The State announced two #VaxForKids pop-up vaccination clinics that will take place today. One clinic will be from 10-11:00 a.m. at Silver Creek Central School for students of that school only. Another clinic will take place from 1-3:00 p.m. for students of Forestville Central School.

The County also announced clinics that are open to all eligible members of the public.

Participants must bring proper identification to the clinic and wear a mask. Consent must be provided at the clinic by a parent or legal guardian.

Please bring your vaccine card to all clinics. Dates of prior vaccinations must be entered during the registration process, so have your card ready when pre-registering.

A Pfizer Clinic will be held at Love Elementary School from 3 to 6:30 p.m. , Friday, February 11. Walk-ins will be taken but people may pre-register at chqgov.com. This clinic is open to anyone age 5 and up.

A Moderna and Pfizer vaccine clinic also will be held at SUNY Fredonia‘s Steele Hall from 3-6:00 p.m. on Friday, February 18.

Walk ins will be accepted with pre-registration available at https://chqgov.com/public-health/covid-19-vaccination-clinics.

Senior manager Michael Sarkissian, and Operations Managers Matthew Timmerman and William Long, delivered backpacks, notebooks, pencils, health supplies and headphones to the school.

The donation was done as part of FedEx Cares 50 by 50, which is the company’s effort to impact 50 million people around the world by their 50th anniversary in 2023. They will accomplish this by using the business and logistics expertise and the passion of their team members to help solve some of the world’s problems.

Stone said the pollinator gardens also will have a stump jump area the uses repurposed wood from the West Third Street Oak trees that had to be cut down in December.

He said people interested in helping out with the community build should come to the large pavilion at Jackson-Taylor Park at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, “We’ve got a couple hundred cubic yards of wood chips that we’ll be spreading in the playground and then into the planting area once the plants are in the ground.”

A memorial honoring former City Council member Vickye James will be placed in the nature play area. James, who led the community group to build a new playground at Jackson-Taylor Park, died in March.
Stone said the build had been planned for an earlier date until the pandemic interrupted those plans.
The Chadakoin Adventure Trail is being funded through the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation and KaBoom‘s “Built To Play” initiative.

Another park project that got put on hold by the pandemic is being readied for construction. Stone said the playground installation for Lillian Dickson Park will take place in July, “The week of July 12th we’ll be doing our initial dig and start removing some of the old material out of there. And then that Saturday, July 17th we’ll be holding the Community Build day to actually put the playground together.”

Stone said the playground is for children ages 5 to 12. He added a new swing set will be installed at the park as well.