Success at a Glance

Explore this collection of brief stories celebrating the innovations and accomplishments of our partners as they work to create healthier and more resilient communities.

Showing 120 resultsSorting by newest first
Success at a Glance
Without the Shot, Hot You’re Not
As part of its health outreach to support members of the LGBTQ+ community over the age of 45, Gay Elders of Detroit (dba MiGen) works to provide greater access to COVID-19 and flu vaccines. In early 2023, MiGen staff recognized that some community members were hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster. In response, the organization created a tongue-in-cheek promotional campaign that teased summer with the tagline “The hottest bodies on the beach are vaccinated.” One of the faces of the...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Meet You At the Health Fair!
As part of its efforts to diminish significant health disparities in migrant and seasonal farm worker communities, Illinois Migrant Council (IMC) participated in four different health fairs during the month of March 2023. The well-attended events took place in agricultural communities throughout the state and offered free health services, including a variety of health screenings, COVID-19 and flu shots, as well as educational material around vaccinations. Community members attending the health...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Getting the Word Out with Stories
As part of an on-going effort to promote public health throughout the state, Iowa Public Health Association (IPHA) uses storytelling to teach its community about important health topics and increase access to care. In the winter and spring of 2023, IPHA provided storytelling training workshops to its partner community-based organizations to enhance their promotional campaigns about COVID-19 and flu vaccines on social media and other platforms. To further their effort, IPHA also enlisted the help...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Literacy Group Boosts Community Health
As a leading adult education organization in the state of Connecticut, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford (LVGH) is committed to raising literacy rates in its community through instruction. After becoming concerned about lack of vaccine access in 2022 -2023, the group expanded its scope to provide its community with a series of health education classes, which encouraged individuals to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. In conjunction with the classes, LVGH hosted...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
In Idaho, Supporting Peruvian Families in Need
When health advocacy organization Idaho Immunization Coalition (IIC) got word of a housing crisis in rural Blaine County, where 600 families from Peru had moved to in the fall of 2022, the group quickly mobilized staff and partner organizations to help provide food, health services and other resources to the new arrivals in need. Taking the lead, IIC partnered with Idaho State University College of Pharmacy, The Hunger Coalition, and St. Luke's Medical Center to put on two health fairs, one in...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
A Health Forum to Build Stronger Communities In North Carolina
More than 80 residents of the rural Roanoke Valley region in North Carolina gathered for a day-long Community Health Forum on March 4, 2023, to participate in thought-provoking group conversations around building a healthier community. Titled “Our Health Matters,” the forum was sponsored by the Gregory B. Davis Foundation (GBDF), a non-profit organization incorporated in Maryland and chartered in North Carolina. The event was run in partnership with the Roanoke Valley Breast Cancer Coalition and...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Tik Tok for Health
When GraceMed Health Clinic in Wichita, Kansas launched a Tik Tok video campaign to help dispel false information about COVID-19 and flu vaccines, the faith-based health organization did not expect much success. “I would joke that we had three middle-aged men trying to figure out a young person’s game,” explained GraceMed Director of Communications, Jason Jennings. But thanks to a playful style that delivered factual information intercut with humorous clips from YouTube and Giphy, the videos...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Health Promoters Boost Vaccine Confidence in Minnesota
In keeping with its mission to support Latin American families in Minnesota, Communities Organizing Latino Power and Action(COPAL) put in place a volunteer-driven Promotoras d Salud (Health Promoters) program, in part to share accurate information about COVID-19 and increase vaccine confidence among the Latino community. Mara Lopez, a well-trusted community leader in the rural town of Madelia, was one of the first to join the program. Since training as a Health Promoter, Lopez has used her...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
A Happy “HoliGAY” Supports Community Health
The first Happy HoliGAYS Health Fair in Greeley, Colorado on December 9, 2023 kicked off a successful joint venture between LGBTQ+ advocacy organization Out Boulder County (OBC) and the Weld County Department of Public Health & Environment. Weld County is a mostly rural area, and this inaugural health event was part of OBC’s efforts to expand its vaccine outreach outside of the state’s urban centers. Those attending the health fair at Greeley’s Unitarian Universalist Church could receive COVID...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Podcasting for Public Health
