MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 9, 2021                            

Media Contact:                      Melissa Morin, Public Information Officer

Phone:                                    (360) 594-2504 

E-mail address:                     Health-PIO@co.whatcom.wa.us

Community Vaccination Center - Media Access

BELLINGHAM, WA -- Reporters, news photographers and videographers are invited to tour the Community Vaccination Center on Wednesday, March 10 from 1-2:30pm. Media must arrive for check-in by 1:00pm, and media availability will end promptly at 2:30pm. 
Representatives from the following agencies partnering in the Community Vaccination Center will provide a walk-through of the Center and be available for one-on-one interviews:

• Cindy Hollinsworth, Communicable Disease Manager, WCHD
• Satpal Sidhu, Whatcom County Executive
• Shanon Hardie, Chief Operation Officer, Unity Care NW
• Walter Hudsick - Interim President, BTC

This is not a live clinic event.

Location: Bellingham Technical College main campus at 3028 Lindbergh Ave in Bellingham, Washington.

Parking: Park in the lot designated for visitor parking, accessible via Nome Street. Refer to the campus map below.

Check-In: Check in with the Public Information Officer at the southeast entrance of the Vaccine Center (G building, see map below). PIO will ask you to sign in and will provide further instructions for site access.

In order to be signed in, you will need to bring media credentials and/or business card and photo ID.

On-site Contact: Melissa Morin, WCHD Communications Specialist

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