Canton has scheduled vaccination clinics each week through the end of June, and the effort is in need of volunteer assistants.
Currently, township officials are utilizing adult volunteers who have a current volunteer application on file with Canton Leisure Services or Canton CERT team members. Anyone who is currently a volunteer with Canton Township and would like to help out at the clinics, should review the available time slots and sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054EAFAC23A1FC1-vaccine
Volunteers are asked to work a four-hour shift and will have an opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, if desired. For more information, email jaiello@canton-mi.org.
Anyone who is not currently a registered volunteer, can visit www.canton-mi.org/582 and complete an application. Processing of this application, which includes a background check, may take several days and does not guarantee approval, officials said. Individuals should not sign up for a volunteer shift if they do not have an approved application on file. These background checks help ensure the safety of residents, officials said.
Upon signing up for a volunteer shift(s), volunteers will receive a confirmation and then a reminder two days prior to the specified time; volunteers are only required to volunteer one four-hour shift, but multiple dates are welcome; volunteers 16-17 must be accompanied by their guardian (who is also volunteering on the same date), and volunteers will be given the opportunity to receive a vaccine if desired, although the inoculation cannot be gifted to another person.
