Lemont Library, Volunteers Help Residents Find Vaccines

LEMONT, IL — Navigating the numerous websites, pharmacies and county vaccination sites can be challenging, so the Lemont Public Library and a group of resident volunteers have teamed up to help Lemont residents find vaccine appointments.

Partnership and Programming Librarian Shannon Kazmierczak said the library was having people sent to them for assistance, including residents without internet access. Right now, the main priority for the group is older adults in Lemont.

Those who are looking for assistance with vaccine appointments can come into the library, email Kazmierczak at [email protected], or call the library at 630-257-6541, ext. 2.

Appointments are not guaranteed, but the library and its volunteers can register you for different sites and snag an appointment if possible.

"Where else but the library could the central source of information be," Kazmierczak said.

She said that the group has assisted residents with getting over 100 vaccination appointments so far.

As of Monday, 303,670 people in suburban Cook County were fully vaccinated, or 13.3 percent of the county's total population. 80.2 percent of residents over 65 have at least one vaccine, according to Cook County Department of Public Health data.