NEWSHealthcare Network: team creates one of a kind Covid help in ImmokaleeAndrea MelendezNaples Daily NewsHealthcare Network workers, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH) and Osman Lopez Hernandez, hand Maria Trevino a packet of masks and information on the next pop up vaccine site. They are out canvasing different neighborhoods in Immokalee to provide water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana Gaspar talks to a nurse who tells her to go to the hospital. Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH), and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA couple of brothers talk to the Healthcare Network workers, as they canvas different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They took some masks and hand sanitizer and information for the up coming pop up vaccine clinic. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana Gaspar sits outside her Immokalee home while Healthcare Network worker Osman Lopez Hernandez calls a nurse to see if Juana should go to the hospital because she is struggling with COVID-19.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Lissa Rinvil, hands a packet of masks to a woman who spoke Creole. The group was out canvaing different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, hands a woman a packet of masks. The team was canvasing different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkOn this day in July, Junia Monpremier, Odilest Guerrier, and Marisol Howell, canvas the Workers Village. A grouping of homes for the local farm workers. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, hands Maria Trevino's husband and handful of sanitizer for his work truck. He gave him masks as well. The group was out canvasing different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana Gaspar tries to take her blood sugar as community health workers offer guidance. She was being visited by the Healthcare Network's COVID-19 response team in Immokalee. Gaspar's son is at her side.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Lissa Rinvil, and Frantso Marcelin canvas different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana's son listens in as they try and help his mother. Juana Gaspar sits in a chair as Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH), and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, and Frantso Marcelin canvas different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkWhen people aren't home they will leave information. Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, and Frantso Marcelin canvas different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA young boy plays with a hat as his mother washes clothes. This is at the Farm Worker Village Immokolee, Fl. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, hands a woman a packet of masks. She was vaccinated already. The team was canvasing different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana Gaspar sits in a chair as Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana Gaspar sits in a chair as Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH), and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana Gaspar sits in a chair as Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH), and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkFarm Worker Village in Immokalee. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA large Covid-19 testing event in Immokalee back in March was targeted for the farmworkers. The Healthcare Network team set up in a popular downtown area the "pulga" or flea. This site is know for it's weekend flea market. It is also an area farm workers are dropped off after a day in the field. Hope is they will walk over and get in line.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA large Covid-19 testing event in Immokalee back in March was targeted for the farmworkers. The Healthcare Network team set up in a popular downtown area the "pulga" or flea. This site is know for it's weekend flea market. It is also an area farm workers are dropped off after a day in the field. Hope is they will walk over and get in line.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA COVID-19 testing event in Immokalee in March 2021. The Healthcare Network team sets up in a central downtown location, where buses drop off farmworkers after a day in the fields.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA large Covid-19 testing event in Immokalee back in March was targeted for the farmworkers. The Healthcare Network team set up in a popular downtown area the "pulga" or flea. This site is know for it's weekend flea market. It is also an area farm workers are dropped off after a day in the field. Hope is they will walk over and get in line.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA large Covid-19 testing event in Immokalee back in March was targeted for the farmworkers. The Healthcare Network team set up in a popular downtown area the "pulga" or flea. This site is know for it's weekend flea market. It is also an area farm workers are dropped off after a day in the field. Hope is they will walk over and get in line.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA large Covid-19 testing event in Immokalee back in March was targeted for the farmworkers. The Healthcare Network team set up in a popular downtown area the "pulga" or flea. This site is know for it's weekend flea market. It is also an area farm workers are dropped off after a day in the field. Hope is they will walk over and get in line.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkFarm worker busses can be seen througout the town of Immokalee, FL. This town is known for it's large farm working community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkAfter Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkOn this day in July, Odilest Guerrier, and Marisol Howell, canvas the Workers Village, a grouping of homes for the local farm workers. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkThe Healthcare Network's COVID-19 response team leave fliers on testing and vaccines in various languages if people don't answer their doors when they go door-to-door offering information.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkOdilest Guerrier talks about how the woman he was speaking to had concerns about the vaccine and if she could see his vaccine card. The team canvased the Workers Village. A grouping of homes for the local farm workers. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network COVID-19 response team members Junia Monpremier, Odilest Guerrier and Marisol Howell go door-to-door in July in Immokalee, Florida, offering information on vaccines and testing in a community known for its farmworker population.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkOn this day in July, Junia Monpremier, Odilest Guerrier, and Marisol Howell, canvas the Workers Village. A grouping of homes for the local farm workers. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkWatermelons are unloaded off a wagon. Immokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkGregoria Juarez, looks over some of the produce at her stand. She and her husband, Virgillio Juarez, run their stand after working for many years in the fields. Immokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkGregoria Juarez, looks over some of the produce at her stand. She and her husband, Virgillio Juarez, run their stand after working for many years in the field. Virgillio get change for a customer who bought a basket of mangos. Immokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkWatermelons are unloaded off a wagon. Immokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkImmokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkYoung children play at the Farmer's Market stacking boxes. Immokalee State Farmer's Market is open year round. Most of the produce sold here is grown in Florida and, when in season, the Immokalee area. Immokalee is a large farm worker community.