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Will County Health Department plans several COVID-19 vaccine clinics in coming weeks

Will County Health Department officials say they are giving out free tickets to Six Flags Great America to vaccine recipients

By Alex Ortiz

Heather Holman delivers a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, March 26, 2021, at St. Rose Church in Wilmington, Ill. (Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com)

The Will County Health Department will hold several pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics around the county over the next few weeks.

The health department said in a news release that the clinics are a part of its efforts to curb the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus and increase vaccination rates in the county.

“Over the past several weeks, we have seen positive cases of COVID-19 on the rise in Will County due to the spread of the aggressive Delta Variant,” WCHD Executive Director Sue Olenek said in the release. “Fifty percent of the population is unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated which puts them and everyone at risk.”

Vaccine recipients at many of these events will receive a pair of free Six Flags Great America tickets while supplies lasts.

“The best way to combat COVID-19 is to get vaccinated,” Olenek said in the release. “The health department has both static and mobile pop up clinics to provide free COVID-19 Vaccines throughout the county and are adding new clinics every week.”

A patient receives their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Joliet, Ill. Another mass vaccination site was opened in Joliet on Thursday, with help from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the National Guard. (Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com/Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com)

The department will hold its clinics at the following locations:

• Wilmington Sharefest – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 14 at 209 Wildcat Court in Wilmington

• Cruise the Commons – 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 17 at 101 Veterans Parkway in New Lenox

• Village of Diamond – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at 1750 E. Division St. in Diamond

• University Park Back to School Celebration – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 21 at 655 Olmsted Road in University Park

• Symerton Homecoming – noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 22 at 18332 W. Commercial St. in Symerton

• Manhattan Cruise Night – 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at 230 Wabash St. in Manhattan

• Will County Fair – Aug. 25-29 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, located at 710 S. West St. in Peotone

• Monee Fall Fest – 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10 at 5162 W. Court St. in Monee

• University Park Community Resource Fair – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 11 at 90 Towncenter Drive in University Park.

• Beecher Farmers Market – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 25 at 625 Dixie Highway in Beecher

Patients receive a sticker after their vaccination on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at Will County Health Department in Joliet, Ill. The Will County Health Department is accelerating vaccination efforts throughout the region. (Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com/Geoff Stellfox - gstellfox@shawmedia.com)

Will County residents also can receive a COVID-19 vaccine at one of the Will County Health Department’s facilities.

The health department clinic at 501 Ella Ave. in Joliet is open from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Mondays, and from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Walk-ins are accepted after 10 a.m.

The department’s Bolingbrook branch will open a clinic on Wednesdays starting Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. by appointment.

Residents age 18 and older can also schedule a vaccine appointment at the Will County Community Health Center, located at 1106 Neal Ave. in Joliet, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. by calling 815-727-8670.

For information on COVID-19 vaccine clinics, go to willcountyhealth.org.