$200 Gift Cards For Vaccinated MN Kids: Find Shots In Maple Grove

MAPLE GROVE, 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 Maple Grove.

Minnesota kids who are 5-11 will receive 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.

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

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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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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

• Cub Pharmacy
  • 8150 Wedgewood Lane N, Maple Grove
• Walgreens
  • 13611 Grove Dr., Maple Grove
  • 6025 Shenandoah Lane N, Plymouth
  • 7700 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn Park
• Voyage Healthcare
  • 9825 Hospital Dr., Maple Grove
• Sam’s Club Pharmacy
  • 16701 94th Ave. N, Maple Grove
• Assured Health
  • 8421 W. Broadway Ave., Brooklyn Park
• Hy-Vee Pharmacy
  • 18755 70th Way N, Maple Grove
• Hennepin Healthcare System
  • 7650 Zane Ave. N, Brooklyn Park