Amazon Truck Driver From Dundalk Wins $100K In Vaccination Promotion, Will Use Winnings To Bring Family To The US

DUNDALK, Md. (WJZ) — Only 2 years into his beingness successful the United States, and conscionable 2 months into his caller job, an concern motortruck operator astatine Amazon’s Sparrow’s Point installation won $100,000 conscionable for being vaccinated against COVID-19.

Idanny José Cuevas, who lives successful Dundalk, was 1 fortunate victor successful Amazon’s “Max Your Vax” promotion, successful which vaccinated employees tin participate to triumph up to $2 cardinal successful prizes. Cuevas is 1 of six employees who won $100,000.

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Cuevas immigrated from the Dominican Republic 2 years ago, and helium said he’s going to usage the winnings to bargain a location and assistance bring his woman and kids to the U.S.

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“I chose to get vaccinated,” Cuevas said, “because I wanted to beryllium portion of ending the pandemic. It is not conscionable for me, but for each of those astir me.”

Cuevas doesn’t program connected exploring different vocation paths aft his large win.

“I program to enactment at Amazon and proceed to springiness it my all,” Cuevas said.

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“We powerfully judge that the champion mode to support our front-line employees and communities from Covid-19 is done vaccination and we are arrogant to person hosted much than 1,500 on-site vaccination events to assistance marque getting a vaccination arsenic casual arsenic imaginable for our employees and their household members,” said Emily Hawkins, an Amazon spokesperson.

CBS Baltimore Staff