Post by Clipper on Dec 23, 2021 9:08:58 GMT -5
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We have a friend in Clinton that recently went shopping at Sangertown with her $100 gift card. She would have gotten vaccinated anyway but found the $100 incentive gift card a great opportunity to pay it forward. She lives in a senior citizen complex and has an elderly neighbor in her mid-nineties who has absolutely no family in her life. Our friend drives her to shop, to doctor's appointments, and socializes with her daily. She took her $100 card to Boscov's and spent the entire $100 on gifts to wrap for the old lady. She is cooking dinner for the two of them on Christmas Eve and making Christmas a little brighter this year for her otherwise lonely neighbor, before spending Christmas day with her own children and grandchildren. It makes me smile just thinking about her making this old woman's Christmas bright. The lady is not destitute but simply has no one that pays any attention to her.
I wonder how effective the program actually has been in making a major impact on the number of people getting the vaccine. I imagine that there are many people who can certainly use the extra $100 this time of year. It can make Christmas a lot brighter for people in need or for families with children who might not have much under the tree otherwise. Are any of the grocery stores on the list of participating merchants?
There certainly worse ways for government to spend tax dollars.
We have a friend in Clinton that recently went shopping at Sangertown with her $100 gift card. She would have gotten vaccinated anyway but found the $100 incentive gift card a great opportunity to pay it forward. She lives in a senior citizen complex and has an elderly neighbor in her mid-nineties who has absolutely no family in her life. Our friend drives her to shop, to doctor's appointments, and socializes with her daily. She took her $100 card to Boscov's and spent the entire $100 on gifts to wrap for the old lady. She is cooking dinner for the two of them on Christmas Eve and making Christmas a little brighter this year for her otherwise lonely neighbor, before spending Christmas day with her own children and grandchildren. It makes me smile just thinking about her making this old woman's Christmas bright. The lady is not destitute but simply has no one that pays any attention to her.
I wonder how effective the program actually has been in making a major impact on the number of people getting the vaccine. I imagine that there are many people who can certainly use the extra $100 this time of year. It can make Christmas a lot brighter for people in need or for families with children who might not have much under the tree otherwise. Are any of the grocery stores on the list of participating merchants?
There certainly worse ways for government to spend tax dollars.
