Press Release
JULY 9th, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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NEWS
MEDIA ONLY: TIM O’CONNOR
561-671-4013 or
press50@doh.state.fl.us |
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL—
The Palm Beach County Health
Department encourages
parents of school age
children to vaccinate early
well before the back to
school rush. Childhood
immunizations are available
by appointment at our Health
Centers and the following
outreach locations with our
Immunization Van:
Tuesday, July 13th
Multilingual
Psychotherapy Center
1639 Forum Place, Suite
4
West Palm Beach
Registration: 9:30 am |
Wednesday, July 14th
Bright Futures
Academy
Lighthouse Church Campus
757 Lighthouse Drive
North Palm Beach
Thursday, July 15th |
Victory Baptist Church
4601 Forest Hill
Boulevard
West Palm Beach
Registration 9:00 am |
Friday, July 16th
1st SDA Church/Palm
Beach Academy
6300 Summit Boulevard
West Palm Beach
Registration 9:00 am |
Saturday, July 17th
Missionary Baptist
Church
94 S.W. 5th Avenue
Delray Beach
Registration 9:00 am |
Tuesday, July 20th
Crestwood Middle School
64 Sparrow Drive
Royal Palm Beach
Registration 9:00 am
|
Wednesday, July 21st
Mission Medical Center
9600 West Atlantic
Avenue
Delray Beach
Registration 9:15 am
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Thursday, July 22nd
Riviera Beach Head Start
1440 Martin Luther King
Boulevard
Riviera Beach
Registration 12:30 pm |
Friday, July 23rd
Back to School Fair
North General Center of
Medicine
1315 North Federal
Highway
Boynton Beach
Registration 9:30 pm |
Saturday, July 24th
Community Life Center
3812 Jog Road
Lake Worth
Registration 9:30 am |
"New students in Palm
Beach County will need a "680" blue card
from Florida, with the vaccines received
in the other location.
Kindergarten students( age 4-5) -
Boosters for DTaP, Polio, MMR and
Varicella( chicken pox)( In addition to
all other vaccines)
1st and 2nd grade - 2 Varicella ( in
addition to all other vaccines)
Physicals are also required
for new students, and
students in Kindergarten and
7th grade.
Childhood immunization
records should be brought to
the provider when receiving
new or updated shots.
Health
Centers operated
by the Palm Beach County
Health Department are
located from Delray Beach to
Jupiter and west to Belle
Glade and offer children’s
vaccines daily. Visit
www.pbchd.com or
call 800-810-1225 for
locations and times.
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