$200 Gift Cards For Vaccinated MN Kids: Find A Shot In Edina

EDINA, MN — Minnesota officials are offering gift cards to Minnesota kids who get vaccinated against the coronavirus to start 2022, and there are many places find a vaccine in Edina.

Minnesota kids who are 5-11 will get a $200 Visa gift card if they receive their first and second doses of the coronavirus vaccine between Jan. 1 and Feb. 28 through the “Kids Deserve a Shot” campaign. Families can receive a $200 gift card for each child vaccinated during that period.

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Families can request gift cards until 11:59 p.m. Feb. 28, with officials to distribute them in March.

Click here for more information and to request a gift card.

The Pfizer-BioNTech is the only coronavirus vaccine the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has authorized for emergency use for children ages 5-11.

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Residents who receive the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech must get their second shots at least 21 days after the first, according to the CDC.

That means kids must get their first shots by Feb. 7 to have enough time to get their second shots by the end of February and qualify for a gift card.

Minnesota’s “Kids Deserve a Shot” campaign also awarded $100,000 scholarships to five students in 2021 to encourage children to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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The campaign also offered a slew of other prizes, including tickets and gear from Minnesota’s professional and college sports teams, a “zookeeper for a day” experience, and much more.

Officials are set to bring back scholarship drawings in the spring.

Edina-area locations with vaccines for kids 5-11
(appointments required for all)

• Walgreens
  • 5033 Vernon Ave. S, Edina
  • 540 Blake Road N, Hopkins
  • 1551 MN-7, Hopkins
  • 5428 Lyndale Ave. S, Minneapolis
  • 7200 Cedar Lake Road S, St. Louis Park
  • 7940 Penn Ave. S, Minnapolis
• Cub Pharmacy
  • 3620 Texas Ave. S., St. Louis Park
• Hennepin Healthcare System
  • 790 W. 66th St., Minneapolis
• Allina Health
  • 407 W. 66th St., Minneapolis