Thank you to Big Y for choosing the James Blackstone Memorial Library for their Community Bag Program. We are thrilled to partner with our community!

If you are shopping at the Big Y on 1060 West Main Street in Branford, please consider purchasing a reusable Community Bag for $2.50. For every bag sold during the month of February 2023 the library will receive $1.  

For more info visit https://bigy.2givelocal.com/

Here’s Where to Get FREE COVID Tests

How do you know what’s legit and what’s a scam? Read on.

There are four ways to get FREE at-home tests:
1. Visit COVID.gov/tests to order four free rapid tests per residential household. Or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to order. The Postal Service will start shipping them during the week of December 19, 2022.

2. Get free tests through your health insurance plan. Contact your provider to find an in-network pharmacy where you can get up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month. They’ll either be free on the spot or you’ll get fully reimbursed once you submit a claim to your insurance plan.

3. Get free tests through Medicare. Medicare beneficiaries can receive 8 free tests a month at participating pharmacies. Find a partial list of pharmacies participating in the Medicare COVID-19 Over-the-Counter tests initiative.

4. Check community testing sites, libraries, food banks, and schools in your area to see if they’re handing out rapid tests.

Remember: At COVID.gov/tests, there are no shipping costs, and no need to give a credit card number or anything but your home address. (You’ll have the option to share your email if you want updates.) And, as you take stock of what tests you have and what you might need, check to see if the expiration dates of your COVID-19 tests have been extended before you throw them out.

MONDAY 1/23, 1/30, 1 PM - 5 PM
Griffin Health @ Parish Hall Trinity Church, 1109 Main St, Branford
Vaccine available for Ages 12+ and Boosters

TUESDAY 1/24, 1/31, 1 PM - 5 PM
Griffin Health @ Zion Episcopal Church, 326 Notch Hill Rd, North Branford
Vaccine available for All Ages and Boosters

WEDNESDAY 1/25, 12 PM - 4 PM
Griffin Health @ Old Stone Church, 251 Main St, East Haven
Vaccine available for All Ages and Boosters

FRIDAY 1/27, 9 AM - 2 PM
Griffin Health @ Soundview Family YMCA, 628 East Main St, Branford
Vaccine available for All Ages and Boosters

SATURDAY 1/21, 1 PM - 5 PM
Griffin Health @ Walsh Intermediate School, 185 Damascus Rd, Branford
Vaccine available for All Ages and Boosters

Local organizations: to have your nonprofit, school or town event included here, email [email protected].

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