Free shots for adults and children in November again will be all drive-thru and also include Dorney Park
Lehigh Valley, Pa. (Nov. 2, 2009) – Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) will administer free seasonal flu vaccinations (not H1N1) for adults and children six (6) months and older during two community sessions in November. Shots will be all drive-thru at Dorney Park on Saturday, Nov. 7 and at a new venue, Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, on Sunday, Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Once again this year LVHN is partnering with the Allentown Ecumenical Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank to accept donations of non-perishable food items during each of the drive-thru sessions. Food donations are optional and not required to receive a shot.
“We try to offer two different locations to the community each year for our drive-thru flu shots to give as many people as possible an opportunity to get immunized,” said Terry Burger, R.N., LVHN’s director of infection control and prevention. “Dorney Park has been ideal for the drive-thru shots because of its location, ease of access, size and layout. Coca-Cola Park offers those same advantages. Also, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs organization has been well received by the fans and quite active in the community and we applaud them for joining us in this effort to take better care of our community.”
Burger said 12,000 people received a shot during the two-day campaign last November.
"The IronPigs are certainly excited to offer our facility for this worthy and unique opportunity," said IronPigs General Manager Kurt Landes. "We have made it our mission to continuously support endeavors that benefit the local community -- whether during baseball season or not -- and we are thrilled Lehigh Valley Health Network sees us as being beneficial to this cause."
Those planning to receive a flu shot during LVHN’s November drive-thru vaccinations are asked to abide by the following requests:
Access a vaccine information sheet and consent form for each person to be vaccinated at lvhn.org, or request forms by calling 610-402-CARE (2273).
Complete the consent form and bring it with you when you get vaccinated.
Please do not arrive earlier than 9 a.m.
Dress appropriately—loose-fitting clothing for the shot to be administered in the arm of an adult and the leg of children less than two (2) years old.
Please NO PETS in the vehicle.
Lehigh Valley Health Network includes three hospital facilities - two in Allentown and one in Bethlehem, Pa.; eight health centers caring for communities in four counties; numerous primary and specialty care physician practices throughout the region; pharmacy, imaging and lab services; and preferred provider services through Valley Preferred. Specialty care includes trauma care at the region’s busiest, most-experienced trauma center treating adults and children, burn care at the regional Burn Center, kidney and pancreas transplants; perinatal/neonatal, cardiac, cancer, and neurology and complex neurosurgery capabilities including national certification as a Primary Stroke Center. Lehigh Valley Health Network has been recognized by US News & World Report for 14 consecutive years as one of America’s Best Hospitals and is a national Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing. Additional information is available at lvhn.org and by following us on facebook.com/LVHN and twitter.com/LVHNnews.
