The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation is increasing efforts to raise the comfort level of those in the community hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
President and CEO Vern Henricks listed a number of community-led efforts going on this week and over the next several days, including some incentives being offered by local businesses and organizations.
The Juneteenth Committee will also work with youth aged 12 to 17 Saturday in a back to school vaccine effort, offering a shopping spree incentive to Manhattan Town Center.
He also spoke about additional efforts planned later in August.
Henricks highlighted the need to band together as a community to protect one another from the virus.
The list of businesses and organizations offering incentives includes: Hy-Vee, Dillon’s, Sunflower CASA, Everybody Counts (9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Douglass Center), the Juneteenth Committee, First Congregational Church, Little Apple Brewing Company, The Manhattan Arts Center, and the Manhattan Area Habitat For Humanity.
