A group of students at a Colorado high school took matters into their own hands to curb the spread of COVID-19 in their community, turning their school into a vaccine clinic and administering over 800 shots to the public.
Students at Rangeview High School in Colorado are responsible for vaccinating hundreds of people.
Rangeview's drive wasn't just any run-of-the-mill vaccination site: Students came out with their entire families, patients received goodie bags with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and drinks, and music played in the recovery area.A view of the Rangeview High School vaccine clinic held on May 1, 2021, in Aurora, Colorado where Gov. Jared Polis spoke with patients getting shots.Alvarez and Fitsum received their first vaccine shots on opening day.
"I definitely think that it being at Rangeview encouraged more people to get it, just because Rangeview is a space that we all know and love," Fitsum said."Whether a student goes here, a family of a student, everyone feels safe with the space that we all know. And it being in a space we all know made us more willing to trust the vaccine and trust that it would be given to protect us."A view of the Rangeview High School vaccine clinic held on May 1, 2021.
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