Montgomery County Immunization Coalition

MCIC FLU & COVID-19 COMMITTEE – 116 diverse partner organizations across Montgomery County working together to educate and outreach to our communities on the importance of flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

Respiratory Virus Season is here – Protect Yourself and Your Family with Flu, COVID-19, and RSV Vaccines!

Summer is ending, which means the beginning of respiratory virus season is again upon us. Vaccination helps reduce severe illness and the risk of hospitalization. Protect yourself and your family with Flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines. Montgomery County Immunization Coalition (MCIC) has created new social media images with sample text to make it easy for you to get the word out to your community about the importance of getting your Flu, COVID-19 & RSV Vaccines. MCIC worked with our partner organizations to translate these new resources to several languages, including Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.

Direct Links to Social Media Images: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean

You can also find the social media images with sample text in our AmVAXador Library under “Featured Resources”. Please feel free to use and share!

NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS EVENTS

National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is an annual observance in December to remind everyone 6 months and older that there’s still time to get vaccinated against flu. Flu remains a significant public health concern, and this week will serve to remind people that there is still time to get a flu vaccine – the only vaccine that protects against flu – to prevent flu illness and potentially serious complications.

The toolkit includes social media images and sample text to make it easier for you to share this important message with your communities during NIVW 2023 (December 4-8). We collaborated with our partner organizations to translate the toolkit into several languages, including Chinese, Korean, Hindi, and Spanish. Please feel free to use and share!

Direct Links to Social Media Images: English1, English2, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Spanish

You can also find the toolkit in our AmVAXador Library under “Social Media Toolkit”. Please feel free to use and share!

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Ask the Experts: Influenza Vaccines

With so many questions on vaccines, it can be hard to know who or what to believe. MCIC is excited to announce that they will be hosting an Ask the Experts: Influenza Vaccines, bringing our community direct access to health care experts who can answer their questions on vaccines. This virtual event will occur during National Influenza Vaccination Week on Thursday, December 7 at 7-8pm with a focus on flu vaccines. Register at mcicpa.org/vaccine

Speaker Panel:

Dr. Richard Lorraine, Medical Director, Montgomery County Office of Public Health, Moderator

Dr. Danielle Casher, Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia
Dr. Brett Gilbert, Chief, Division of Infectious, Diseases & Preventative Medicine, Main Line Health
Dr. Jamie Paik, Internal Medicine, Jaisohn Medical Center

COMMUNITY VACCINE CLINICS

Jaisohn Medical Center, Lansdale – Autumn

Ambler Area YMCA – December 2, 2023
For more information and to sign up: ericsrx.com/sencollettfamilyfair

Lansdale Library, Lansdale – December 14, 2023

Pottstown TRAAC – December 14, 2023

Bethel AME Church, Ardmore – December 2023

For more information and to sign up: mcicpa.org/clinic

Family COVID-19 & Flu Vaccine Clinics (various locations) – December 2023 with the attached updated image and list below.

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansdale– December 1, 2023
Montgomery Township Community & Recreation Center, Montgomeryville – December 5, 2023
Montgomery County OIC, Norristown– December 12, 2023
Lansdale Library, Lansdale– December 14, 2023
North Wales Borough Hall, North Wales– December 19, 2023
Hatfield Township Building, Hatfield– December 20, 2023

For more information: skippackpharmacy.com/vaxtour/

VACCINE RESOURCES:

Adults Need Vaccines, Too!

Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself and your family from severe disease. MCIC partnered with Montgomery County Office of Public Health to create a new flyer – Adults Need Vaccines, Too! – to help you educate and outreach to your communities on the importance of adult vaccinations

Do you have parents looking for free or low cost vaccines in Montgomery County? MCIC partnered with OPH and ACLAMO to update their SHOTS FOR TOTS flyers to share with your communities. (English, Spanish)

Back to School Vaccine Checklists

MCIC is partnering with Vaccinate Your Family and ACLAMO on #FirstDayVax Campaign with back-to-school vaccine checklist graphics.

NEW Flu and COVID-19 Vaccine Flyer for Children!

With flu and COVID-19 circulating, it is crucial to keep our children protected. Both vaccines are safe, effective, and can be given at the same time.

Thanks to the California Department of Public Health, they have given us permission to modify their new Flu and COVID-19 Vaccine Flyer for Children for us to use in our community education and outreach. Please share within your networks!

