is deploying a new strategy to vaccinate underserved communities.
Its mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit started as a vaccination site at their corporate office, but they soon got requests from businesses to vaccinate their employees. Now, they鈥檙e taking requests to bring the unit anywhere in the community.
Ashley Chaney is the RN Manager for Summa鈥檚 clinical access center and has been working closely with the mobile unit. She says employees and community members are thankful for the convenience.
鈥淪o employees have told us, 鈥業 work Monday through Friday during the day. I know that it鈥檚 available other places, but the fact that you鈥檙e coming to my place of employment, and I鈥檓 able to take a break and come get the vaccine is just so convenient, and I probably wouldn鈥檛 have gotten it otherwise,'鈥� Chaney said.
The mobile unit is scheduled to visit the Barberton YMCA and all of the McDonald鈥檚 in Summit County in June. The unit offers the Pfizer vaccine and will return to the same location to administer the second dose. No appointment is necessary. Insurance cards, IDs or birth certificates for 12 to 17-year-olds are required for vaccination.
For questions, call 234-867-7110. If you would like to request the mobile vaccination unit in your community, email chaneya@summahealth.org. To view an upcoming schedule of stops, click .