For the Nepali community living in the Pacific Northwest, accessing accurate and trustworthy health information about COVID-19 has been a constant challenge, especially for those with limited English proficiency. To combat this problem, Nepal Seattle Society enlisted young English-speaking Nepali volunteers to help connect older community members to reliable COVID-19 resources. Part of this youth-led effort included the launch of a Nepali-language podcast in November 2021 called Let’s Talk #KURA...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Mobilizing for Votes and Vaccines in Cleveland
In advance of local, state and national elections in the fall of 2022, Asian Services in Action (ASIA) partnered with OCA Greater Cleveland to combine voter registration with a vaccination drive in Cleveland, Ohio’s AsiaTown . The event – Verify Your Vote & Get Vaccinated – was held on National Voter Registration Day in September 2022. Community members could come to ASIA’s International Community Health Center to verify their voter registrations, and get their flu and COVID-19 shots. AsiaTown...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Geo-Targeted Ad Campaign Helps the Unhoused in Central Michigan
Battle Creek Community Foundation (BCCF) has successfully used cell phone technology in their health outreach to connect with the unsheltered population in Central Michigan. To help encourage COVID-19 vaccinations among this historically hard-to-reach community, BCCF launched a geo-targeted public health advertising campaign. The campaign selected specific locations where large numbers of unsheltered individuals connect to Wi-Fi on their cellphones. Once connected and within a 5-mile range, they...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Race Concordance Crushes Misinformation
Chicago, Illinois-based Leave No Veteran Behind (LNVB) has a strong ally on the frontlines of COVID-19 in medical doctor and community leader Colonel Dr. Damon T. Arnold. Many veterans served by LNVB in Chicago feared getting vaccinated due to historical mistreatment of African Americans in health settings. Col. Dr. Arnold stepped up to help put their minds at ease. A member of LNVB’s board of advisors, former director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and the former Illinois National...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
The Pulse of the Community
Health advocacy and education is integral to the Congolese Integration Network (CIN)’s mission to welcome Congolese immigrants and refugees into their new communities in Seattle, Washington. As part of its health outreach programming, CIN has turned to church and other community leaders to share accurate and updated information about COVID vaccines. Hearing from these trusted sources has had an immediate impact, drawing more community members to attend CIN’s numerous health fairs that have...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
A Fair Chance for Caribbean Community Health
For nearly three decades, Orlando-based Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention (CMWP) has improved thousands of lives in Central Florida by providing education and prevention services to uninsured and under-served African-Americans, Hispanics, and people of Caribbean descent. As part of its mission, CMWP hosted a Caribbean Health Fair in Orlando on September 24, 2022. The theme was “Make Mental Wellness a Lifestyle.” With 72 different booths, the well-attended community event offered a...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Teens Push for Community Health
Sixteen public high school students in Cincinnati, Ohio, rose to the challenge of countering COVID-19 misinformation and encouraging vaccination during the pandemic. As leaders of a youth health program, these students drew from their experiences as children of recent immigrants from Africa, Asia, Central America, and South America to create materials in their native languages as well as in English, including videos, flyers, posters, and school displays to promote vaccinations in their school...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
House Calls for A Healthier Community
To better serve its refugee community, New Arrivals Institute (NAI) in Greensboro, NC has successfully implemented an at-home visit program that provides health services, including vaccination education. NAI’s Refugee Health Promotion team developed this program to benefit those in the community — namely women at home with young children — who aren’t able to come to the NAI facilities for regular health outreach events. During these scheduled home visits, NAI team members can provide one-on-one...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Better Health Supports Academic Achievement
The California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) brings together educational policy leaders to help boost the academic performance of African-American students throughout the state.  As part of its sweeping mission, CAAASA partners with school districts in target areas to implement “Community Health and Wellness Events” that provide wrap-around health outreach services like COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, health screenings as well as free groceries and...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Barbershops & Beauty Salons Do Their Part for Public Health
