Published Fri, Oct 09, 2009 02:00 AM
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Schools offer free seasonal flu shots for Wake students

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RALEIGH -- All school-age children in Wake County can receive free seasonal flu shots at any one of 21 clinics being held at public and private schools in coming weeks.

All but one of the clinics will be held between 3:30 and 7:30 p.m., and they are open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade regardless of where they live in the county or what school they attend. A parent or guardian must accompany all students when they receive the vaccine.

Only shots for seasonal flu will be available, not H1N1 flu. The clinics will begin Tuesday and continue at different sites through Nov. 24.

Wake County is paying for the shot with $296,631 it received from the state Department of Health and Human Services as part of the federal stimulus money approved by Congress last winter. For more information about seasonal and H1N1 flu, go to www.Wake GOV.com/flu.

Here is a schedule of the student vaccination clinics:

•Tuesday, Southeast Raleigh High School

•Wednesday, Athens Drive High School

•Oct. 19, Wake Christian Academy

•Oct. 20, Knightdale High School

•Oct. 21, Heritage High School

•Oct. 22, Wakefield High School

•Oct. 26, Franklin Academy

•Oct. 27, Leesville Road High School

•Oct. 28, Millbrook High School

•Oct. 29, Sanderson High School

•Nov. 2, Ravenscroft School

•Nov. 3, Cary Academy

•Nov. 4, Apex High School

•Nov. 5, Middle Creek High School

•Nov. 9, Endeavor Charter School, 3:45 to 7:45 p.m.

•Nov. 10, Holly Springs High School

•Nov. 12, Fuquay-Varina High School

•Nov. 17, Garner High School

•Nov. 18, Panther Creek High School

•Nov. 19, Green Hope High School

•Nov. 24, Cary High School

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