{"id":46527,"date":"2021-05-29T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/health-department-offers-flower-incentive-to-get-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:32:10","slug":"health-department-offers-flower-incentive-to-get-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/health-department-offers-flower-incentive-to-get-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Health department offers flower incentive to get vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4c2161c9-5bb0-4be8-8fdb-3a40a7115a03&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1213\" alt=\"The Montezuma County Public Health Department partnered with Cliffrose Garden Center &amp; Gifts to offer an incentive to get vaccinated (The Journal file)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Montezuma County Public Health Department partnered with Cliffrose Garden Center &amp; Gifts to offer an incentive to get vaccinated (The Journal file)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>People who receive a coronavirus vaccine at the Montezuma County Public Health Department\u2019s June 10 clinic will receive a gift certificate for a free six pack of annual flowers from Cliffrose Garden Center &amp; Gifts.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with the Cortez-based business marks the first incentive offered by the department to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The names of those vaccinated at the clinic will also be put into a drawing for an additional $50 gift certificate. The drawing for the certificate will be held June 11.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic is appointment-only, with 30 slots being offered.<\/p>\n<p>The Pfizer vaccine is available to those age 12 and up. The Moderna and Johnson &amp; Johnson shots are available to those age 18 and up.<\/p>\n<p>County spokesperson Vicki Shaffer told <em id=\"emphasis-8bdaba9a60838bf4c2e10bcfcd57a692\">The Journal<\/em> that demand for the vaccine has dampened locally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re getting to the point where people who have wanted the vaccination have gotten it,\u201d Shaffer said. \u201cAnd things are slowing down now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jared Polis announced a new vaccine incentive program, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/coloradocomebackcash\" id=\"link-9ae284e8b016a3631e376f14960b2d57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Comeback Cash<\/a>, last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Lottery will conduct a random weekly drawing on behalf of the Colorado Department of Health and Environment to identify one vaccinated Colorado resident each week to win a million-dollar cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>All Colorado residents age 18 and older who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine automatically entered into the drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Drawings for $1 million will be held each week for five weeks, beginning next week and ending with the final announcement on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>The Montezuma County Public Health Department will continue to host regular clinics on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p>The department will also be hosting a clinic on June 17 at Mesa Verde National Park. No appointment will be required for that event.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic will be held at the health department, located at 106 W. North St. in Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>Appointments can be booked by calling (970) 565-3056<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson &amp; Johnson shots available for June 10 clinic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[685,21,28,60,29,668],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-46527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter","tag-public-health"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86917,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46527\/revisions\/86917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46527"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=46527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}