{"id":14758,"date":"2025-08-05T14:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=14758"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:46:18","slug":"crater-health-district-encourages-back-to-school-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2025-regional-news-releases\/crater-health-district-encourages-back-to-school-vaccinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Crater Health District Encourages Back-to-School Vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 5, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts: Tara Rose, <a href=\"http:\/\/Tara.Rose@vdh,virginia.gov\">Tara.Rose@vdh,virginia.gov<\/a>\u00a0 &amp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Karen Stalzer, <a href=\"Karen.Stalzer@vdh.virginia.gov\">Karen.Stalzer@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Crater Health District Encourages Back-to-School Vaccinations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PETERSBURG, Va.- The Crater Health District (CHD)-Virginia Department of Health encourages families to make sure children are up to date on recommended vaccines for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. \u201cBack-to-school\u201d season is just around the corner, and CHD will offer all required vaccines for school entry at all health department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/services\/#health\">immunization clinics<\/a> each week.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia schools require\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/requirements\/\">immunizations<\/a> for entry into kindergarten, 7th grade, and 12th grade. Keeping children up to date on vaccinations can reduce severe illnesses and unnecessary absences from school.\u00a0Vaccines are a safe and effective way to protect children and others in our community against vaccine-preventable diseases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe invite everyone from CHD to ensure students have the required immunizations so they can start school on time and have a healthy year,\u201d said Crater District Health Director, Alton Hart, Jr., MD, MPH. \u201cVaccines have been and remain our strongest tool in the fight to eradicate many childhood diseases. Our CHD staff looks forward to providing important health services needed for school entry. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Please bring a copy of your child\u2019s vaccination record. You can request a copy of the record\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/request-immunization-record\/\">here<\/a> if you do not have one. If you have health insurance, please also bring your insurance card.\u00a0 Children who are uninsured can still be vaccinated at low or no cost through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/vvfc\/\">Virginia Vaccines for Children<\/a>\u00a0program which offers free vaccines to eligible children..<\/p>\n<p>For more information on school immunizations in Virginia, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/requirements\/\">www.vdh.virginia.gov\/immunization\/requirements\/<\/a>. For updated information from CHD including current clinic schedules, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/\">www.vdh.virginia.gov\/crater\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 5, 2025 Media Contacts: Tara Rose, Tara.Rose@vdh,virginia.gov\u00a0 &amp; Karen Stalzer, Karen.Stalzer@vdh.virginia.gov Crater Health District Encourages Back-to-School Vaccinations PETERSBURG, Va.- The Crater Health District (CHD)-Virginia Department of Health encourages families to make sure children are up to date on recommended vaccines for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. \u201cBack-to-school\u201d season is just around the corner, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"parent":12292,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[528,648,570,372,1140,290,132,912],"class_list":["post-14758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-back-to-school-vaccination-clinic","tag-back-to-school-immunizations","tag-back-to-school-vaccinations","tag-crater-health-district","tag-dr-alton-hart","tag-immunizations","tag-vaccinations","tag-virginia-vaccines-for-children"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crater Health District Encourages Back-to-School Vaccinations - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2025-regional-news-releases\/crater-health-district-encourages-back-to-school-vaccinations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crater Health District Encourages Back-to-School Vaccinations - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"August 5, 2025 Media Contacts: Tara Rose, Tara.Rose@vdh,virginia.gov\u00a0 &amp; 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