Young received the Congressional Community Hero Award.
âWhat you did with COVID, and all the things you did at Fort Hood for us, and then with (Winter Storm) Uri . itâs phenomenal,â Williams said before presenting the award. âI donât think we know how many people youâve touched and saved and so forth, and through your leadership, and we appreciate you.â
Williams represents Copperas Cove in the U.S. House District 25.
Also serving as the cityâs emergency management coordinator, Young has helped organize multiple coronavirus testing and vaccination clinics in partnership with Coryell Health in Gatesville.
He also worked nonstop during the winter storm in February. The fire department was inundated with calls for service during the winter storm. Many of the calls the department responded to were for residents who had run out of oxygen.
There will be 600 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine administered at a drive-thru vaccination clinic in Copperas Cove on Saturday, but all 600 appointment slots to get one of those vaccines were quickly gobbled up on Tuesday.
The city of Copperas Cove is working in conjunction with the Copperas Cove Independent School District, Coryell Health, Coryell County, and numerous support groups to host the COVIDâ19 vaccination drive-thru clinic in Copperas Cove from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from Gary Young, the Copperas Cove emergency management coordinator.
The clinic will be held at Copperas Cove High Schoolâs rear parking lot at 851 W. Ave D, and those getting a vaccine must be a Texas resident and pre-approved through an appointment. All appointment slots filled up Tuesday within an hour of the slots being available online, according to Young.
A total of 2,392 residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
DSHS developed a dashboard, which it updates daily, to track the vaccination progress.
Copperas Coveâs Emergency Management Coordinator, Gary Young, said his message to those wanting to get vaccinated is simple.
âItâs going to take a while for people to get vaccinated,â he said Wednesday.
Young said only a certain amount of vaccines come in, and it is a pretty âintensiveâ process to get fully vaccinated.
Currently, the state is distributing the vaccine to those in Phase 1A and Phase 1B in the distribution plan.