Your Local Pharmacy in The Veranda at Briar Chapel Community in Chapel Hill, NC
All of us at 501 Pharmacy would like to wish you and your family a happy holiday season! Please make note of our holiday hours.
Open Christmas Eve from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Closed Christmas Day
Open New Year’s Eve from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Closed New Year’s Day
501 Pharmacy is making it easy for you to give to your favorite charities during the holiday season. We are a drop-off spot for Toys for Tots, Briar Chapel PORCH, ReRUN, Lions for Sight, and Chatham Education Foundation. Keep reading for information on how to donate to these great causes.
Thank you so much to everyone who has already brought in a toy for Toys for Tots! We have already had to have our box picked up once and it is filling up again!
If you haven’t donated, please consider bringing in a toy next time you are at the pharmacy. All of the toys go to less fortunate children in Chatham County.
We are collecting food donations for Briar Chapel PORCH – a grassroots hunger relief organization. Donations go to the Chatham OutReach Alliance (CORA) food pantry and our local schools.
Han’s wife, Kristy, (and our neighbor at Carolina Convenient Care) and his daughter, Abby, are collecting gently used shoes to be able to go on their church mission trip next summer to Costa Rica.
The shoes go to ReRUN, an organization that collects gently used running shoes and then distributes them to those in need.
Since Lions Clubs International was founded in 1917, Lions have worked on projects designed to prevent blindness, restore eyesight and improve eye health and eye care for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
We are collecting unused glasses. Please consider donating to this awesome cause.
Chatham Reads and Chatham Education Foundation are holding a holiday book drive of new and gently used books to distribute to children in Chatham County. Please drop your books off at 501 Pharmacy before December 17, 2018.
Han’s having some fun participating in No Shave November and he wants to get you involved! Stop by the pharmacy to check out his beard and say “Han, your beard is awesome” and he will give you 20% off an ice cream purchase!
Keep up with the beard progress by following 501 Pharmacy on Facebook and enjoy the photos below!
Are you ready for a spooky good time with all of the Veranda neighbors? Join us at our Second Annual Fall Festival on Friday, October 26, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.
The businesses at The Veranda want to thank the community for the second year in a row by throwing a fall party! This event will include trick-or-treating at each business, entertainment by Imagine Circus, stilt walking, a fire show, aerial performances, a DJ, and more!
Entertainment will be ongoing with performances at 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 7:25 p.m. The businesses will also be collecting money for Hurricane Relief, in order to continue to help those impacted by Hurricane Florence.
This year, there will be a shuttle transporting people to and from Briar Chapel. Additionally, people can park in the overflow parking lot located just south of Briar Chapel Parkway next to the white house. There will be signage and police officers helping to direct traffic.
We are excited to announce that at 501 Pharmacy we will be able to administer the new shingles vaccine, Shingrix, very soon. Keep reading to learn more and to sign up for our waiting list.
Shingles (herpes zoster) is a painful infection of an individual nerve and the skin surface that is supplied by the nerve. It is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus. Only those who have had chickenpox can have shingles.
A shingles episode usually lasts two to four weeks and the symptoms vary from person to person. Most people will experience a painful rash or blister on one side of the face or body. Other symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, muscle pain, chills, upset stomach, and fatigue.
The shingles vaccination is the only way to protect against shingles. Two doses of Shingrix is more than 90% effective and protection stays above 85% effective for at least four years after you get vaccinated according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC recommends that healthy adults 50 years and older get two doses of Shingrix, separated by two to six months, to prevent shingles. You should get the vaccine even if you have had shingles before or if you cannot remember if you had chickenpox. There is no maximum age for getting the vaccine.
You should not get the vaccine if you currently have shingles or are pregnant or breastfeeding. Women should not become pregnant until at least four weeks after getting the vaccine. You should not get the vaccine if you are allergic to any component of the vaccine. You may get vaccinated if you have a cold or a type of acute illness, however, if your illness is more severe, you should wait until you are feeling better.
For more information on Shingrix visit CDC.gov.
Ready to get the vaccine? Fill out our form below to be added to our waiting list. We will contact you when the vaccine is available.