COMMUNITY IMMUNITY INITIATIVE
SUCCESS IN CHINATOWN- 400+ Vaccine Appointments booked for Chinatown’s Elderly
The COVID Foundation in partnership with WGIRLS INC (501(c)3), Chinatown Partnership, Chinatown Business Improvement District (BID), Welcome to Chinatown, and East Side were able to secure vaccination appointments for over 600 Chinatown residents. Our efforts have been cited by the New York Times as one of the reasons Asians American are now one of the most vaccinated demographics in NYC.
COMMUNITY IMMUNITY INITIATIVE
CHINATOWN COMMUNITY IMMUNITY INITIATIVE - VACCINE APPOINTMENT ASSISTANCE
The Vaccinate Chinatown Initiative's goal is to help NYC's Chinatown reach herd immunity by providing vaccine booking assistance to residents in need. Over 50% of Chinatown residents are low income and do not even have access to Wi-Fi. Currently Chinatown has only an 18% vaccination rate compared to Manhattan's 40% average. Language barriers, lack of internet access and poor marketing initiatives is severely crippling Chinatown’s elderly’s ability to schedule these vaccination appointments.
With your help, we will help community residents and small business employees schedule vaccine appointments. We are organizing bilingual volunteers on the ground who can aid in helping schedule these vaccination appointments and make Chinatown a safe place to visit again.
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50%+ OF SENIORS LIVING IN NYC‘S CHINATOWN HAVE NO ACCESS TO WIFI & CAN’T BOOK VACCINE APPOINTMENTS
Help fund a program to provide bilingual vaccine appointment assistance to some of NYC’s most vulnerable in one of NYC’s hardest hit areas
PAST PROGRAM
SAVE OUR SHELTERS
COVID is still spreading in low income neighborhoods. Help us bring free testing to homeless shelters, public housing sites, and community centers in NYC’s hardest hit areas
PAST PROGRAM
EQUAL JUSTICE - PPE for Prisons
Spread rates in NYC jails are 39.1 infections per 1,000 people as opposed to NYC's 5 infections per 1,000 people rate.
A $25 donation will provide 20 people with a set of masks through our Equal Justice - PPE for Prisons program.
Source: The Legal Aid Society
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to provide essential services to those who need it most and to continuously evolve to meet the demands of the ever-changing COVID-19 landscape. We achieve this by analyzing data to identify the most urgent need and engage with local community organizations to help marginalized communities in the areas hit hardest by COVID-19
We are a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, receiving fiscal sponsorship from the Giving Back Fund.
EIN: 04-3367888
COMMUNITY IMMUNITY INITIATIVE
What We Do
PPE FOR THE FRONTLINES
We acquire and donate FDA-approved PPE to the people that need it the most, including frontline workers, nursing homes, first responders, local clinics, and hospitals across the United States.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
The foundation has designed auxiliary programs to provide care packages and educational materials to marginalized communities that are currently most vulnerable to COVID-19.
COVID-19 VACCINE BOOKING ASSISTANCE
The availability of vaccines is critical to the fight against COVID-19. We’ve helped provide free vaccine booking assistance to Chinatown’s Elderly, population to help close the vaccine equity gap.
NURTURING INNOVATION
The foundation strives to be a central hub of discussion related to COVID-19 and provides a platform for COVID-19 related professionals to exchange knowledge through podcasts, webinars, and other media.
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