Employees who did not receive the COVID-19 Vaccine, and would like to be vaccinated, should contact Debbie Dallago, Residential Administrator, at ddallago@prospectusberco.org before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 8th to have their name entered onto a waiting list. ODP is trying to determine how best to distribute vaccines throughout the State. At this time the State is only requesting that we provide them with the number of employees who would like to be vaccinated. More information will be made available as it becomes available to us.
Debbie Dallago is also maintaining a waiting list for Prospectus Berco with Esterbrook Pharmacy so that in the event vaccines are made available we will be able to contact people. Employees and Program Participants may submit their name to put onto this list, however, there is no guarantee that they will definitely get the vaccine. Our recommendation is that if you are interested in receiving the vaccine, contact Debbie Dallago to have your name added to the waiting list while exploring other viable options to receive the vaccine. Your-Turn (pa.gov).
Remember, employees who complete the COVID-19 Vaccination process by the end of the month are eligible for a $250 thank you incentive. To receive your incentive, vaccination records must be shared with Kim Alarcon, Human Resources Administrator.
Please share this information with your co-workers,
Thank you!
COVID-19 Task Force
PROSPECTUS BERCO FEBRUARY TOWN HALL MEETING
Thank you for participating in our February Town Hall Meeting. In case you were unable to attend, a recording of the meeting is now available.
There were several important links that we shared with employees at the February Town Hall Meeting. To assist employees, the links are available below:
VACCINATION CLINICS:
Employees who did not receiver the vaccine and would now like to be vaccinated to protect themselves and others from COVID-19, the State of Pennsylvania created Your Turn to help people register for the vaccine: on-line Or, call 877 PAHEALTH. Employees may also contact Debbie Dallago, Residential Administrator; she is maintaining a waiting list so that if and when vaccines are made available with Esterbrook Pharmacy she will be contacted. There is no guarantee that vaccines will be made available.
Every employee who completes both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination by the end of March will receive a $250 Appreciation Gift. Employees who participated in the vaccination program and completed both doses will receive $250 incentive in their March 3rd paycheck.
Please share COVID-19 Vaccination Record information with Kim Alarcon so she can enter it into your personnel file.
PAYLOCITY
GO LIVE DATE MARCH 22, 2021
What Should Employees Do Before March 22, 2021?
You will need to enter our company ID Number to set up an account.
Company ID Number: 127420
Review your information to make sure that information is listed correctly: Social Security No., tax withholdings/deductions, benefit time, etc. …
Complete the Employee Checklist for Success on the following page. Right click on the links to open and participate on the trainings.
Employee Checklist for Success
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Not sure how to do something? Click the link for a short video or simple guide to complete each task.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES – TEMPORARY VISITORS POLICY FOR COMMUNITY HOMES
ON SITE VISITS:
PRE-SCREENING (NO MORE THEN ONE HOUR BEFORE THE VISIT)
TEMPERATURE WILL BE TAKEN BEFORE ENTERING THE HOUSE
WASH HANDS ONCE ENTERED AND PUT ON GLOVES
NO MORE THEN 2 VISITORS AT ANYONE TIME
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) MUST BE WORN DURING THE ENTIRE VISIT
KN95 OR N95, FACE SHIELD, GOWN AND GLOVES
NO EATING OR DRINKING ON THE PREMISES
IF POSSIBLE, VISITS SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN A DESIGNATED AREA AWAY FROM OTHERS, OUTSIDE WEATHER PERMITTING
TRAVEL:
ANY TRAVEL OUT OF STATE WILL REQUIRE 14 DAY QUARANTINE WITH NO COVID-19 SYMPTOMS FOR THE PERSON OR THEIR TRAVELING COMPANIONS PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE COMMUNITY HOME
PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:
MAY BE PURCHASED AT PROSPECTUS BERCO KUTZTOWN ROAD FACILITY FOR A COST OF $15.
COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRIES, SOUP KITCHENS & SHELTERS
Food supplied by Helping Harvest provides more than 1,300,000 meals annually at soup kitchens and shelters and an average of 23,000 individuals receive food monthly from the food pantries.
If you need food assistance please call Helping Harvest at 610-926-5802 to find the location of a food pantry in your community.
