WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Get your peanuts and cracker jacks and roll up a sleeve.
A pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held before this week's Winston-Salem Dash game vs. the Hickory Crawdads.
The clinic will be at Truist Stadium Tuesday, May 25, 2021, with vaccines offered from 3 p.m. until 7:15 p.m.
Anyone who wants a vaccine can sign up ahead of time, and will be given a discount on a ticket to Tuesday's night game where there will be free hot dogs for everyone until 8:30 p.m. Tickets will be $11 with a vaccine appointment.
"Our local health department has done such a tremendous job in the past year giving us guidance and helping inform the fans of what to do, Dash President, C.J. Johnson said. "We wanted to partner up with them and kind of get us across that last threshold, which is getting as much of the public vaccinated as possible which allows us to do fun things together, like go to Dash games."
The Dash will host another vaccine clinic at the same time and with the same deal on Tuesday, June 8th.
The Winston-Salem Dash have held several COVID-19 community events, including mask giveaways when the pandemic got underway and bobblehead giveaways honoring Wake Forest Baptist Health infectious disease specialist Dr. Christopher Ohl.
The Dash games will now be at close to full capacity for the upcoming series. Vaccinated fans do not have to wear a face mask but it's recommended that people who are not vaccinated keep their masks on.
This clinic is just the latest effort by Triad health leaders as they work to make vaccines more accessible to those who have yet to get a shot.
As of Friday, May 21 the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports 41.8% of all North Carolina residents has received at least one shot.
This now includes those 12 years and up, since the Pfizer vaccine was recently approved for younger kids.
In addition to pop-up clinics at community events, churches and in neighborhoods, most health departments and hospital systems are still offering vaccine shots.
To find where you can get a vaccine, click here.