The Mirror Lake Inn is seen on the shore of Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, March 2020. (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo)

LAKE PLACID — In more ways than one, the Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa wants to give employees a shot in the arm, and is ready to make it happen. On July 12, eight lucky winners will take home over $13,000 in cash or hotel prizes just by getting vaccinated for the coronavirus.

“While vaccination is not mandatory for employment at the Mirror Lake Inn, we feel it is most beneficial in fighting COVID-19. And it’s free for everyone,” said resort owner Ed Weibrecht. “Most of our staff members have already gotten their shots. We’d like to see everyone fall under that category and decided to incentivize the process.”

Vaccinated employees will be entered to win after providing proof of vaccination, and Weibrecht’s accounting managers are at the ready. By random drawing, the luckiest among the staff will win the grand prize of $5,000 while two consolation cash prize winners will walk away with $2,500 each.

After the top three are picked, additional prizes will include a complimentary two-night stay in one of the resort’s luxurious Colonial House Suites, dinner for two in the property’s restaurant The View, lunch or dinner for two at its Cottage Cafe, two salt therapy sessions for two people in the inn’s spa, and a monogrammed Mirror Lake Inn Spa robe.

Mirror Lake Inn owners, managers and supervisors are not eligible to win.

“To say we are encouraging vaccinations is an understatement,” said Weibrecht. “This is the best way to defeat this virus once and for all, and it’s the easiest and fastest way we will reach herd immunity.”