Partnering with Team Rubicon

How Guardian’s contributions to this incredible organization have impacted their disaster relief operations

Supporting health equity

Guardian committed $1 million to Team Rubicon's vaccination efforts to support health equity in communities across the country. Vaccine equity is a shared priority and took shape in multiple distribution methods including mass, fixed, mobile, and porch vaccinations. Through grant funding and volunteer activations, our partnership has resulted in more than 1.6 million COVID-19 vaccinations across 105 cities in the US.

How Guardian fueled Team Rubicon’s impact in 2021

In December 2020, Team Rubicon expanded support efforts in the fight against COVID-19 to assist with the delivery and distribution of vaccines. Since then, Team Rubicon has provided operational expertise and logistics management for site setup at mass vaccination locations as well as supplemental help to hospital staff. Team Rubicon also worked with local health departments, the Office of Veterans Affairs, and FEMA to help medical professionals turn vaccines into vaccinations.

Navajo Nation

At the beginning of the pandemic, the Navajo Nation had the highest per capita case rates of COVID-19 in the country and is a community with high vulnerability. Team Rubicon supported hospitals by providing additional emergency room staff and assisting with testing and vaccination efforts. With the latest surge of the Delta variant, Team Rubicon has returned to assist the emergency department.

12,460

vaccinations to date

Vaccines were available at mobile sites and medical centers throughout the Nation to make access easier for all tribal members.

Watch the video below to hear from President Nez on Team Rubicon’s efforts

1,137

vaccines administered

Chinatown, Los Angeles

Team Rubicon partnered with a local health center in Chinatown, Los Angeles to offer walk-up and mobile vaccination support. Barriers to vaccine access included language gaps and transportation. Multilingual speakers were on site to assist with registration, and mobile clinics went directly into the community.

St. Louis, MO

Team Rubicon partnered with the St. Louis Fire Department and City of St. Louis Department of Health to identify homebound individuals interested in receiving the vaccination. Volunteers, firefighters, and paramedics traveled to each home to administer the vaccine.

Team Rubicon and the medical teams traversed St. Louis, reaching about 10 homes daily.

144

vaccines administered

2021: Team Rubicon’s disaster operations impact

208,128

$36.8M

759

156

Operations launched

Volunteer hours

In volunteer labor value

Estimated individuals served

Fund a need

$240 one-time donation or $20/month for a year

Tarp a roof for one disaster-affected family ensuring a safe, dry place to return home

A few words from Jonathan Nez, President of the Navajo Nation

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3,243

5,458

6,843

7,154

8,821

9,419

12,460

Purchase PPE for one medical volunteer administering emergency care in a COVID-19 environment

$60 one-time donation or $5/month for a year

Board up 1-2 windows prior to a hurricane to protect a disaster-affected family’s home from wind and rain

$120 one-time donation or $10/month for a year

Fly a medical provider to the Caribbean to administer aid in Haiti

$480 one-time donation or $40/month for a year

Remove a fallen tree off the home of an uninsured or underinsured disaster survivor

$744 one-time donation or $62/month for a year

Fuel 35 hours of free wet debris removal from a flooded home saving the family $1,500+ in expenses

$996 one-time donation or $83/month for a year

Drain and “muck out” a home or property that has flooded from a hurricane or water-based disaster

$1,200 one-time donation or $100/month for a year

Provide 54 volunteers with training in chainsaw tactics, allowing volunteers to clear routes blocked by downed power lines, fallen trees, and other debris

$1,600 one-time donation or $133/month for a year

Fund 18 response operations for areas hit by low-attention disasters, where homeowners in vulnerable communities require expedient home repair and debris removal