{"id":10493,"date":"2021-03-03T14:34:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/?p=10493"},"modified":"2021-03-05T09:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:03:01","slug":"vaccination-our-minibuses-as-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/vaccination-our-minibuses-as-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccination : Our minibuses as support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull are-vertically-aligned-center has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8211; COVID-19 vaccination campaign &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#158dce\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Savoie family offers a free transportation service for the community<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>With 97% of vaccinations successfully completed in all of our seniors&#8217; residences across Quebec, our local family business wishes to offer its support to seniors in the community. That is why the Savoie family has decided to offer a free and safe transportation service by minibus to seniors who do not have a means of transportation to attend their COVID-19 vaccination appointment*.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/coronavirus-covid-19\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Check the status of our residences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#158dce\"><span style=\"color:#158dce\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u25cf \u25cf \u25cf \u25cf \u25cf \u25cf<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/vaccination-our-minibuses-as-support\/#criteria\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><span style=\"\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><font color=\"#646464\">*We will do our best to volunteer to help as many people as possible who have no means of transport at their disposal, but please note that there is limited space available. The eligibility criteria listed below and the respect of our security protocol are mandatory.<\/font><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:14%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" id=\"criteria\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lifestyle-mini-bus-9-grande-e1614627904358.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10352\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lifestyle-mini-bus-9-grande-e1614627904358.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lifestyle-mini-bus-9-grande-e1614627904358.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-10352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lifestyle-mini-bus-9-grande-e1614627904358.jpg 368w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lifestyle-mini-bus-9-grande-e1614627904358-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lifestyle-mini-bus-9-grande-e1614627904358-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10477\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-10477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2-660x495.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Transport-Vaccination2.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10475\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-10475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Drone_BOU_Facade_autobus.jpg 1884w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/minibus-e1614627976623.jpg\" alt=\"transport pour vaccination pour la covid-19 \u00e0 l'aide des minibus des r\u00e9sidences soleill\" data-id=\"4735\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/minibus-e1614627976623.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/minibus-e1614627976623.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/minibus-e1614627976623.jpg 550w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/minibus-e1614627976623-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#158dce\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Eligibility criteria<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be over 70 years of age <\/li><li>Already have an appointment for a vaccination (date, time, and place) <ul><li>Notify us as soon as you get your vaccination appointment <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Do not have a safe means of transportation<\/li><li>Live in the Greater Montreal, Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie or Estrie regions<\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not be<\/span> subject to one of the exclusion criteria: <ul><li>Presenting one or more symptoms related to the COVID-19; <\/li><li>Having been in contact with a person with symptoms in the past 14 days; <\/li><li>Having travelled, or been in contact with a person who has travelled in the last 14 days; <\/li><li>Having tested positive for the COVID-19 in the last 21 days; <\/li><li>Waiting for a COVID-19 test or screening result; <\/li><li>Having been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for the COVID-19, or is awaiting a test or screening result in the last 14 days.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Committing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/vaccination-our-minibuses-as-support\/#protocol\" class=\"rank-math-link\">safe transport protocol<\/a>, including the mandatory wearing of masks, hygiene instructions, and keeping a safe distance from each other<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/vaccination-our-minibuses-as-support\/#book\">Request to book transportation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/vaccination-our-minibuses-as-support\/#protocol\">See our safe transport protocol<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Current status of our transportation service<\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide is-style-regular\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">R\u00e9gion<\/th><th>Statut<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Greater Montreal<\/td><td>Ongoing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie<\/td><td>In preparation (coming soon)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Estrie<\/td><td>In preparation (coming soon)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"protocol\"><span style=\"color:#158dce\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Our support for community organisations<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">We are pleased to support community organisations in order to further contribute to the management of this pandemic. We invite other private businesses with the capacity to do so to lend a hand by responding to our government&#8217;s call for assistance. We also invite our media partners to spread this aid option in order to reach as many seniors as possible who do not have a safe means of transportation to receive their long-awaited vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petitsfreres.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_petitfrere_COULEUR_ANG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10494\" width=\"276\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_petitfrere_COULEUR_ANG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_petitfrere_COULEUR_ANG-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_petitfrere_COULEUR_ANG-768x159.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"protocole-securitaire-1\"><span style=\"color:#158dce\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Our trained drivers<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our drivers are all trained to implement the best infection prevention and control techniques. Our minibus transportation safety protocols are approved by Public Health. As you will notice, they actually exceed the recommendations related to public transportation in the context of a pandemic. The health and safety of our residents, our employees and the people we help are naturally one of our utmost priorities. Our drivers have a pre-established itinerary that allows them to pick up passengers directly from their homes, accompany them to the designated vaccination centre, and drive them safely to their place of residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#158dce\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Our safe transport protocol<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Before booking your transport<\/strong><br>In order to ensure the safety and smooth running of the service, the counsellor will validate that you meet all <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/vaccination-our-minibuses-as-support\/#criteria\" class=\"rank-math-link\">eligibility criteria<\/a> during a phone call. She will also reassure you by explaining the details of our safe transportation protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preparation of the bus<\/strong><br>Please note that there will be six seats available per trip, out of a capacity of 24 seats, in order to respect distancing measures. The driver will disinfect the benches and all areas likely to be frequently touched in the bus between each trip. A bottle of hand sanitiser will be available at the bus entrance. The driver will wear a surgical mask and eye protection at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Before boarding the bus <\/strong>(outward)<br>You will be required to wear a mask. If you do not have a surgical mask, we will provide you with one. Also, you must have your health insurance card in order to benefit from our safe transportation service. The driver will invite you to disinfect your hands and will take your temperature with an infrared thermometer. He will provide you with a pen that you can keep so that you can fill out our questionnaire. You will then be able to choose a seat on the bus according to the 2-metre limit.<br>We will graciously give you a free reusable bag so that you can safely disposit your personal effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During the trip <\/strong>(both ways)<br>You must keep your mask on throughout the journey and not change seats. During the trip, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask our volunteers. They will be there for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"book\"><strong>Before boarding the bus (return)<\/strong><br>After your vaccination appointment, you will need to disinfect your hands and wear your mask before choosing a seat on the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We greatly hope that you will appreciate the help of our dedicated teams.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#ffc145;color:#ffc145\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color:#158dce\" class=\"has-inline-color\">To make a transport reservation request, please complete the form below as soon as you get your COVID-19 vaccination appointment.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It is also possible to reserve a place by contacting us toll free : <a href=\"tel:18003630663\" class=\"rank-math-link\">1 800 363-0663<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; COVID-19 vaccination campaign &#8211; The Savoie family offers a free transportation service for the community With 97% of vaccinations successfully completed in all of our seniors&#8217; residences across Quebec, our local family business wishes to offer its support to seniors in the community. That is why the Savoie family has decided to offer a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1791,1896,1741,1851,1877,1925","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,45],"tags":[],"global_category":[37],"class_list":["post-10493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-social-implications","global_category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10493"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10521,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10493\/revisions\/10521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10493"},{"taxonomy":"global_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_category?post=10493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}