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Oklahoma Caring Vans are offering immunizations required for enrollment in schools or day care, for children as young as 6 weeks through 18 years old.

Staff reports The Oklahoman Oklahoma Caring Vans will be providing immunizations required by Oklahoma law for enrollment in schools or child care facilities during upcoming clinics in the metro area. The services will be provided at no charge to children, ages 6 weeks through 18 years, who qualify, including children who are uninsured, Medicaid eligible or American Indian. Immunizations will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. For each child immunized, a parent or guardian must be ...

Fundraiser to help homeless women Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City will host a Facebook Live event March 6 to raise money in place of their annual gala fundraiser. Local news anchor Amanda Taylor will host the event. Catholic Charities’ Development Centers are dedicated to helping homeless women with immediate needs such as showers, laundry and groceries, as well as with long-term solutions like counseling, permanent housing, case management, and assistance with utility b...

Credit KWGS The Tulsa Health Department and the Oklahoma Caring Foundation are teaming up to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The foundation’s Caring Vans will visit several locations next week that predominantly serve residents of color, vaccinating 80 to 120 people at each one. Most of the sites are churches. THD is trying to reach Black, Latinx and southeast Asian communities. "In north Tulsa and east Tulsa and the Jenks area where a lot of these communities live, churches are...

Tulsa Health Dept., Caring Van Team Up To Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility The Tulsa Health Department announced it is partnering with the Oklahoma Caring Foundation to increase COVID-19 Vaccine accessibility for minority community members. Officials said the mobile Caring Vans will offer the COVID-19 vaccine at “several local churches and community centers serving predominantly minority residents.” The health department said it will provide the vaccines for the mobile clinics, “w...

Submitted Dec 17, 2020 Evelyn Cardona is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma’s 2020 Volunteer of the Year.Photo Provided OKLAHOMA CITY — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBSOK) has named employee Evelyn Cardona as the 2020 Volunteer of the Year. Cardona volunteered more than 75 hours throughout the year at several non-profits in the Oklahoma City area. She is a Caring Van program specialist for the Oklahoma Caring Foundation, a 501©(3) organization funded by community co...