Team Rubicon assists Black Doctors Consortium in Vaccine Distribution

Team Rubicon volunteers were deployed to the Dell Music Center Vaccine Center in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 24, 2021, to help the Black Doctor’s Consortium vaccinate 3,000 community members. Team Rubicon volunteers provided logistical support, which included supply runners and patient intake personnel support.
Over the past decade, Team Rubicon has created a network of 135,000+ volunteers (the majority are veterans) and has deployed over 700 operations to help those in need. Today, Team Rubicon is partnering with public, non-profit, and private healthcare agencies to assist with the rapid distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in every way possible. Team Rubicon Greyshirts has helped administer over 100,000 doses of the vaccine.
The Black Doctor’s Consortium is a non-profit that focuses on minority communities without access to medical facilities and patients that don’t trust the local hospital system. Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium have already vaccinated over 25,000 Philadelphians, the vast majority of whom are people of color. The network has been built as the standard for increasing health equity and access in communities of color.
About Team Rubicon TEAM RUBICON serves communities by mobilizing veterans to continue their service by leveraging their skills and experience to help people prepare, respond, and recover from disasters and humanitarian crises. Founded following the Haiti earthquake in 2010, the organization has grown to over 138,000 volunteers across the United States and has launched over 790 operations both domestically and internationally.
Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, Team Rubicon has not only pivoted to be able to continue to deliver disaster response and rebuild services in core mission areas but has also expanded its scope of missions to meet community needs brought about by COVID-19. This has required the development of extensive protocols that allow its volunteers, also known as Greyshirts, to swiftly and safely continue to deliver on its core mission of disaster response which has recently included operations for Hurricanes Laura, Isaias, Hanna, and the recent derecho in the Midwest. Additionally, Team Rubicon has helped local, state, and federal partners with a direct medical response, including running mobile testing sites, decompressing hospitals, and providing on-site medical assistance. Visit teamrubiconusa.org for more information.