09 Oct 2023 Baptist Health offering free flu shots at Outreach Clinics

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LITTLE ROCK – Baptist Health Community Outreach is offering free flu shots in October for individuals 12 years of age and older at the below locations:

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Jacksonville

  • Thursday, Oct. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Nixon Library, 703 W. Main St.

Little Rock

  • Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to Noon at East Little Rock Community Center, 2500 East 6th St. 
  • Monday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to Noon at Immerse Arkansas, 5300 Asher Ave.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Center, a ministry of Immanuel Baptist Church, 501 N. Shackleford Road
  • Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to Noon at West Central Community Center, 8616 Colonel Glenn Road 
  • Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas, 6221 Colonel Glenn Road
  • Thursday, Oct. 19, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Southwest Community Center, 6401 Baseline Road
  • Friday, Oct. 20, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Jericho Way, 3000 Springer Blvd.
  • Monday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to Noon at Immerse Arkansas, 5300 Asher Ave.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Center, a ministry of Immanuel Baptist Church, 501 N. Shackleford Road
  • Thursday, Oct. 26, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Dunbar Community Center, 1001 West 16th

Lonoke

  • Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Lonoke Community Center, 1355 West Front St.

North Little Rock

  • Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to Noon at Patrick Henry Hays Senior Center, 401 West Pershing 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone 6 months of age and older receive the flu shot. If your child is between the ages of 6 months and 11 years old, making them ineligible for the Baptist Health Community Outreach flu shot clinics, there are other options available. Speak with your child’s pediatrician about getting vaccinated. 

Vaccination against the flu is particularly important for people who are at high risk for serious complications, including: 

  • Young children 
  • Pregnant women 
  • People with chronic health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease and lung disease 
  • People 65 years and older 
  • People who live with or care for anyone at high risk for serious flu complications

Flu shots are additionally available at Baptist Health’s primary care and urgent care clinics across the state (insurance filed or nominal fee may apply). To learn more, visit Baptist-Health.com or call 1.888.BAPTIST.