COVID Community Ambassadors
VIRGINIA'S HEALTH IS IN OUR HANDS
WELCOME to the Virginia COVID Community Ambassador program: We are thrilled you are here! Consider this site a hub for resources + tools. The site is designed for anyone willing + able to volunteer a few minutes each week to help keep Virginians safe. Want to become a Community Ambassador?
Action 1: RECENT MISSIONS + UPDATES
Stay up to date on Community Ambassador "missions," news + updates.
🚀Check back each week to see what's happening.
Stay up to date on Community Ambassador "missions," news + updates.
🚀Check back each week to see what's happening.
⛑ Mission #26: Protect yourself. Protect your plans.
The holiday season is upon us! That means fun times and holiday gatherings with friends and family. The public health emergency for COVID-19 may have ended, but there are still respiratory viruses to circulating. Protect yourself and protect your plans by getting your COVID-19 and flu vaccines this holiday season.
In this mission, we encourage you to get your updated vaccinations, share our holiday message, and celebrate safely.
🚀 Share social media shareables with your online communities + stay safe this holiday season.
11.20.23
⛑ Mission #25: School's Out! Checkups Are In!
Summer is the perfect time to make sure your child is ready for back-to-school in the fall. Schedule those medical + dental checkups early!
In this mission, we encourage you to share our healthy back-to-school message with friends, family, and your community.
🚀 Check off your back-to-school checklist + encourage your community to schedule medical + dental checkups early!
6.30.23
⛑ Mission #24: It's the Final Countdown
We’re in the final countdown to the end of the federal public health emergency! Learn more and get factual and trusted information out into your communities with Mission 24! We will give you the tools to find + share helpful information about the end of the federal public health emergency + help answer questions.
🚀 Share social media shareables with your digital communities + learn about what the end of the federal public health emergency means for you.
05.11.23
⛑ Mission #23: Spread Holiday Cheer
Spread holiday cheer not germs! Just in time for the holiday season, we've got easy-to-download shareables to encourage your loved ones to enjoy a safe holiday season. On top of that, Mission 23 provides tools to learn about your risks for severe illness and what treatment options are available to treat COVID-19.
🚀 Share social media shareables with your digital communities + learn about your risks for severe illness + available treatments for you.
11.16.22
⛑ Mission #22: You've Got Mail
In Mission 22, we're checking in with you + asking for your help as we move into our next chapter of the COVID Community Ambassadors. You'll also find recent resources around COVID-19 + vaccine boosters. Don't forget to have a safe + healthy Halloween!
🚀 Fill out the survey + share social media shareables with your digital communities. (Feedback form is now closed for Mission 22)
10.26.22
⛑ Mission #21: Back to School Ready
We've got your back-to-school safety guide! With COVID-19 still around, help your family have a safe + healthy school year. Take in what other parents + guardians have done in the past + help encourage a healthy school year on social media with shareables.
🚀 Check off your back-to-school checklist + encourage your community to stay safe this school year.
8.15.22
📬 Looking for past email updates?
(click here to view)
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🎉 Spread Holiday Cheer
11.16.22
💌 You've Got Mail
10.26.22
🎒Mission 21: Back to school ready?
8.15.22
🦠 Mission 20: Got COVID?
6.3.21
🎤 Mission 19: Testing, 1, 2, 3.
4.27.21
⚕️ Mission 18 1/2: Celebrate National Public Health Week
3.30.21
💬 Building Bridges
3.24.21
💞 A Call for Community Care
2.10.21
🎉 Let's Kick Off the New Year!
12.21.21
🚀 Boost the Holidays!
12.6.21
🔍 The 5-11 Vaccine
11.19.21
💬 Help Slow the Spread of Misinformation in Virginia
10.29.21
🎓 Help Slow the Spread of Misinformation in Virginia
9.23.21
📲 Gen Z - Let's Share
8.27.21
💌 How Right Now: Emotional Wellbeing
7.16.21
📺 What's Next? Tune in
6.23.21
💡 Community Brainstorm - Mission 7.
6.11.21
❤️ (Mission 6 1/2: Basic Training was offered to 30 Ambassadors)
5.25.21
🗓 Statewide Day of Action, let's go!
5.18.21
🏛️ Town hall, tune in + share.
5.3.21
💬 Show or Tell - Mission 4.
4.15.21
🏟 Mission 3 is ready for you.
3.31.21
🧰 Over 50 COVID resources in one place.
3.19.21
⛑ Mission 1 | Your first mission awaits!
3.3.21
👋 Welcome VA COVID-19 Community Ambassadors!
2.15.21
Action 2: SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Have a minute?
Highlights from Virginia Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, Ad Council, Governor Northam, National Institutes of Health + more.
🚀 Review posts which look interesting to you. Click-and-share messages which you feel would be helpful to your communities.
Have a minute?
Highlights from Virginia Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, Ad Council, Governor Northam, National Institutes of Health + more.
🚀 Review posts which look interesting to you. Click-and-share messages which you feel would be helpful to your communities.
Action 3: SOCIAL ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
Have a few minutes?
Here are some of the top official sources + experts helping support health + wellbeing.
🚀 Follow, comment, like + share the messages which you feel would be helpful to your communities.
Have a few minutes?
Here are some of the top official sources + experts helping support health + wellbeing.
🚀 Follow, comment, like + share the messages which you feel would be helpful to your communities.
Action 4: COMMUNITY ARTICLES
Have 10 minutes?
🚀 Read any article which looks interesting to you. Share if you feel the article may be helpful to your communities.
Have 10 minutes?
🚀 Read any article which looks interesting to you. Share if you feel the article may be helpful to your communities.
InsideNOVA | CDC Report Shows That 13.9% of US Adults Have Received an Updated COVID Vaccine
11.15.23
WWBT | Respiratory Illnesses on the Upswing Heading into Holiday Season
11.14.23
NBC 29 | Health Experts Seeing Rise in COVID-19 Hospitalizations
11.09.23
Virginian-Pilot | Get Your COVID and Flu Vaccines to Prepare for the Holidays
05.05.23
Action 5: LIBRARY
Have more time?
🚀 Find expert answers to common questions.
Have more time?
🚀 Find expert answers to common questions.
📚 Ambassador Virtual Library
The Library holds expert answers to common questions. Visit if you have the time. You'll find resources such as Vaccine Safety 101, Vaccine Rollout 101, + more.