{"id":110587,"date":"2022-01-12T14:19:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110587"},"modified":"2022-01-12T14:19:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:19:50","slug":"bradbury-sullivan-lgbt-community-center-announces-vaccine-requirement-for-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110587","title":{"rendered":"Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Announces Vaccine Requirement for Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The requirement goes into effect on Tuesday, February 1.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALLENTOWN, PA <\/strong>&#8211; As Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center continues to prioritize the health and safety of everyone in the community, the center will require all visitors to be fully vaccinated, starting Tuesday, February 1.<\/p>\n<p>All staff members have been fully vaccinated since the center reopened its doors to the community in September 2021, following a vaccine requirement for all staff in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This new requirement for visitors, in addition to our ongoing mask requirement, provides an extra layer of protection for our employees and community members.<\/p>\n<p>All visitors will need to show proof of being fully vaccinated, either in physical or digital form, upon entering the center. Being fully vaccinated, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/stay-up-to-date.html\"><u>as defined by the CDC<\/u><\/a>, means two weeks after a second dose of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that if a visitor is eligible to receive a third COVID-19 vaccine dose and\/or a COVID-19 vaccine booster, then proof of additional doses will also be required for entry.<\/p>\n<p>As a new supportive service this year, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is now offering free, easy, LGBTQ-affirming asymptomatic COVID-19 testing every first and third Tuesday of the month between 4 and 6 p.m. Testing is done with a mouth swab.<\/p>\n<p>For comprehensive resources on COVID-19 testing and vaccination, community members are encouraged to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/bradburysullivancenter.org\/coronavirus\"><u>bradburysullivancenter.org\/coronavirus<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/\">www.bradburysullivancenter.org<\/a>)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/\"><u>Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<\/u> <\/a>provides arts, health, youth, and Pride programs to strengthen and support the LGBTQ+ community across Pennsylvania\u2019s Greater Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nStephen Jiwanmall<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nBradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The requirement goes into effect on Tuesday, February 1.\u00a0 ALLENTOWN, PA &#8211; As Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center continues to prioritize the health and safety of everyone in the community, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110587\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Announces Vaccine Requirement for Visitors<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Bradbury-Sullivan-vax.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/110588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}