Rapides Library, Health Unit partner to distribute COVID home test kits

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Rapides Parish Library has partnered with the Rapides Parish Health Unit to assist in distributing COVID-19 home test kits. Test kits will be available Thursday and Friday during open library hours.

"We are happy to provide this service to our community. Distributing COVID-19 test kits from RPL locations throughout the parish will ease the burden of obtaining a test for many community members," said Rapides Parish Library Director Celise Reech-Harper.

Individuals should use the library's safe curbside pickup or drive-through window to obtain one test kit for each adult present in the vehicle. The tests will not be distributed inside of the library. Due to limited quantities at each location, RPL staff members will not reserve tests; they are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Rapides Parish Library has partnered with the Rapides Parish Health Unit to assist in distributing COVID-19 home test kits. Test kits will be available Thursday and Friday during open library hours.
Rapides Parish Library has partnered with the Rapides Parish Health Unit to assist in distributing COVID-19 home test kits. Test kits will be available Thursday and Friday during open library hours.

Locations that have a drive-through window include:

  • Libuse Branch in Pineville

  • Robertson Branch in Tioga

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch in Alexandria

  • Alfred Boyce Wettermark Branch in Boyce

For safe curbside pickup, please contact the branch upon arrival via phone. Locations where safe curbside pickup should be used include:

  • Main Library in Alexandria, 318-445-2411 x 1022

  • Westside Regional Library in Alexandria, 318-442-2483 x 1902

  • Martin Library in Pineville, 318-443-7575

  • J.W. McDonald Memorial Branch in Glenmora, 318-748-4848

  • Hineston Branch in Hineston, 318-793-8461

  • Johnson Branch in Lecompte, 318-776-5153

For additional Rapides Parish Library location information, please visit www.rpl.org.

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The community's health and safety are of utmost importance. The administration, board, and staff of Rapides Parish Library encourage all patrons to continue to follow the guidance and recommendations of the Louisiana Department of Health.

This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: Rapides Parish entities partner to distribute COVID home test kits