Mill at Crane Pond, CVS partner for free vaccine clinic

June 15, 2021 | Peter Currier
peter@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com

The Mill at Crane Pond, 77 Mill St., is the site of a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic June 19-21.
Reminder Publishing photo by Hope E. Tremblay

WESTFIELD – Millworks at Crane Pond and CVS will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic June 19-21 for all Westfield area residents 12 years of age and up.

Those who receive their vaccine through the clinic will also receive a coupon for one free beer from Great Awakening Brewing Co. and one free sandwich from The Pottery Cellar.

The clinic will be using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and those who get their shot on June 19-21 will need to set up an appointment to return three weeks later for their second dose.

Walk-ins will be accepted, but those who are interested in receiving their shot at the clinic are encouraged to register first at MillWorksWestfield.com.

Rocky Allen, owner of The Mill at Crane Pond, said that he got the idea to host a clinic with incentives from local business from a brewery in Buffalo, NY, that offered similar incentives at a vaccine clinic.

The MillWorks clinic will be the first offsite COVID-19 vaccine clinic to be run by CVS in Massachusetts.

“We have new co-sharing offices and a large event space at MillWorks that’s perfect for this CVS-sponsored community clinic,” said Allen in a press release.

Allen first got the idea to host a clinic when it became clear that Hampden County had the lowest vaccination rate in Massachusetts. He said he got a great response when he approached other business tenants of The Mill asking them to help out in some way with the clinic.

“The response has been extremely positive. The cost is absolutely free. Not only can we offer COVID vaccinations to employers and employees at The Mill, but we are opening MillWorks to residents of the greater Westfield area to also get cost free Pfizer vaccinations. I think this will be a win-win,” Allen said.

The clinic will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on each day of the clinic and will be located in Suite 215 in The Mill, 77 Mill St.

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