10th Vaccine Roundup to Take Place in Porterville: $100 Gift Card Incentives Continue Porterville, CA – March 4, 2021 Porterville’s 10th Vaccine Roundup will take place in Porterville on March 10, 11, 12, 2022

Porterville’s 10th Vaccine Roundup will take place in Porterville on March 10, 11, 12, 2022 (Thursday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.) at the SVMC-Imperial Ambulance Community Vaccination Clinic located at 385 Pearson Dr., Porterville, CA 93257.

Community members 12 and up interested in receiving a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on a Vaccine Roundup date will receive a $100 Gift Card to a local Porterville business. This incentive is coordinated by the City of Porterville with the use of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. To date, the City of Porterville has directed more than a million dollars of federal American Rescue Plan Act to help with local economic relief.

Thanks to the partnership with City of Porterville, SVMC-Imperial Ambulance has now administered more than 25,000 vaccines. The majority of those vaccines have been administered to Porterville community members and those living in nearby communities. Each vaccine administered means that a local Porterville business also receives an infusion of $100 through the gift card outreach. The gift card lineup choices include local Porterville grocery stores, restaurants, and in the past has included businesses offering other services or goods, including clothing.

Vaccine Availability

The SVMC-Imperial Ambulance Community Vaccination Clinic offers the following vaccine choices:

• Pfizer-BioNTech: 1st, 2nd, Booster and Pediatric Doses.

• Moderna: Booster doses only.

Booster Eligibility

Booster eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna boosters is at least 5 months after completing the primary COVID-19 vaccination series.

For Information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)is available regarding booster guidelines please visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html.

Vaccine Roundup Event Info Summary

Community members receiving a dose of the Pfizer vaccine (1st, 2nd or Booster Doses) or a Moderna Booster on Thursday – Saturday, March 10, 11, 12, 2022 will receive a $100 Gift Card to a local Porterville business!

Gift Cards are provided by the City of Porterville with federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
 

• WHO: Community members 12 years and older eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination clinic.

• WHAT: $100 Gift Card to individuals 12 years of age and older receiving the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (1st, 2nd or Booster Dose (3rd) or to those receiving a Moderna Booster Dose. Incentive does not apply to children 5-11 years of age.

• WHERE: Community Vaccination Clinic, 385 Pearson Dr., Porterville, CA 93257.

• WHEN: Thursday, Friday, Saturday (March 10, 11, 12, 2022)

• TIME: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

• LAST WALK-IN TIME: 5 p.m. Please arrive before this time.


Walk-ins are welcome but appointments are encouraged.

Appointments: Please pre-register by visiting myturn.ca.gov.


This is a vaccination effort in partnership between the City of Porterville, Sierra View Medical Center, Imperial Ambulance and Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency.
 

To learn more about vaccine eligibility, please visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html. For more info about the SVMC-Imperial Ambulance Community Vaccination Clinic, please visit www.sierra-view.com/COVIDvaccines. For Spanish, please visit www.sierra-view.com/vacunasCOVID.