Yavapai-Apache Nation to hold second COVID-19 vaccination drive

Arizona Army National Guard Spc. Chris Rodriguez, 996th Area Support Medical Company, combat medic, administers the COVID-19 vaccination in Camp Verde, on the Yavapai-Apache Nation, on April 6. More than 900 Arizona National Guardsmen continue to assist at vaccination sites, testing locations and food banks throughout Arizona. Photo courtesy of U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Michael Matkin

The Yavapai-Apache Nation will partner with the Arizona National Guard to provide an additional free COVID-19 vaccination event in a drive through clinic for area residents ages age 18 and older. The event will be held on Tuesday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m in the Cliff Castle Casino Hotel Lodge parking lot, 333 Middle Verde Road in Camp Verde.

 

To register, visit https://podvaccine.azdhs.gov/ or call (928) 592-7222.

The Yavapai-Apache Health Center will administer a first dose of the Moderna vaccine. A second shot will be given on Tuesday, June 1, at a location to be determined. If you received a first dose at the drive through clinic in April, you can receive your second shot at the May 4 event, completing the two-shot vaccination process.

“The Yavapai-Apache Nation is very proud to partner with the Arizona National Guard to provide these much-needed vaccinations to our community. We’re fortunate to be able to contribute to helping to end this pandemic” Yavapai-Apache Nation Chairman Jon Huey said.

In addition to hosting this vaccination drive, the Yavapai-Apache Nation continues to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to their Tribal Members, Cliff Castle Casino Hotel Team Members as well as their families.

For more information contact James Perry, Director of Marketing, Cliff Castle Casino Hotel, at (928) 567-7910 or David Nunn, Public Affairs Officer, Arizona National Guard, at (602) 291-0218.

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rocks News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been featured in Editor & Publisher magazine. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rocks News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been featured in Editor & Publisher magazine. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."
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