Mission Hill Health Movement Accomplishments 2019

Improve Health by Increasing the Availability and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

• Successful Farmers Markets at Roxbury Crossing and Brigham Circle (June-November)
• Served free summer lunches & snacks to 35 children and teens daily at Roxbury Farmers Markets
• Received $62,000 grant from the City of Boston for construction of Gore St Community Garden (June)
• Distributed 200 tomato plants free to residents to encourage growing our own food (May)
• Support Bodega Makeover Community Outreach Event in Roxbury (July)

Support Mission Hill Residents in Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness

• Held successful 9th Annual Health and Wellness Fair on September 21
• Feet First Walking Groups walked 3-5 miles every Thursday and Saturday Morning, with over 80 participants (Spring-Fall)
• Holding Line Dance Class, the 2nd Saturday of the month at Tobin Community Center with grant from the Mission Hill-Fenway Neighborhood Trust
• Supported Boston Self Help Center Power Wheelchair Soccer

Create a Resilient and Healthy Mission Hill Environment and Community

• Kicked off Noise Monitoring Project on Mission Hill with The Community Noise Lab at Boston University funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Organized Senior Homeowners and Tenants in Private Housing to identify and begin to address aging in community concerns
• Supported Senior Activities including Mission Hill Senior Prom
• Oriented 1st year Residents of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1st year MPH Students from Harvard Chan and 1st year Harvard Medical and Dental Students to Mission Hill Community and our Health Concerns
• Participated in Halloween on the Hill: handed out Local MA Apples; and decorated a record 45 Pumpkins with children and parents
• Participated in Outreach Activities at Whittier Street Health Center (Dec) and Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (May)

 

• Additional Accomplishments

• Participated in the Boston Community Health Needs Assessment/Community Health Implementation Plan process including recruiting residents to Mission Hill meeting.
• Distributed approx. $3,000 worth of Toys, Books and other items donated by Shriners Hospital to Mission Hill and Boston area children youth and Families Participated in Ten-Taxpayer Group organized by CCHERS to address hospital impact on communities
• Worked with Wentworth Students on restoration of deck at rear of 1534 Tremont St (August)
• Wrote Report reviewing 7 years of BWH Mission Hill Community Activities Reports, 2010-2018 (Spring 2019)

 
 
 Thank you to our Supporters and Collaborators

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Shriners Hospital for Burns
New England Baptist Hospital
Mass Eye and Ear Institute
Whittier St Health Center
Harvard T.F. Chan School of Public Health
Northeastern University
Wentworth Institute of Technology,            Thank you,  Sandy Pascal!
Boston University
Community Noise Lab at Boston University
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Mission Hill Main Streets
MacArthur Farms
Gary’s Too Farmstand
BCYF Tobin Community Center
Mission Hill Legacy Project
InFocus Camera Club
Mission Hill Artists Collective
Partners in Mentoring/Family Intervention Team
Roxbury Tenants of Harvard
Kristen Mobilia
Laura Serapigilia, MCPHS
Lifted
Bodega Makeover
Maynard Clark
Roderick Kersey
The Food Project
Joshua Wolfsun
Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust
City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development
All of US Health Study
 Lily’s Pasta
Mike’s Donuts
COGDesign & Jennifer Kimball
Laura Feddersen
Daniel Janowiec, WIT
Michael Ateek, Computers
Harvard University Day of Service
Boston Public Library, Parker Hill Branch
Friends of the Parker Hill Library
State Senator Sonia Chang Diaz
Representative Nika Elugardo
City Councilor-elect Kenzie Bok