Wake County 18-year-old trying to bring back summer to Triangle communities hit hardest by COVID-19

Sunday, June 13, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- One Wake County teenager is on a mission to bring summer back by educating North Carolina communities about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Ive Jones graduated from Apex Friendship High School and just finished her freshman year at Princeton University.
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Now, Ivey is back home in the Triangle trying to bring back summer to places like McDougald Terrace.

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The 18-year-old is on a mission and is going to six different communities in Durham and Wake County that were hardest hit by COVID-19 to hand out masks, vaccine information and sunglasses.



Boosting COVID vaccine access and easing hesitancy in hard-hit southeast Raleigh
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The campaign is in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services

"Reaching out and giving back to the community is everything. I like to say...I don't dream of having a dream job or a dream career but I dream of truly helping people in the best way I can...that's my life goal," said Jones.

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