The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Clallam County Health and Human Services will be distributing Student Vaccination Reward Cards of $50 to each student attending any of the upcoming student vaccination events.
Students already vaccinated may present their vaccination card and receive a $50 card as well.
Students under the age of 18 need parental consent for the vaccination. If the parent is not present, a student can provide written consent or have the parent call during the vaccination.
Consent forms can be found at clallam.net/coronavirus/doc/CCIC5-21.pdf.
“We are very excited about this opportunity to reward those students that receive vaccinations,” said Brent Simcosky, Director of Health Services for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.
“We feel it is important to get our students safely back to school full time and the best way to achieve that is through student vaccinations.“
Both the Tribe and Clallam County are splitting the cost of the Reward Cards and we want to show our community that if we work together, we can make a difference.”
Dr. Allison Berry, Clallam and Jefferson County Health Officer, said, “Getting as many eligible kids vaccinated as possible is critical to keeping our schools safe and open this fall. We are grateful to partner with the Jamestown tribe to work together to meet this goal.”
Sequim-area vaccination events include:
• Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Sequim Back to School Fair, at the Sequim school stadium parking lot on West Fir Street (10 a.m.-noon for Helen Haller Elementary students, noon-2 p.m. for Greywolf Elementary students, any time for middle school, high school, Olympic Peninsula Academy and Dungeness Virtual School students)
• Tuesday, Aug. 31, Sequim Timberwolf days, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road
Additional vaccination events are set for: Saturday, Aug. 21, Port Angeles Back to School Fair, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Lincoln Center, 905 W. Ninth St.; and, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 26, and Thursday, Sept. 2, at the Forks Public Health Office, 140 C St. SW, Forks.
