THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021 Page 9 State announces $4.7 Million for Vaccine Equity in Hardest-Hit Communities Everett, Malden, and Revere residents can now make appointments BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration on Wednesday announced a new $4.7 million initiative to promote COVID-19 vaccine equity in the 20 communities most disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Vaccination Appointments: on Thursday, around 50,000 new appointments will be added at mass vaccination locations across the Commonwealth. This includes the mass vaccination locations at Fenway Park, Gillette Stadium, Springfi eld, Danvers, Dartmouth and Natick. Retail pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens will also administer over 20,000 doses next week as well. As of Thursday morning, residents can go to www.mass. gov/COVIDvaccine to fi nd and schedule their appointments. Appointment availability is very limited due to the constrained supply of vaccine doses that the Commonwealth is receiving from the federal government. $4.7 Million for Vaccine Equity: The Administration on Wednesday announced a $4.7 million eff ort to support its vaccine equity initiative announced last week, which focuses on reducing barriers to vaccination in the 20 hardest-hit communities in the Commonwealth. The Administration will work with Archipelago Strategies Group (ASG) and Health Care for All (HCFA) to best leverage these funds. The initiative will support and coordinate with local leaders and community- and faithbased organizations to strengthen existing eff orts in these cities and towns. These efforts will specifically focus on communities of color, homebound seniors, disabled individuals and other hard-to-reach populations. ASG and HCFA will provide hyperlocal, population-specific communication resources as well as hiring local residents and working with local organizations with cultural and linguistic competencies to reach disparately impacted populations in each priority municipality. ASG specializes in grassroots mobilization, partnering with local leaders, community organizations, and media partners to develop community-based solutions. As a subcontractor, HCFA will provide high-touch support RevereTV Spotlight R evereTV has been working hard to continue collaborating with Revere Elder Services and the Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center in order to provide more senior programming on television. The latest project is a cooking show that will be aimed at highlighting community members and the food culture of Revere. The show is called “What’s Cooking, Revere?” The pilot episode was recorded last week and featured Director of Parks and Recreation, Mike Hinojosa and his wife, Marie-Elena Hinojosa. Tune in to the RevereTV Community Channel to watch the Hinojosas lead you through making a recipe they took from Sixteen Magazine in 1987 for one of their fi rst dates. You can also view all future “What’s Cooking, Revere?” episodes on RTV YouTube. “That’s Sketchy!” is back. This is an instructional drawing show for kids put on in partnership with Revere Recreation. Some kids join the class as they are taught live through Zoom in the recording. The sketches are typically of popular cartoon characters, and this week features Baby Yoda! If you want to learn how to draw Baby Yoda, watch “That’s Sketchy!” on the RevereTV community channel or on YouTube. RevereTV facilitated and aired the State Representative Democratic Candidate Debate presented by The Revere Journal last week. The four offi cial democratic candidates running in the upcoming special election for the 19th Suff olk District Representative seat formerly held by Bob DeLeo participated. If you missed the debate as it aired live on the RTV Government channel last week, you can still view it as it replays throughout the week. The debate can be watched in full at any time on the RevereTV YouTube page. If you’re looking for RevereTV on your television at home, you have to have either Comcast or RCN to access the channels. The RTV Community Channel is 8 and 1027 on Comcast and 3 and 614 on RCN. All government content is played on the RTV Government Channel which is 9 on Comcast and 13 and 613 on RCN. All RevereTV produced content is posted to the RTV Facebook and YouTube pages to be viewed at any time. for priority communities, including direct service support, community organizing, education, and outreach. This work will complement the Commonwealth’s $2.5 million public awareness campaign, “Trust the Facts, Get the Vax,” adapting the campaign’s messaging for specifi c communities. The initiative will focus on the 20 municipalities with the greatest COVID-19 case burden, taking into account social determinants of health and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color. These communities are Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Leominster, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Methuen, New Bedford, Randolph, Revere, Springfi eld and Worcester. This work will be coordinated with targeted opportunities for increased vaccine access through existing and new locations, including pop up sites and mobile clinics. AUTOTECH 1989 SINCE CA$H FOR YOUR CAR! DRIVE IT - PUSH IT - TOW IT! Cold Hard Cash For Your Car, Truck or SUV! 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 Crew Cab, Z71 Package, Just Serviced, Clean Title, Only 126K Miles, Warranty! TRADES WELCOME! $11,900 Easy Financing Available! 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