Remembering Rosalynn Carter

Vaccinate Your Family mourns the loss of our co-founder, a public health hero.

Protect Your Family this Flu Season

Common viruses including flu, COVID, and RSV circulate during the winter months. Make sure your family is up to date on vaccinations.
why vaccinate

Vaccines offer the best protection against dangerous diseases.

In the U.S. more than 1 million lives will be saved by the routine vaccines given to children over the last 30 years. When you choose to vaccinate yourself and your family, you get the best protection against dangerous diseases and you do your part to keep your community healthy and strong. Vaccines are one of the most important public health innovations ever – right up there with clean drinking water.

Which vaccines does my family need?
Learn which vaccines are recommended at every age and stage of life.
Our mission

Vaccinate Your Family’s mission is to protect people of all ages from vaccine-preventable diseases.

30+ years of vaccine advocacy
30+ years of vaccine advocacy
Personal Stories

Sarah

Place of Residence: Arlington, VA

Sarah was a healthy four-week-old baby in December 2011 when she contracted respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and was hospitalized. Sarah spent six days in the hospital and thankfully survived. Sarah’s family was familiar with RSV because her older sister, Ellie, had also been hospitalized with RSV when she was just one year old. Sarah’s mother, […]
Personal Stories

Teresa

Place of Residence: Suffolk, Virginia

Teresa was a healthy, artistic 10-year-old who loved to read, sew, draw, sing, and dance. She loved being a Junior Girl Scout and was very outgoing. She wasn’t high risk for COVID and hadn’t been vaccinated because in September 2021 it wasn’t yet approved for her age group. Sadly, Teresa lost her life to COVID […]
Personal Stories

Dwight & Brenda

Place of Residence: McLeansboro, Illinois

Married for 54 years, Dwight and Brenda loved spending time with their family, especially their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Because they lived in a small town, they didn’t think COVID was a threat to them and decided not to get vaccinated. Sadly, they ended up hospitalized and lost their lives to COVID within one day of […]