Walgreens to donate value of one pneumonia vaccine to UNF's Shot@Life campaign on Giving Tuesday

DEERFIELD, Ill. — In celebration of Giving Tuesday on Dec. 2, Walgreens on Tuesday announced it will donate the value of one pneumonia vaccine to The United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life campaign for every pneumonia vaccine administered in its pharmacies between Nov. 28 and Dec. 2 up to $25,000.  

 

The donations received for the five-day period (up to $25,000) will then be matched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

This Giving Tuesday initiative is in addition to Walgreens current Get a Shot, Give a Shot campaign in which the pharmacy donates one polio or measles vaccination for every non-flu vaccination all year round at Walgreens locations nationwide.