More than a Shop (MTAS) is a growing initiative of Luvs Art Project that partners with a network of barbershops, beauty salons and boxing gyms across Baltimore City, MD. Each of the participating businesses serves as a trusted community information hub to inform patrons and community members about public health education, including flu and COVID vaccine information and resources. In 2022, this collective of influential messengers also sponsored numerous community pop up events such as festivals...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
A Direct Line to the Community
To maximize its impact in empowering the immigrant community in the Washington DC metropolitan area, Edu-Futuro is using broadcast TV to reach a widespread audience. The organization produces a public service video series called Línea Directa (Direct Line) that airs on the region’s local Telemundo channel as well as on YouTube and addresses topics of interest to the Latino immigrant community. On one series of episodes broadcast in April 2022, three local Latina elected officials came on the...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Come for Your Shot, Stay for the Party
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center in San Bernadino, California proved that throwing a community party around a vaccine outreach event is an effective way to promote and provide health services. In late January 2023, El Sol hosted a successful flu and COVID-19 vaccine fair that also featured food, face painting, and music to create an approachable ambiance for its community of Spanish speakers with limited English proficiency. Bilingual staff from El Sol were on hand to help attendees sign...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
A Quicker Connection to Healthcare
In response to a community need for more trusted healthcare resources, the Gwinnett Coalition in Lawrenceville, GA created a mobile app that connects the uninsured and underinsured to quality medical services, including adult, pediatric, and mental health care, as well as vaccine resources. Launched in January 2023, the GwinnettHealthFinder is a web-based, mobile friendly tool that allows users to quickly locate health providers by city, zip code or service category. Participating providers are...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Gaining Community Trust in New York City
To address the needs of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean senior immigrants in New York City, India Home’s dedicated and multi-lingual staff has successfully partnered with leaders of local religious institutions such as churches, temples and mosques to sponsor numerous COVID vaccine events, including a mobile health unit.  By working with trusted community leaders and breaking down language barriers, India Home’s outreach team has reached over 200,000 community members in promoting the importance...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
KAFLA-TV Connects the Community
Overcoming language barriers is the key to connecting with immigrant communities. That’s what the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles (KAFLA) tapped into at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the organization created its own Korean language KAFLA TV channel on YouTube to share COVID-related information and resources that everyone in its community could understand. Daily programs included anything from where to get tested and vaccinated for COVID, to information about unemployment...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Stocking a Community Pantry
Access Health in Muskegon, MI knows that community health thrives when neighbors can help their own. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Access Health launched a Neighborhood Mini Pantry in the spring of 2022 to provide both food and health resources to the Muskegon metropolitan community.  The pantry is open 24/7, with access to food, hygiene and personal care products, COVID test kits and masks, as well as accurate medical information about flu and COVID vaccinations, and where to obtain them...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Door to Door with Mr. R
Mr. R is one of Lantern Community Services’ most hard-working Vaccine Ambassadors in New York City, and a shining example of how the best community change comes from within. As a resident of one of Lantern’s supportive housing buildings, Mr. R has enthusiastically participated in the organization’s tenant peer outreach program called “On Point” since it launched in 2021 to promote the importance of COVID and flu vaccines in its resident communities. Mr. R has demonstrated a unique skill and...
More Details >
Success at a Glance
Making Hugs Safe Again
The Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA) based in Cicero, Illinois knows that a strong community includes supportive families. The successful organization educates Latino communities on how to take care of aging relatives, offering training and support programs for Latino caregivers. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2021, LAMDA quickly jumped in to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to those in the community who work with elderly or immuno-compromised...
More Details >

Automatic translation disclaimer

El sitio web Vaccine Resource Hub proporciona una traducción automática de vaccineresourcehub.org al español, por medio del Traductor de Google. Por favor, tenga en cuenta que la versión en inglés es considerada la más precisa. En caso de desacuerdo o discrepancia entre la traducción y la versión original en inglés de este sitio web o cualquier aviso o descargo, prevalecerá la versión original.