NEWS: Free Seasonal Flu Shots Available to Students K-12

10/8/2009

Wake County is partnering with public, private and charter schools across the County to provide free seasonal flu shots to all school-age children in Kindergarten through grade 12, beginning Tuesday, October 13, 2009.

The vaccines will be offered at 21 clinic sites throughout the County. Students may attend any clinic offered, regardless of the school they attend or where they live. A parent or guardian must accompany all students receiving the vaccine, regardless of age.

Only injectable vaccine – a flu shot – will be available. Seasonal flu vaccine clinics for students will be offered from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted:

• Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – Southeast Raleigh High School
  2600 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh
  
  
• Wednesday, October 14, 2009 – Athens Drive High School
  1420 Athens Drive, Raleigh
  
  
• Monday, October 19, 2009 – Wake Christian Academy
  5500 Wake Academy Drive, Raleigh
  
  
• Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – Knightdale High School
  100 Bryan Chalk Lane, Knightdale
  
  
• Wednesday, October 21, 2009 – Heritage High School
  1150 Forestville Road, Wake Forest
  
  
• Thursday, October 22, 2009 – Wakefield High School
  2200 Wakefield Pines Drive, Raleigh
  
  
• Monday, October 26, 2009 – Franklin Academy
  1137 Chalk Road, Wake Forest
  
  
• Tuesday, October 27, 2009 – Leesville Road High School
  8409 Leesville Road, Raleigh
  
  
• Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – Millbrook High School
  2201 Spring Forest Road, Raleigh
  
  
• Thursday, October 29, 2009 – Sanderson High School
  5500 Dixon Drive, Raleigh
  
  
• Monday, November 2, 2009 – Ravenscroft School
  7409 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh
  
  
• Tuesday, November 3, 2009 – Cary Academy
  1500 N. Harrison Ave., Cary
  
  
• Wednesday, November 4, 2009 – Apex High School
  1501 Laura Duncan Road, Apex
  
  
• Thursday, November 5, 2009 – Middle Creek High School
  123 Middle Creek Park Ave., Apex
  
  
• Monday, November 9, 2009 – Endeavor Charter School
  9400 Forum Drive, Raleigh
  * 3:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
  
  
• Tuesday, November 10, 2009 – Holly Springs High School
  5329 Cass Holt Road, Holly Springs
  
  
• Thursday, November 12, 2009 – Fuquay-Varina High School
  201 Bengal Blvd., Fuquay-Varina
  
  
• Tuesday, November 17, 2009 – Garner High School
  2101 Spring Drive, Garner
  
  
• Wednesday, November 18, 2009 – Panther Creek High School
  6770 McCrimmon Parkway, Cary
  
  
• Thursday, November 19, 2009 – Green Hope High School
  2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road, Cary
  
  
• Tuesday, November 24 2009 – Cary High School
  638 Walnut St., Cary

The Wake County Board of Commissioners accepted $296,631 from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Project during its meeting on September 8, 2009, to fund the project.

More information about seasonal and H1N1 flu, including additional vaccination clinics information, answers to frequently asked questions and information for specific population groups is available at www.wakegov.com/flu.

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