Pen Bay Offers
Regional Clinics for Seasonal Flu Vaccinations

Pen Bay Healthcare is offering 15 flu shots clinics around the region. These clinics, open to all adults, will be managed by Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice.

KWL will be able to accept Medicare cards at this clinic but no other forms of  insurance can be processed. The fee for the seasonal flu vaccination is $30.

• Sept. 17: Penobscot Bay YMCA in Rockport, 2 to 4 p.m.
• Sept. 18: Kno-Wal-Lin office, 170 Pleasant St., Rockland, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Sept. 22: KWL Waldo County office, Belfast, 147 Waldo Ave., Suite 106, 9 a.m. to noon.
• Sept. 24: St. George Town Office, noon to 4 p.m.
• Sept. 28: KWL Lincoln County office, 605 Route 1 (South), Newcastle, 9 a.m. to noon
• Sept. 29: Spectrum Generations, 61 Park St., Rockland, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Sept. 29: Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1 Park Dr., Rockland, 3 to 5:30 p.m.
• Sept. 30: Cushing Town Office, 9 to 11 a.m.
• Oct. 2: Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce, 15 Courtyard Street, Suite 2, Damariscotta, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Oct. 8: Camden Hills Regional High School, Route 90, Rockport, 3 to 7 p.m.(free for those up to 18 years old)
  
• Oct. 9: Waldoboro, Medomak Valley High School campus, 1 to 3 p.m.
• Oct. 13: Senior Spectrum, 521 Main St., Damariscotta, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Oct. 19: Spectrum Generations, Reynolds House, 33 Booth St., Belfast, 9 a.m. to noon.
• Oct. 19: SAD 40, DR Gaul School, Heald Highway (Route 17), 3 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Spectrum Generations event, Point Lookout, Northport 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More clinics may be scheduled and publicized. Pen Bay will again hold its free clinic at the Pen Bay Community Health & Safety Fair Nov. 7 at Rockland District High School. That clinic is also managed by KWL.

Expectations are that this flu season will see two different strains of flu, both seasonal and H1N1. Because it is expected that the H1N1 vaccine will not be ready for distribution until the latter part of October, Kno-Wal-Lin is attempting to schedule as many clinics as possible for the seasonal flu vaccine before then.

For more information about the seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu, please call the Maine CDC Flu Hotline at 1-888-257-0990 on Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit their website at http://www.maine.gov., or visit the Pen Bay Healthcare site at http://www.penbayhealthcare.org.