Food Pantry Sites
Ashland Food Pantry – Ashland
Christ’s Cupboard – Ashland
Bethel Tulpehocken – Bethel
New First Baptist Church of Birdsboro – Birdsboro
St. John’s UCC – Birdsboro
Fleetwood Area Food Pantry – Blandon
Boyertown Multi-Service – Boyertown
Boyertown Salvation Army – Boyertown
Harvest Fellowship of Colebrookdale – Boyertown
First Assembly of God – Cressona
Hopewell Love in the Name of Christ – Douglassville
Women of Zion Ministries – Douglassville
Exeter Area Food Pantry – Exeter Twp
The Real Church – Fleetwood
New Hope Wesleyan Church – Frackville
Girardville Area Food Pantry – Girardville
Hamburg Salvation Army – Hamburg
Hamburg SDA Church – Hamburg
Northern Berks Food Pantry – Hamburg
Friend, Inc. – Kutztown
Friend, Inc./Kutztown University – Kutztown
MANNA – Ministry of Grace E.C. Church – Kutztown
Schuylkill Valley Pastors’ Association – Leesport
Mahanoy Area Food Pantry – Mahanoy City
Minersville Area Food Cupboard – Minersville
St. Benedict’s RCC – Mohnton
Twin Valley Food Pantry – Morgantown
Muhlenberg Churches Food Pantry – Muhlenberg Twp
Williams Valley Food Pantry – Muir
Schuylkill Valley Food Pantry – New Philadelphia
New Ringgold Area Food Pantry – New Ringgold
Nuremberg Area Food Pantry – Nuremberg
Oley Valley Food Pantry – Oley
Pine Grove Area Food Pantry – Pine Grove
Pottstown Salvation Army – Pottstown
Port Carbon Food Pantry – Pottsville
Pottsville Area Food Pantry – Pottsville
Pottsville Salvation Army – Pottsville
United Presbyterian Church – Pottsville
BCC/ACT – Reading
Berks Coalition to End Homelessness – Reading
Berks Community Health Center – Reading
Berks Encore – Reading
Bethel AME Church – Reading
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown – Reading
Christ Lutheran Church – Reading
First Unitarian Universalist – Reading
Holy Trinity Church of God – Reading
Hope Lutheran Church – Reading
Hub of Hope Pantry at Reading Moravian Church – Reading
Incarnation Lutheran Church – Reading
Jewish Family Services – Reading
Kennedy House, Catholic Charities – Reading
New Journey Community Outreach – Reading
North 6th Street Church of God – Reading
Oakbrook Housing – Reading
Penn State Health St. Joseph – Reading
Reading Hispanic SDA – Reading
Reading Salvation Army – Reading
Rehoboth Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Reading
Spring Valley COG/Albright College – Reading
St. James Chapel COG – Reading
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Reading
St John’s Missionary Baptist Church – Reading
St. Joseph’s RCC – Reading
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church – Reading
Trinity UCC – Reading
Veterans Making a Difference – Reading
Ringtown Valley Food Pantry – Ringtown
Conrad Weiser Pantry – Robesonia
Schuylkill Haven Area Food Pantry – Schuylkill Haven
JW Cooper Community Center – Shenandoah
Shenandoah Area Food Pantry – Shenandoah
Grace Evangelical Lutheran – Shillington
Shillington Church of Christ – Shillington
Keystone Military Families – Shoemakersville
St. Ignatius Loyola RCC – Sinking Spring
Wilson Food Pantry – Sinking Spring
Zion Blue Mountain UCC – Strausstown
Tamaqua Area Food Pantry – Tamaqua
Tamaqua Primitive Methodist Church -Tamaqua
Hampden Heights Seventh-Day Adventist Church – Temple
People make mRNA all the time. In our cells, DNA in the nucleus is used to make mRNA, which is sent to the cytoplasm where it serves as a blueprint to make proteins. Most of the time, the proteins that are produced are needed to help our bodies function.
mRNA vaccines take advantage of this process by introducing the mRNA for an important protein from the virus that the vaccine is trying to protect against. In the case of COVID-19, the important protein is the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The mRNA that codes for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is taken up by cells called dendritic cells, which express the spike protein on the cell surface, travel to a local lymph node, and stimulate other cells of the immune system (B cells) to make antibodies. These antibodies protect us, so that if we are exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in the future, our immune system is ready and we don’t get sick. Info provided by CHOP
