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SEATTLE — When Seattle’s largest health care system got a mandate from Washington state to create a mass covid-19 vaccination site, organizers knew that gathering enough volunteers would be almost as crucial as the vaccine itself. “We could not do this without volunteers,” said Renee Rassilyer-Bomers, chief quality officer for
Volunteers are key at vaccine sites. It pays off with a shot by Terry Tang And Manuel Valdes, The Associated Press Posted Mar 9, 2021 1:13 pm EDT Last Updated Mar 9, 2021 at 1:14 pm EDT Pete Graham, right, receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from a volunteer worker, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at a mass vaccination clinic at Seattle University in Seattle. Graham was able to get the vaccine because he had worked a shift at the clinic as a volunteer earlier in the day. As states ramp up vaccination distribution in the fight against the coronavirus, volunteers are needed to do eve...