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Rochester Reports Hundreds Of Residents Received No-Cost COVID Tests, Flu Shots During Partnership With Churches
Patch
October 23, 2020 - Common Ground Health's COVID and flu shot initiative provided Rochester's minority communities opportunities to access these services.
Community leader finds Common Ground to bring quality health care to underserved in Finger Lakes region
55 Plus
October 20, 2020 - Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health says, “We have an obligation to something greater than ourselves.”
McDougall Communications Encouraging Civic Responsibility
McDougall Communications
October 20, 2020 - Common Ground Health temporarily applies a face mask to its logo during the #MaskMonday movement.
Play Everywhere is Turning Sidewalks and Streets into Playgrounds
Goric
October 14, 2020 - Jenn Beideman, Advocacy Manager for Healthi Kids, an initiative of Common Ground Health says "Places like the Play Walk allow for everyday spaces to be turned into moments of wonder and learning."
No-cost COVID-19 Testing and Flu Shots Offered at Rochester Churches
Genesee Sun
October 5, 2020 - There will be free COVID tests and flu vaccinations to four Rochester churches from Oct. 5 to Oct. 17 aimed for those who are unable to afford these services.
No-Cost COVID-19 Testing And Flu Shots To Be Offered At Select Rochester Churches In October
Patch
October 5, 2020 - "This church-based project reflects our community's ongoing collaborative efforts to address COVID-19 inequities ," says Wade Norwood CEO of Common Ground Health.
Free COVID-19 testing, flu vaccine clinic opens in the city
Rochester First
October 5, 2020 - Dr. Linda Clark, Senior Health Advisor at Common Ground Health says it’s important for people to get their flu shot this year because it is possible to get the flu at the same time as COVID-19.
Free COVID-19 testing available at Rochester churches
13 WHAM
October 4, 2020 - Common Ground Health's Senior Health Advisor, Dr. Linda Clark says "We've looked around the community, we know where areas of poverty are."
Discussing culturally competent care with the Black Healers Network
WXXI Connections
October 2, 2020 - Black health providers are on a mission to provide culturally competent care for Black patients.
Health Literacy Empowers Individuals and Communities
NRHI
October 2, 2020 - Phyllis Jackson, Community Wellness Project Manager at Common Ground Health works with salons and barbershops to raise awareness about health disparities.
City churches to host free COVID testing/flu shot clinics amid rise in skepticism
Democrat and Chronicle
October 2, 2020 - Dr. Linda Clark of Common Ground Health said, "I understand the healthy mistrust," of the fast-tracked process for developing a COVID-19 vaccine.
Report ties redlining in Rochester city neighborhoods to susceptibiity to COVID
Democrat and Chronicle
October 1, 2020 - Albert Blankley, Chief Operating Officer of Common Ground Health says substandard housing can lead to illness and early death.