A Vaccine 'Miracle': Urban League, Walberg, Save Clinic in Farrell

Dr. Erin Houston might be used to getting compliments, but the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Shenango Valley Urban League (Farrell, PA) didn't believe the praise she received Monday (March 15).

"Did you really say I created a miracle?'' she asked Rev. Terry Harrison, Pastor of Valley Baptist Church in Farrell.

"You bet I did,'' Harrison responded. 

That miracle came in the form Monday of a drive-thru vaccination clinic for high-risk minority patients at the church. AHN Grove City hospital was set to hold the clinic but had to withdraw when it couldn't provide enough staff.

"That's when Dr. Houston hit the phones last week and called everyone she could think of to make it happen,'' Harrison said.

Walberg Family Pharmacies came through with its own staff, along with more than 200 vaccine doses. Recently retired nurses also offered their services.

"All I did was provide the coffee and doughnuts,'' Harrison said with a laugh.

The drive-through format allowed patients to remain in their warm cars on a blustery day when temperatures hovered in the low 40s. 

The average waiting time for an injection was around 10 minutes – swift compared to other regional clinics.

Houston credited her staff for helping out.

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