National Vaccine Month of Action Needs You

Join those wearing the AmeriCorps "A" and help your community recover from the pandemic

Free childcare. Free shared services rides. Lots of incentives. And a month dedicated to vaccine action.

The Biden Administration, in partnership with many federal agencies—including AmeriCorps— corporations, and nonprofit organizations are pulling out the stops to encourage people to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations.

“Those wearing the AmeriCorps’ “A” have assisted more than 2.5 million people at vaccination sites across the country—they’ve made a significant impact on our country’s ability to vaccinate as many people as possible and recover from the pandemic,” said Karen Dahl, Senior Advisor for COVID-19 at AmeriCorps.

Those members are serving in communities across the country and developing innovative and accessible programs to help make getting vaccinated as easy as possible.

• In Maine, AmeriCorps member Will Parker, serving with the Resilience Corps at the Greater Portland Council of Governments, helped create a map showing all transit routes and vaccination sites in Maine’s Cumberland and York counties. The map includes instructions on scheduling an appointment and how to get there. Community organizations are now using this tool to help those looking to get vaccinated.

• AmeriCorps members serving with the Conservation Trust of North Carolina and Wake County Health Department participated in a Month of Action bus tour visit and canvass in Raleigh, North Carolina with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.

• At the Nashville Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, an AmeriCorps grantee with members in the VISTA program serving, conducted a virtual COVID-19 vaccine education town hall in May and have two more planned in July. The purpose of the town hall is to educate Nashville Promise Zone residents on COVID-19 treatments as well as dispel rumors about the vaccination.

• Led by AmeriCorps members in the VISTA program, the Mayor’s Office in New Orleans, Louisiana is planning pop-up vaccination events in target communities where vaccination rates are lower.

“We’ve made so much progress together—united—with a mission to protect the American public. I want to offer my thanks to every national service member, every volunteer, and offer my encouragement to those who haven’t yet been vaccinated. Vaccines are free and available to anyone who wants one,” said Dahl.