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 #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
⛑ Mission #20: Got COVID?
You've taken every precaution to avoid catching the virus, but what if you or a loved one gets sick or is exposed to COVID-19? Do you know what to do next? Mission 20 provides helpful tools to what to do next after getting sick due to COVID-19 or exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
🚀 Keep Virginia safe by following the steps if sick or exposed + sharing social shareable to protect you + others
6.1.22
⛑ Mission #19: Testing, 1, 2, 3
As we turn back to the core message to keep Virginia safe, let’s put our focus on testing. In the process, we may encounter family members or peers still undecided on the vaccine, so let's provide a solution-oriented answer. Testing! Testing before large gatherings + after can prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in our communities. Dive into Mission 19 to help get the word out!
🚀 Keep Virginia safe by encouraging testing + sharing testing facts.
4.27.22
⛑ Mission #18 1/2: Say "Thank You" on National Public Health Week
National Public Health Week starts on April 4th + runs through April 10th. Follow + read up on every day's theme + post to your social media channels about it. Don't forget to thank those involved in public health or on the front lines of the pandemic. Use this form to share your story on public health or to simply say "thank you".
🚀 Follow National Public Health Week's daily themes + share, don't forget to say "Thank you!" (Feedback form is now closed for Mission 18.5)
3.30.21
📬 Looking for past email updates?
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💌 You've Got Mail
10.26.21
🎒Mission 21: Back to school ready?
8.15.21
🦠 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.
HHS: Being up to date on your COVID vaccines can help lower your risk of COVID symptoms that last for months, sometimes called long COVID.
12.2.22
VDH: This week's COVID-19 Community Levels
11.23.22
CDC: Healthcare professionals: V-safe enrollment is now available for people who receive any dose of a monkeypox or COVID-19 vaccine.
12.2.22
CDC: V-safe health checker lets you quickly & easily provide feedback about how you, or your dependent, feel after receiving a #monkeypox or #COVID19 vaccination.
12.2.22
WHO: We need to remain vigilant. - Dr Mike Ryan #COVID19
11.03.22
VDH: Where can I find the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months + older?
8.23.22
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.
The Guardian | Trevor Noah: ‘It’s 2022, how can you still be misinformed about Covid?’
12.2.22
The Conversation | Still recovering from COVID-19, US public transit tries to get back on track
12.2.22
VCU Health | Flu, cough, and COVID-19: Key things to watch out for as the winter approaches
11.11.22
Virginia Mercury | Millions of workers are dealing with long COVID. Advocates call for expanding social safety net.
10.28.22
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.