Above/ Look for the Century Walk sculpture “Y-M-C-A” to welcome visitors to the Fry Family YMCA, located at 2120 W. 95th Street in Naperville. Beginning at the Fry Y, YMCA of Metro Chicago and IDPH will bring mobile vaccination clinics to Chicago as well as north suburban and southwest suburban centers the week of Oct. 3, 2021.
Update, Oct. 4, 2021 / The Fry Family YMCA in Naperville held its mobile vaccination clinic today, free of charge. Walk-in events continue through Wednesday. (Photos courtesy Man-Yee Lee, Director of Communications, for YMCA of Metro Chicago)
Original Post, Oct. 2, 2021 / The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is joining efforts to protect the community from COVID-19. The Y has arranged for the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) mobile vaccination vans to be present at its local centers the week of Oct. 3 in the Chicago (Lake View North Lawndale, and Irving Park), Lake Zurich in the north suburbs, and Downers Grove, Elmhurst and Naperville in the southwest suburbs.
Beginning in Naperville at 8AM until 11AM on Mon., Oct. 4, the free clinics are part of a seven-day campaign involving 12 YMCA sites across the city and suburbs intended to meet the evolving needs of Chicagoland families by increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine in the neighborhoods it serves and save lives.
At each mobile vaccination clinic, IDPH staff will administer doses of either the Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson vaccine free of charge on a walk-in basis. A photo ID is not required. Follow-up vaccination clinics for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be scheduled at each location.
As an added incentive to get community members vaccinated, the Y is waiving the joining fee on a new membership for all vaccinated individuals who can show proof of full vaccination at any Y membership desk until Nov. 1.
To date, the YMCA of Metro Chicago has helped to vaccinate more than 900 community members through vaccination clinics at its Chicagoland sites.
YMCA/IDPH vaccination clinics scheduled for week of Oct. 3 / Free
WHEN: 8AM to 11AM Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
WHERE: Fry Family YMCA (Naperville)
2120 W. 95th St., Naperville, IL 60564
WHO: Stephanie Kuzelis, Executive Director, Fry Family YMCA
WHEN: 8AM to 11AM Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
WHERE: Foglia YMCA (Lake Zurich)
1025 N. Old McHenry Rd., Lake Zurich, IL 60047
WHO: Jill Anderson, Interim Executive Director, Foglia YMCA
WHEN: 8AM to 11AM Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
WHERE: Elmhurst YMCA
211 W. First St., Elmhurst, IL 60126
WHO: Derek Schlager, Executive Director, Elmhurst YMCA
WHEN: 4PM to 7PM Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
WHERE: Lake View YMCA
3333 N. Marshfield, Chicago, IL 60657
WHO: Karen Dziagwa, Executive Director, Lake View YMCA
WHEN: 4PM to 7PM Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
WHERE: North Lawndale YMCA
3449 W. Arthington Street, Chicago, IL, 60624
WHO: Leslie Hampton, Health and Nutrition Operations Director
WHEN: 8AM to 11AM Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021
WHERE: Indian Boundary YMCA (Downers Grove)
711 59th St., Downers Grove, IL 60516
WHO: Stephanie Kuzelis, Executive Director, Elmhurst YMCA
WHEN: 4PM to 7PM Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021
WHERE: Kelly Hall YMCA
824 N. Hamlin, Chicago, IL 60651
WHO: Jaunita Pye, Operations Director, Kelly Hall YMCA
WHEN: 4PM to 7PM Wednesday, October 6, 2021
WHERE: Irving Park YMCA
4251 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 60641
WHO: Ron Anderson, Executive Director, Irving Park YMCA
For a map of all locations, dates and times, visit ymcachicago.org/ymcavaccineclinic.
Submitted by Man-Yee Lee, Director of Communications, for YMCA of Metro Chicago.