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, and Frantso Marcelin canvas different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network worker, Frantso Marcelin, listens in as they visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana tries to take her blood sugar. Juana Gaspar sits in a chair as Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH), and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana Gaspar sits in a chair as Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH), and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkJuana tries to take her blood sugar. Juana Gaspar sits in a chair as Healthcare Network workers, Osman Lopez Hernandez, Lissa Rinvil, Caroline Murtagh (with PIH), and Frantso Marcelin visit Juana. On this day they were there to bring her food and to see if she should go to the hospital to get help with Covid. She is also diabetic. Juana's son looks on. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Frantso Marcelin speaks with a woman in Creole about the pop up vaccine clinic that was coming up in Immokalee. She said she got a shot already and he asked if she still needed her second dose. The team was out canvasing different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Lissa Rinvil, and Frantso Marcelin speak with a man in Creole about the pop up vaccine clinic that was coming up in Immokalee. The team was out canvasing different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkFood is delivered to the home of a woman who has Covid. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network workers, Caroline Murtagh ( also with PIH) talks to Maria Trevino about her fears of getting the vaccine.Trevino works in the casino and was getting ready to head back to work. She had mixed feelings on getting the vaccine, but after talking to Caroline she has decided to get it so she can safely return to work. canvas different neighborhoods in Immokalee. They were providing, water, masks, hand sanitizer and information on the next vaccine pop up. After Doctors Without Borders departed a few months into the pandemic it left the job in local hands. Healthcare Network in Immokolee secured a $1.2-million federal grant to start a team of doctors and nurses and deliver grassroots outreach unlike the local clinic had ever provided. They now spend the week canvassing neighborhoods to provide door-to-door education on testing and vaccines. They rotate through testing events and vaccine events. Once someone has tested positive they will deliver food and do home check ups on the ill people. This team has dug in and is slowly gaining the trust of the people of this small town, mostly because they speak their languages. Many on the team are bi-lingual, opening the door for many in the community to ask questions and have a better understanding of the answers.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network employees vaccinate farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKLucy Delgado, left, Healthcare Network RN, vaccinates Polonne Colin, right, at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKThree Sangamon County residents — including two people in their 30s — died over the last three days after testing positive for COVID-19. All three of the people were unvaccinated, according to county health officials.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKHealthcare Network employees help farmworkers fill out their paperwork as they wait in line during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKPeople line up outside a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKPatricia Soto, left, LPN, vaccinates Hernan Gomez Lopez, right, at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKMidania Hinojosa pushes a cart with paperwork and pens for people to fill out while they wait in line during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKAshleigh Velasco, left, LPN, vaccinates Rosemene Lordeus, center, while Janie Vidaurri, right, FDOH in Collier senior clerk, looks over her paperwork during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKRosemene Lordeus, right, gives Ashleigh Velasco, left, LPN, a thumbs up after receiving her shot during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKPeople sit for an observation period after being vaccinated during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKA testing pop up was very busy Wednesday, August 4th, in Immokalee. They are having more testing than vaccine pop ups as Covid numbers increase. Community health workers are digging in to keep their community safe. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkCommunity health workers with Healthcare Network prepare for a COVID-19 testing event on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Immokalee.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA testing pop up was very busy Wednesday, August 4th, in Immokalee. They are having more testing than vaccine pop ups as Covid numbers increase. Community health workers are digging in to keep their community safe. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA testing pop up was very busy Wednesday, August 4th, in Immokalee. They are having more testing than vaccine pop ups as Covid numbers increase. Community health workers are digging in to keep their community safe. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA testing pop up was very busy Wednesday, August 4th, in Immokalee. They are having more testing than vaccine pop ups as Covid numbers increase. Community health workers are digging in to keep their community safe. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkHealthcare Network hosts regular COVID-19 testing pop-up events in Immokalee, Florida. People lined up early for an event on Aug. 4, 2021.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA busy COVID-19 testing event on Aug. 4, 2021, in Immokalee, Florida.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkA testing pop up was very busy Wednesday, August 4th, in Immokalee. They are having more testing than vaccine pop ups as Covid numbers increase. Community health workers are digging in to keep their community safe. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkMidania Hinojosa helps a group of farmworkers with their paperwork they need to fill out while they wait in line during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKMidania Hinojosa helps a group of farmworkers with their paperwork while they wait in line during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKMidania Hinojosa helps a group of farmworkers with their paperwork they need to fill out while they wait in line during a vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County site on Lake Trafford Road in Immokalee on Saturday, April 10, 2021.Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORKCommunity health workers meet for a huddle. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkCommunity health workers meet for a huddle. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkCommunity health workers meet for a huddle. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today, Florida NetworkCommunity health workers meet for a huddle. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today, Florida NetworkCommunity health workers meet for a huddle. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida NetworkCommunity health workers meet for a huddle. This day they had a vaccination and a testing event. Also this was the first time the new workers joined in.Andrea Melendez/The News-Press/USA Today,Florida Network