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NMC’s Hagerty Center Helps Get More Than 22,000 Residents Vaccinated

Northwestern Michigan College announced today that more than 22,000 area residents were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 at NMC’s Hagerty Center.

The four month partnership between the college and the Grand Traverse County Health Department will wrap up this week.

The vaccination clinic opened on January 18 and was the first and, until late April, the only mass vaccination site in the county.

It was integral to accelerating the pace of vaccinations in northern Michigan and considered a model statewide.

As of June 4, Grand Traverse County had 59.1% of eligible residents vaccinated (65.8% had received an initial dose), among the top counties for vaccination coverage in the state.

“Utilizing NMC’s Hagerty Center for a mass vaccination site was critical to increasing the pace of delivery of these life-saving vaccines to our community,” said Health Officer Wendy Hirschenberger. “Due to the public’s willingness to protect themselves and each other, after an extremely challenging 15 months, we now stand on the verge of returning to more normalcy.”

NMC did not charge the county for use of the facility, located on its Great Lakes campus.

The college’s nursing students also volunteered at the clinic in March and April.

The clinic site also hosted two dedicated vaccination days for all educators in the five-county area in January and February, which helped schools remain mostly in-person throughout the winter and spring.

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