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October 12, 2014

Pick My Get A Shot Give A Shot Band-Aid!

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Band-Aid Showdown for Get A Shot. Give A Shot. ® It’s a “flash” vote this year because tomorrow’s the day. (Last year’s post is here.)

(I am a champion for Shot @ Life, the United Nations Foundation program that educates, connects, and empowers Americans to help protect children in developing countries from vaccine-preventable diseases*.)

For the second year, Walgreens is sponsoring the Get a Shot. Give a Shot. ® campaign. When you receive a flu shot or any other immunization at Walgreens through the campaign, they will help provide a vaccine against polio or measles to a child in a developing country through Shot@Life.

Although the program has been expanded this year (Walgreens will provide vaccines to children in developing countries for every flu shot or immunization administered here in the US between now and June 30, 2015), the BIG push ends on Monday, October 13.

Around our world, 1 in 5 children do not have access to life-saving vaccines. Shot @ Life is developing and maintaining the momentum to help prevent the deaths that occur every 20 seconds among children under age 5 from vaccine-preventable diseases.

A few features to note about Get A Shot. Give A Shot ® :

  • No appointment is necessary (although you can make an appointment here)
  • Most insurance is accepted**
  • You receive 500 Balance Rewards points for every immunization

I have made my pledge:

gasgas pledge

and will be getting my flu shot tomorrow afternoon, on the last day of the fall flu shot campaign. You can make your own pledge by clicking here.

For my flu shot, I need your help selecting a bandaid! Here are the options:

first six bandaids

second six bandaids

third six bandaidsAnd (drum roll please), one that deserves its own mention:

veteran bandaids

I know this is a *quick* turnaround, but please let me know your choice before 3 p.m. tomorrow, October 13. (You can comment on the blog itself, on my Facebook page where I post the link to this blog, tweet me, or comment on Instagram.)
(And thank you to Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid for the $3 off coupon they sent for me to use in purchasing the favorite!)
coupon

I’ll be interested in your thoughts about the BandAid choice but most importantly I would LOVE your participation — either through getting your flu shot at Walgreens (and by doing so getting a child vaccinated through Shot @ Life) — or by simply sharing the important message of Shot @ Life: that $20 (what some of us spend per week in coffee) can immunize a child against pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and polio!

For more information:

Shot @ Life website: www.shotatlife.org

Shot @ Life Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shotatlifecampaign

Shot @ Life Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShotAtLife

Shot @ Life YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shotatlifecampaign

Shot @ Life Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/shotatlife/

Shot @ Life Donation Page:  Click here.

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LET ME KNOW YOUR FAVORITE BANDAID. THE ONE WITH THE MOST FANS WINS! AND IF YOU PLEDGE TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT, TAG ME ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA SHARE, AND USE #GETASHOT, I GUARANTEE I WILL WEAR YOURS EVEN IF I HAVE TO WEAR 20! 

Epilogue: The “Veteran” themed bandaids one overwhelmingly! Support Our Troops, Y’all! (And thank you to pharmacist Tammy and store manager Vernon for their help.)

SAL 2014

*Some verbiage taken from Shot @ Life materials.

** in full disclosure I need to let you Capital Health Plan/Tallahassee state employee folks know it is not covered under the state employee contract. I paid the $31.99 cost.

 

Paula Kiger
Paula Kiger

Wife of one, Mom of two, Friend of many. My pronouns are she/her/hers.

Filed Under: Causes, Shot @ Life, Walgreens Tagged With: Balance Rewards, BandAid, Barbie, Capital Health Plan, CARS, Cynthia Rowley, Diarrhea, Disney Fairies, Disney Jake, Disney Princesses, Dora the Explorer, Flu, Hello Kitty, Johnson & Johnson, Measles, Mickey Mouse, Monsters University, Muppets, Phineas & Ferb, Pneumonia, Polio, SpongeBob, TMNT, Toy Story, United Nations Foundation, Veterans, Winnie The Pooh

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  1. Robin C. says

    October 12, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    I vote for the muppets bandaids :-). As for the flu shot, sorry but I already got mine through the County Health Dept. I’ll try to remember for next year.

    Reply
    • Paula Kiger (Big Green Pen) says

      October 13, 2014 at 5:26 am

      Your vote has been counted, Robin!! Thx so much (and I’m glad you got your flu shot!). You’ll see the winner at our meeting tonight! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Sharon Greenthal says

    October 13, 2014 at 5:10 pm

    I vote for Barbie – what can I say, she was my favorite toy!

    Reply
    • Paula Kiger says

      October 14, 2014 at 10:22 am

      Those are cute, Sharon! Thx for your comment.

      Reply
  3. Caryn/The Mid Life Guru says

    October 13, 2014 at 6:36 pm

    Hip Hip Hooray for Walgreens, Shot@Life, and Get a Shot — Give A Shot!!! I missed your deadline by 5 minutes. Darn. Disney Princesses would have been my choice.

    Reply
    • Paula Kiger says

      October 14, 2014 at 10:23 am

      I still appreciate you dropping in!! (And the princesses would have gotten beaten by the veterans even with your vote so don’t stress about it!). Thanks again!

      Reply
  4. Jennifer Wagner says

    October 13, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    I’d go with Hello Kitty. And I really should get a flu shot already. I have a Walgreens right down the block. I keep forgetting.

    Reply
    • Paula Kiger says

      October 14, 2014 at 10:23 am

      Shouldn’t all grown up women wear HK bandaids occasionally?! And definitely take advantage of that Walgreens (and Get A Shot Give A Shot). My pharmacist said it takes two weeks for the shot to start working so always a good idea to get the process started!

      Reply
  5. Marcy says

    October 19, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    I see I’m too late for the voting, but I am glad to learn about this program.

    Reply
    • Paula Kiger says

      October 19, 2014 at 9:01 pm

      No worries, Marcy – I am still happy to have your comment and the program lasts through next summer, so you’ve still got plenty of time to participate and spread the word! 🙂

      Reply
  6. adrianscrazylife says

    October 20, 2014 at 12:13 am

    What a great post! I’m also a Shot@Life Champion, but sadly, I haven’t been very active in the program lately. I love that Walgreen’s does this – What a great program!

    Reply

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