The leaders of the Battlefords Regional Community Coalition have joined together to send a message urging people to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
They have issued a poster with the message “Don’t Wait, Vaccinate!” The message includes pictures of the leaders of the coalition showing their green vaccination stickers. The coalition consists of North Battleford, Battleford and five area First Nations: Moosomin, Sweetgrass, Saulteaux, Little Pine and Lucky Man.
In speaking on the effort, North Battleford Mayor David Gillan said they wanted to present a message to people that “we all need to do our community part” to protect themselves and their friends and family.
“It’s all about leadership,” said Gillan. “It’s about our coalition coming together and trying to encourage people to get vaccinated. At the end of the day we all need to get to our immunity to get out of this pandemic. We just wanted to encourage everyone to do their part. We thought it was a good idea to come together as leaders to show that we are vaccinated, and to deliver that message which is a very important message.”