Have questions on COVID-19 vaccine? Check out our Vaccine Conversation Video Series where local trusted healthcare leaders provide facts and dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Watch the full series at bit.ly/MCICVax

MEDIA CAMPAIGNS:

Montgomery County Immunization Coalition (MCIC), Montgomery County, and Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition (PAIC) are excited to share that we are launching the third phase of our COVID-19 Vaccine Bus Campaign. Phase 3 focuses on encouraging 20- through 30-year-olds in the Black community to get their COVID-19 booster. Buses are wrapped in bright-colored advertising with positive design elements and the campaign message is reinforced with interior bus ads. Ads will also be running on platform digital displays at our Lansdale & Fort Washington Stations. The ads will run for 10 weeks.

To support our bus campaign, we have converted the bus ads into posters and social media images for education and outreach efforts. Below are links to these resources along with sample social media posts with our bus campaign hashtag #BoostYourProtection & LetsGetBack2Us.

Campaign Resources

Posters

Poster 1 18×24 24×36

Poster 2 18×24 24X36

Social Media Images

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Image 2

Sample Social Media Posts

Your body’s ability to fight off #COVID19 can decrease over time. Getting a booster can help your body build back the protection that has been lost. Is it time for a booster? Learn more: ly/3mrK4Z5. #BoostYourProtection #LetsGetBack2Us
You’re up to date on #COVID19 vaccines when you’ve received all vaccines recommended for you, including additional doses and boosters when you’re eligible. Learn more: ly/3u3wsHF. #BoostYourProtection #LetsGetBack2Us

MCIC launches Phase 2 of Let’s Get Back to Us” bus campaign

Montgomery County Immunization Coalition launched the second phase of it’s “Let’s Get Back to Us” bus campaign. Phase 2 focuses on encouraging parents of 5 to 11 year olds to get their children vaccinated, allowing them to safely do more of the activities they enjoy, like attending birthday parties, playing sports, and spending time indoors with friends and family members. Buses are wrapped in bright-colored advertising with positive design elements and the campaign message is reinforced with interior bus ads. The ads will run February through May.

To support their bus campaign, they have converted the bus ads into posters and social media images for their education and outreach efforts.

Campaign Resources

Posters

Poster 1 18×24 24×36
Poster 2 18×24 24X36

Social Media Images and Posts

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Image 2

COVID-19 VACCINE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMPAIGN 1

Campaign developed to debunk the most common myths about COVID-19 vaccines in 20-34 year olds. Links to video for you to share: video 1, video 2, video 3 or Playlist

COVID-19 VACCINE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMPAIGN 2

Campaign developed to debunk the most common myths about COVID-19 vaccines in children 5-11year olds. Links to video for you to share: video 4, video 5, video 6 or Playlist

WEBINAR RECORDINGS:

MCIC partnered with the CDC Foundation on a Optimizing Your COVID-19 Vaccine Community Outreach webinar on Tuesday, June 21 at 3-4pm where national experts shared best practices on:

Understanding and responding effectively to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
New Quarantine & Isolation Calculator Tool
V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker Tool

Click here to listen to the recording.

LaShonda and Kaiden COVID-19 Vaccine Story

MCIC teamed up with Made to Save to create a 45-second video in which a Mom helped her son get vaccinated to protect him, and their older, high-risk family members from COVID-19. Share this important video within your networks!

MCIC continues to host virtual COVID-19 Town Halls with their partner organizations to answer your questions and concerns about the vaccine. Recordings of all of our town halls are available at bit.ly/MCICtownhall

MCIC partnered with Made to Save to provide a FREE online training on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7-8pm to learn how to initiate and engage in effective conversations about COVID-19 vaccines in online communities.

The online training covered digital storytelling, identifying existing online networks to engage with, dealing with misinformation and disinformation, and best practices for guiding vaccine conversations. Click here to listen to the recording (Passcode: 40R0J&0@).

MCIC is thrilled to share that we received a Letter of Recognition from Joe Biden for our COVID19 Communication and Community Engagement during National Month of Action.

All that we have accomplished would not have been possible without your partnership and commitment to protecting our community from COVID-19.

MCIC is very excited to share with you the launch of our AmVAXador program. The goal for this program is to build a network of volunteer AmVAXadors to educate our communities about the COVID-19 vaccines.

AmVAXadors will receive regular email updates that include materials from credible sources to share with their family, friends, peers, and social networks. These materials can also be found on our new AmVAXador Library webpage at montcopa.org/AmVAXador.

We need YOUR help! Keep Montgomery County healthy and safe and help us build a network of volunteer AmVAXadors by sharing the online registration survey link with your family, friends, peers, and networks!