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Elgin News Digest: Vaccination center volunteers sought; South Elgin planning park cleanup and e-waste recycling events; East Dundee to hold shredding event on May 15

Volunteers sought to work at Kane vaccination centers

The Kane County Health Department is seeking medical and nonmedical volunteers to work at one of the three COVID-19 vaccination centers in Elgin, Batavia and Aurora.

Medical volunteers will provide shots and nonmedical volunteers typically help in support roles, such as symptom triage, greeting, registration and form distribution, medical screening, flow monitoring, vaccine checkout and data entry, according to Claudia Reginato, the county’s Medical Reserve Corps coordinator.

There is no minimum time commitment and nonmedical volunteers will receive training during their first shift, Reginato said in a news release. Bilingual volunteers, particularly those who speak Spanish or Hindi, are welcome, she said.

To apply, go to the Kane County Health Department website, . Applications should be sent to kaneMRC@co.kane.il.us.

Volunteer candidates for the vaccination clinics in Aurora and Elgin can apply at aurora-il.org/service or cityofelgin.org/vaxvolunteer. Applications for the Batavia clinic and more information in general can be found at kanehealth.com (click on the Kane County MRC logo in the bottom of the page).

East Dundee to hold free paper shredding event May 15

The village of Dundee is holding a free paper shredding event from 10 a.m. to noon May 15 in the parking lot at 112 Railroad St.

Proshred, a security-focused shredding company, will be on site to help people get rid of paper documents, file folders, hanging files, computer files and paper, notepads and envelopes, a village news release said.

There is no need to remove staples, paperclips, fasteners or rubber bands.

It is not a recycling event so they will not accept cans and bottles, food wrappers, thick metal, copier/printer cartridges, corrugated cardboard, plastic items, biohazard materials and medical waste.

For more information, go to eastdundee.net/things_to_do/village_community_events/shredding_event.php.

South Elgin planning park cleanup day, recycling event

The Village of South Elgin is holding a park cleanup event, electronic waste recycling event and a fish crib habitat construction effort on April 24 to celebrate Earth Day.

Volunteers who want to collect trash and debris from village parks or build fish crib habitats for the Fox River should gather at 9 a.m. at the SEBA Park Shelter at 151 S Water St. Cleanup crew members will be given gloves and garbage bags, a village news release said.

Register at southelgin.com/registration, using Section #53604. Groups of 10 or more should send an email to Jday@southelgin.com, the release said.

The e-waste recycling event will also be at SEGA Park, collecting small appliances, computers, laptops, DVD and VCR players, miscellaneous wire and cords, random metal items, mattresses, and “anything with a plug” from 9 to 11 a.m.

Recycling will be done by Junkluggers.com, which will only be accept the first 20 flat-screen TVs or computer monitors that are dropped off.

They will not accept any tube TVs, refrigerators or appliances containing Freon-type coolant chemicals.