Here's How To Volunteer In Maplewood Amid Vaccination Rollout

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood schools posted a list on Monday of how to volunteer amid the covid pandemic, particularly to help underserved populations get a vaccine.

The list of ways to help locally, countywide, and statewide can be found here.

Among the ways:

• The COVID-19 SOMA Senior Support Fund was set up to help South Orange and Maplewood seniors with food, financial, transportation, and other support. Click the link above to find out how to donate or volunteer.
• Vulnerable Populations Outreach Coordinator Taliah Jeffers (tjeffers@twp.maplewood.nj.us) can provide educational materials for vaccination outreach that have been vetted and approved by NJDOH, CDC, or other national public health communications organizations, and are ready to go for public use. Getting accurate, up-to-date information to neighbors, schools, houses of worship is important.
• Barnabas Health is requesting healthcare volunteers to assist at their vaccination pods. Please call or email the contacts below:

• Helene – 973-322-9705
• Emily – 973-322-8076
• Lauren Norcross Lauren.Norcross@rwjbh.org

There are more ways to help linked here.

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