Organiser of Covid-plagued Auckland wedding fair promises event will go ahead after year of delays
13 Mar, 2021 05:41 PM
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A wedding fair that was supposed to go ahead in Auckland has been delayed for more than a year and vendors who paid to be part of it are demanding refunds. Photo / NZME
A wedding fair that was supposed to go ahead in Auckland has been delayed for more than a year and vendors who paid to be part of it are demanding refunds. Photo / NZME
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
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Community-based organizations, medical providers, and elected officials made up the more than 200 volunteers who came out to go door to door. In addition to signing up those who are currently eligible for the vaccine, they also made sure to address any misinformation or concerns.
“I think it was important to come out so that we could raise awareness about the vaccine and encourage more people in the community to get vaccinated,” said Jaye George, a volunteer.
George is also a Quinnipiac University medical student and he said it’s about making sure people have access to the vaccine and know what that access is.
State politicians joined community organizers and hundreds of volunteers to knock on doors and schedule COVID shots in New Haven's Fair Haven neighborhood Saturday.
With more than 5,600 doors to knock on in Fair Haven, volunteers got moving. Their goal: Vaccinate Fair Haven. One of the homes they visited on Saturday belonged to Maritza Acevedo who expressed hesitancy about getting the vaccine. But after a door knock and a chat, she says she’ll make sure she and her family get it. “I think.