Free Vaccination Clinics Offered in Observance of National Infant Immunization Week

April 28, 2004

WHAT:

• Phoenix Fire Department's "Baby Shots" Immunization clinics*

WHEN/WHERE:

• Saturday, May 1, from noon - 4 p.m., Phoenix Spectrum Mall, 1701 W. Bethany Home Rd.
• Thursday, May 6, 3 p.m. - 7 p.m., Paradise Valley Hospital, 3929 E. Bell Rd.

*Year-round program: For more dates and locations, call 602-534-BABY or check our website, www.phoenix.gov/fire

The theme for this year's National Infant Immunization Week is "Vaccination: An Act of Love - Love Them, Protect Them, Immunize Them!"

This annual observance emphasizes immunizing infants against 12 vaccine preventable diseases by the age of two. The Phoenix Fire Department wants to participate in this important observance by offering childhood vaccinations for FREE! It's all part of the fire department's nationally recognized "Baby Shots" program.

If your child is in need of current vaccines or has fallen behind in his/her immunization schedule, here's your chance to catch up. Vaccinations will be given to protect against 12 serious childhood diseases: Measles, Mumps, Rubella (German Measles), Diphtheria, Tetanus (Lockjaw), Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Polio, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, Pneumococcus, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Varicella (Chicken Pox).

Children from 6 weeks to 18 years of age are eligible for the vaccinations.

Past immunization records must be brought to this event.

Media Contact:

Sheri Gibbons

602-261-8851