| The Shelby Star
To help the flow of COVID-19 vaccines in Cleveland County, a recently formed nonprofit pledged $ 50,000 in the effort.
The Hospice Cleveland County Foundation donates to the Cleveland County Public Health Center to support ongoing COVID-19 vaccination clinics. The money will be used to support the infrastructure and logistics of the clinics as well as for an awareness campaign.
“Nothing embodies the mission of the Hospice Cleveland County Foundation more than the ability to protect Cleveland Counties from COVID-19, as vaccination is critical to getting us all back to normal,” said Emily Arey, executive director of the Foundation, endowment.
Established as a result of the recent merger between Hospice Cleveland County and the Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, the Hospice Cleveland County Foundation is committed to maintaining the success of the Cleveland County’s hospice tradition by supporting efforts to empower people help lead healthy and productive lives and experience peaceful, dignified deaths.
The foundation is headed by a 14-member Cleveland County Board of Directors, all of whom are former members of the original Hospice Cleveland County’s board of directors.
As of March 23, 2021, the Cleveland County Public Health Center has delivered more than 13,500 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“We are very pleased to have received this scholarship from the Hospice Cleveland County Foundation. Our public health team, in collaboration with many other county officials and volunteers, has worked tirelessly to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine in our community as effectively and efficiently as possible. These funds will not only help support our current work on administering the vaccine, but will also help expand efforts to provide additional educational and educational materials about the vaccine to community members, ”said DeShay Oliver. assistant health director of the Cleveland County Public Health Center.
