Saginaw’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Offers COVID-19 Vaccine Award Ceremony
SAGINAW, MI – An East Side Saginaw Church will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic with giveaway awards this week.
Officials said the pop-up vaccine clinic is scheduled from 6 p.m. 10 for dinner Saturday, March 19 at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, 3121 Sheridan.
Vaccine recipients will receive $ 10 gift cards and the opportunity to participate in prize draws. Game consoles, flat-screen TVs and restaurant gift cards are among the prizes, organizers said.
Staff from the Great Lakes Bay Health Centers will provide the COVID-19 vaccines at the event.
The New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has served as the site of several COVID-19 vaccine events in recent months.
Larry Camel, the pastor of the church, has been advocating for the life-saving measure since it became available to the public more than a year ago. Camel and his wife, Shirley, became critically ill from COVID-19 in April 2020about a month after the pandemic reached the region.
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