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COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINICS ARE COMING TO AREA COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SCHOOLS: No-Cost, Walk-Up Vaccinations Available to Anyone

September 23rd, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Connecticut’s COVID-19 Vaccination Vans are on the road and coming to select Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) schools on October 1, 2021 to provide no-cost, walk-up vaccinations to the public.

The highly visible yellow Vaccination Vans, provided by the CT Department of Public Health and run by Griffin Health, can administer 100-125 shots per day in a six-hour window of time. The shots are available to all, without appointment. It is not necessary to have health insurance or a state-issued ID: all residents are welcome and no one will be turned away for lack of insurance or ID.

“COVID-19 vaccines are a powerful way for us to make sure that our school community is protected from COVID-19 and that we are able to have a smooth and uninterrupted school year,” explained ACES Executive Director, Thomas Danehy. “We encourage all students, families and community members who have not yet been vaccinated to take this opportunity to access a COVID-19 vaccine.”

Choosing to get vaccinated is an additional powerful tool in our fight against the COVID-19 virus.  

The vaccine will protect you from becoming seriously ill from COVID-19. 

The vaccine will protect your family and friends from becoming seriously ill from COVID-19.

The vaccine will allow you to once again gather safely with your loved ones and neighbors.

The vaccine will allow you to get back to a sense of normalcy.

Look for our bright yellow Mobile Vaccination Team SUVs at:

• ACES at Chase
• ACES Wintergreen
• ACES Mill Elementary/Mill Academy
• ACES Whitney High School North
• ACES Whitney Academy

DATE: October 1, 2021

LOCATIONS:   ACES at Chase, 565 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708

                        ACES Wintergreen, 88 Bassett Road, North Haven, CT 06473

                        ACES Mill Elementary/Mill Academy, 295 Mill Road, North Haven, CT 06473

                        ACES Whitney School North, 130B Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden, CT 06517

                       ACES Whitney Academy, 130A Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden, CT 06517

TIME: 9am – 1pm

The DPH Vaccination Vans are part of the State’s effort to vaccinate as many Connecticut residents as possible.  More than half the state’s population has received at least one shot since vaccinations began at in December 2020.  

For more information on vaccinations and COVID-19 visit ct.gov/covidvaccine.

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About ACES: 
Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is the regional educational service center for New Haven and parts of Middlesex Counties. Established in 1969, ACES strives each day to fulfill its vision of creating an equitable and socially just world, one life at a time. ACES serves its members districts and others through an ever-growing array of programs, services and schools that meet the needs of a changing educational landscape. As a school district, ACES operates three magnet and eight special education schools. ACES services range from transportation, professional development and school improvement services, technology, translation, international, security, and occupational and physical therapy. ACES operates the Open and Magnet School Parent Choice programs for New Haven County. Its programs include a federally funded Early Head Start Program and ACES ACCESS, a vocational and life skills program for developmentally and physically disabled adults ages 21 and older. For more information, go to www.aces.org.