$200 Gift Cards For Vaccinated MN Kids: Find Shots In St. Michael

ST. MICHAEL, 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 the St. Michael area.

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.

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 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.

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

St. Michael-area locations with vaccines for kids 5-11
(appointments required for all)

• Walgreens
  • 9 Central Ave. E, St. Michael
  • 135 Broadway St. E., Monticello
• Sherburne County Health and Human Services
  • 13880 Business Center Dr. NW, Elk River (open 1-4 p.m. Monday-Tuesday)
• Walmart Pharmacy
  • 18185 Zane St. NW, Elk River
• CVS Pharmacy
  • 1447 E. 7th St., Monticello
• Allina Health
  • 303 Catlin St., Buffalo