Give a Shot@Life with Walgreens Get a Shot, Give a Shot Program
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As recently mentioned, the 2014-15 school year is almost upon us in the Indianapolis area. That means that we are in full-scale Back to School mode at our house. Football practices are in full-swing. We’ve made sure that the kids are up to date on their required vaccines. New backpacks have been acquired. New wardrobes have been purchased for the semester. First day of school outfits have been carefully selected. Class schedules have been picked up and new teachers have been met.
Over the past week, we have been on three separate shopping trips to purchase back to school supplies. Our final trip was to our neighborhood Walgreens.
They were well-stocked with the back to school basics, including a nice selection of backpacks. We all know how important it is to choose the right backpack. You have to find that perfect blend of style and utility. And if you don’t that “just right” backpack, it could cause repercussions for the rest of the school year. We’ve learned that the hard way. Fortunately, Walgreens has a good variety of backpacks so you can find that perfect fit.
During back to school shopping, we always try to stock up on writing instruments: pens, mechanical pencils, markers, crayons, highlighters, and pencils. It’s interesting how we take things like pencils for granted here in the States. We have ready access to them. And if your family’s anything like my family, you have a tendency to hoard your pencils. Unfortunately, that isn’t exactly the case for many children around the world.
While my wife and I were in a village in the Horn of Africa a few years ago, we saw first-hand how important something as basic as a pencil can be. One of the gentlemen who was with us on that trip had brought a box of pencils with him. He passed them out to the children in the village. words cannot begin to express the joy that was on the children’s faces when they were given these pencils. They were beaming. Because of limited access to school supplies, these pencils gave these children a chance to have an education.
Something so simple – something so basic – gave a child an opportunity to have a changed life.
If a pencil can change a child’s life like that, imagine what something like a vaccination can do. Our family has seen first-hand what kind of devastation caused by preventable diseases. They can tear families apart. They can ruin lives. They can cause great heartache.
But they are preventable. And we can do something about it.
The Walgreens Get a Shot, Give a Shot program is a partnership with the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life Campaign. That means that you can provide a life saving vaccine to a developing country. When you’re getting your child’s back to school vaccinations for diseases like whooping cough, chicken pox, or meningitis, not only will you be providing for your own child’s health, but you’ll also help save the life of another child around the world.
Walgreens makes this super-easy. They accept most insurance plans. They’ll also report back to your primary physician so your records are properly updated. And there’s no need to make an appointment. All you have to do is walk in during the healthcare clinic’s hours of operation. It’s quick and it’s easy.
Why not help change the world as you’re getting ready to send your kids back to school? Walgreens Get a Shot, Give a Shot program is a quick and easy way to help make the world a better, safer place.
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Thank you for sharing this very important message! #client
My pleasure, Lori! I hope they give away tons of life-saving shots!