is your best defense against experiencing severe disease,” Peltier affirms.

的 COVID 100 mass vaccination event will take place at North Oaks Immunization Clinic, 位于保罗维加15790号, MD, 在哈蒙德开车. 需要预约. First-dose appointments must be scheduled for Saturday, 7月31日, between 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Registered participants will receive $50 cash immediately after receiving the first-dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Registered participants must return by appointment on Saturday, 8月. 21, to receive the remaining $50 cash of their incentive immediately after receiving their second dose of the vaccine.

的 Immunization Clinic is located on the North Oaks Medical Center campus in 哈蒙德. Enter the campus via Medical Arts Plaza Drive from Highway 51 Business/Veterans Boulevard.