BACKGROUND:
Hepatitis "A" was added to the required immunizations for the children of our local county. All children born on or after September 2, 1992 who are attending school or daycare needed to be vaccinated. Thousands of children were noncompliant with the new law.

OBJECTIVE:
Parents needed to be notified of the new law. Relief from the long waiting period to get a doctors appointment and the hours of waiting at the local Health Department Immunization Clinic needed to be reduced. An Immunization Fair at was easily accessible and easy on the wallet had to be conducted.

METHOD:
The National Guard Armory was selected as the site and a teachers workshop Friday and Saturday for the days. Physicians, Nurses, Navy Corpsmen, Army National Guardsmen, Immunization Clerks, Student Nurses, and non clinical volunteers answered the call.

RESULT:
The student turnout was somewhat disappointing but all who attended were vaccinated in a timely manner. In 12 hours over the 2 days, more than 1640 students were vaccinated with over 2450 vaccines. The majority of the students attended elementry school but a few hundred of the middle and high school student were vaccinated.

CONCLUSION:
The Immunization Fair was a success due to the number of students vaccinated and a disappointment because of the number of students still needing to be vaccinated. Longer hours need to be offered and better public notification are need for future events.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
School Nurses need to send several notices home with the students prior to the event. Television Public Service Announcements should be broadcast during prime time. Newspaper ads should include the Sunday paper due to the increased number of readers. Extend the hours to evening so students with 2 working parents can attend.