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No flu shot yet? centers offer them for $25

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 28, 2007

National Influenza Vaccination Week began Tuesday and runs through Sunday, highlighting the importance of continuing with flu shots during November, December and beyond. You can get a flu shot at your doctor's office, walk-in clinics, at flu shot events hosted by supermarkets and other public places, or at one of the county Health Department's centers:

-St. Petersburg: 205 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N, (727) 824-6900

-Clearwater: 310 N Myrtle Ave., (727) 469-5800

- Pinellas Park: 6350 76th Ave. N, (727) 547-7780

-Largo: 12420 12420 130th Ave. N, (727) 588-4040

- Tarpon Springs: 301 S Disston Ave., (727) 942-5457

Cost of a flu shot at the Pinellas County Health Department is $25. Pneumonia vaccines also will be available for $40. Visit www.pinellashealth.com or www.cdc.gov/flu.

ST. PETERSBURG

Happy Workersto start campaign

Happy Workers Children's Center will have a launch party Thursdayfor the new History Comes Home Campaign. Over the next year, it will reunite 1,000 alumni and publish an 80th Alumni Anniversary Face Book in time for the 2009 opening of an 18,000-square-foot campus. It will raise and establish a$1.5-million Willie Mae McAdams Endowment, named for the center's founder. About 200 alumni and friends will gather Thursday for a block party with music and a buffet. To RSVP for the gathering, register for the alumni book or contribute memorabilia, call 866-0873. Contact Happy Workers executive director Virginia Irving at 894-5337 or chairman Gregory Duckett at 560-0563.

[Last modified November 27, 2007, 21:16:34]