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The Michigan Health Endowment Fund is supporting a door-to-door initiative to increase vaccination rates in Southwest Michigan. 

The Berrien County Health Department and United Way of Southwest Michigan partnered on the project to combat the lower vaccination rates in the area. 

According to the Berrien Health Department, less than 50% of residents are fully vaccinated. 

The health department and United Way are working to recruit volunteers to knock on people’s doors and attend community events to talk to people who are hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

“We know there are some in our community who may be hesitant or just need more information about the vaccine before they are willing to say yes.  This is why our partnership with United Way and using volunteers to help have some of those one-on-one conversations we believe will be really helpful in providing that information and getting people to say yes to the vaccine,” Gillian Conrad with the Berrien County Health Department said in the article. 

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