• By Todd Luck
  • Posted Saturday, August 14, 2021

COVID-19 vaccinations offered at community venues and health department with cash cards

The Forsyth County Department of Public Health will offer COVID vaccinations at community events, including Bowman Gray Stadium and Cooks Flea Market, and the health department.

One hundred dollars worth of cash cards are currently available to anyone 18 and older who receives their first dose of any COVID-19 vaccine, and $25 cash cards are available to non-commercial drivers who take someone to receive their first dose. The cards are for first doses only, and each patient’s COVID vaccination history will be checked before the shot is administered or the cash card is given. Cards will be available while supplies last.

Public Health staff will be accepting walk-ups at these community vaccination events:

  • Saturday, August 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., United Health Centers Community Day, 2101 Peters Creek Parkway
  • Saturday, August 14, 5 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Bowman Gray Stadium Racing, South Parking Lot, 1250 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The first 100 adults, 18 and over, that receive their first dose will get a free admission ticket for that night’s race.
  • Sunday, August 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Cooks Flea Market, Aisle M, 4250 Patterson Ave
  • Wednesday, August 18, 4:30p-6:30 p.m., Sweet Holy Cathedral, 111 Back Forty Drive
  • Saturday, August 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church Community Day Event, 149 Wheeler Street
  • Saturday, August 21, 5 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Bowman Gray Stadium Racing, South Parking Lot, 1250 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The first 100 adults, 18 and over, that receive their first dose will get a free admission ticket for that night’s race.
  • Sunday, August 22, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Shiloh Baptist Church, 916 E. 12th Street

Appointments and walk-ups for COVID-19 vaccinations are accepted during the week at the Public Health Department, 799 N. Highland Ave:

  • Appointments are available at Bit.Ly/FCNCCovidVaccine or by calling 336-582-0800 from 8 a.m. -5 p.m. Mon-Fri.
  • Walk-ups are accepted Mon-Tues. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 8 a.m.-8 p.m., and Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Weekend COVID vaccinations at the health department are held on the second Saturday of the month from 9 a.m.-12 noon.

Vaccinations are free and no ID or insurance is needed. The single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine, for ages 18 and up, will be an option while supplies last. The two-dose Pfizer vaccine, for ages 12 and up, is available. A limited supply of Moderna is available.

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