Community Corner

Marlboro Teen Creates Video for Immunization Awareness

Austyn Kaplan entered a contest to highlight the importance of adolescent immunizations.

Marlboro teenager Austyn Kaplan is a finalist in the Protect Me With 3 contest thanks to a 30 second video created to raise awareness of the HPV vaccination for teens.

The contest, sponsored by  the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of Health, challenged contestants to create videos highlighting the importance of adolescent vaccinations such as HPV, meningococcal disease and pertussis.

Kaplan is one of five finalists in the voting period on the Protect Me With 3 website. Grand prize will win an iPad and a chance to have their video aired as a PSA on local television.

Find out what's happening in Marlboro-Coltsneckwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Voting ends on Dec. 23.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here