Programs- Look to this page for Current and continuing programs and events.
MHHM addresses the types of health issues that significantly impact not only our community but neighborhoods across the city and throughout the nation: access to health care, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, air quality (and related health problems), mental health and depression. Other issues have been, and will be, addressed as they are identified as important to our membership and our community.
All program committees are open to any member of the community who would like to join us!
MHHM also supports the work of other small non-profit organizations by providing affordable rental space. Since 2004, MHHM has owned a building at 1534 Tremont Street, directly across from the Mission Church. The building now houses three neighborhood-serving nonprofits at below market rents. Many other groups use our conference room and meeting space.
All program committees are open to any member of the community who would like to join us!
MHHM also supports the work of other small non-profit organizations by providing affordable rental space. Since 2004, MHHM has owned a building at 1534 Tremont Street, directly across from the Mission Church. The building now houses three neighborhood-serving nonprofits at below market rents. Many other groups use our conference room and meeting space.
Winter Market
Roxbury Crossing Farmers Market Open:
Tuesdays. and Fridays.
Weather Premitting
Use your EBT Card at the Farmers Market to get Free Food Every Month
As a Massachusetts resident, if you receive SNAP also known as EBT or Food Stamps, you are eligible for $40 worth of free food at many Massachusetts Farmers Markets including both the Mission Hill Farmers Market (Brigham Circle) and the Roxbury Crossing Farmers Market under the Massachusett'sHealthy Incentive Program (HIP). Find more information here.
Get Moving
with the Mission Hill Health Movement
Feet First, Mission Hill!
Walking Group Starts March 2026.
The MHHM is recruiting a walk leader for 2026. Please contact it.
Mindful Movement for Seniors
Saturdays 10-11 am at the Parker Hill Library
1497 Tremont St.
Saturday yoga classes for adults aged 55 and older. Participants should wear clothes that they can move in comfortably.
Yoga mats and props will be provided.
All experience levels are welcomed..
In partnership with the Friends of the Parker Hill Branch of the Boston Public Library and funded by the New England Baptist HospitalI
with the Mission Hill Health Movement
Feet First, Mission Hill!
Walking Group Starts March 2026.
The MHHM is recruiting a walk leader for 2026. Please contact it.
Mindful Movement for Seniors
Saturdays 10-11 am at the Parker Hill Library
1497 Tremont St.
Saturday yoga classes for adults aged 55 and older. Participants should wear clothes that they can move in comfortably.
Yoga mats and props will be provided.
All experience levels are welcomed..
In partnership with the Friends of the Parker Hill Branch of the Boston Public Library and funded by the New England Baptist HospitalI
Heart Healthy Mission Hill
After discovering so many Mission Hill Seniors were measuring their blood pressure incorrectly at home during the COVID 19 Pandemic, the Mission Hill Mission Hill Health Movement started Heart Healthy Mission Hill. In addition to teaching Seniors how to use their blood pressure cuffs, MHHM is working with MCPHS University Student Clubs and other neighborhood residents to hold a series of blood pressure screening events and educational programs in Senior Buildings on Mission Hill.
Age Strong, Mission Hill!
How can Mission Hill Seniors enjoy their lives on the Hill?
Mission Hill Seniors developed a list if issues they wanted to discuss and explore as they Age Strong. MHHM holds regular events to help Seniors remain in their homes and on the Hill.
Mission Hill: Sound or Noise?
The MHHM works with Dr. Erica Walker of the BU School of Public Health to better understand sounds and noise on Mission Hill. As part of a two year project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and directed by Dr. Walker at the Community Noise Lab at BU School of Public Health, Dr. Walker and the MHHM will measure noise through continuous noise monitoring studies designed under scientific guidelines. In particular, the MHHM and Dr. Walker will look at noise caused by transportation and emergency vehicles in the neighborhood and construction and HVAC noise.
Our collaboration began at the MHHM annual meeting in November 2018 when Dr. Walker shared with the community the basics of sound and noise. She demonstrated how to use her NoiseScore App which allows regular people to measure and map sound decibels. During spring 2018, the MHHM led two Sound Walks of Mission Hill, so people could listen to sounds, measure them and discuss what was heard.
The MHHM plans to introduce customers of the Farmers Markets to the NoiseScore App to allow more people to measure and map news in the community. The latest version of the NoiseScore App is available at the iPhone App Store and the Google Play Store.
Air Quality / Asthma
The MHHM remains concerned about the health impact of poor air quality on Mission Hill, caused by the traffic congestion in the neighborhood.
In a collaboration between the MHHM and the Harvard School of Public Health, during the summer of 2007, six high school students participated in an air-quality survey. On a typical day, they went out on two two-hour shifts carrying instruments that measure different aspects of the air. For one of the hours in a shift, they walked a pre-designated route. For the other hour, they counted cars and logged traffic flow. There was also fixed site equipment that monitored the air around the Mission Hill Health Movement office at 1534 Tremont Street, and two automatic traffic counters that counted traffic in front of 1534 Tremont Street and on Huntington Avenue. Posters showing the results of this study can be seen at the MHHM office.In 2007, the MHHM did a study of traffic influence on neighborhood air quality which was published in 2009: The Influence of Traffic on Air Quality in an Urban Neighborhood: A Community–University Partnership | AJPH | Vol. 99 Issue S3
Other Projects
In the spring of 2012, at the request of a group of tenants, MHHM partnered with a class at the BU School of Public Health to begin to assess indoor air issues in Mission Hill. Graduate students interviewed residents of the Mission Main housing development and developed recommendations for how to improve indoor air quality. Many of these suggestions were implemented.
Again in the Spring of 2017, MHHM partnered with a class at BU School of Public Health to study potential impact of air quality to some "sensitive receptors" on Mission Hill.
Next Steps
MHHM is looking for opportunities to follow up on these studies. In particular, with the increase in residential housing adjacent to the commuter rail line, the MHHM wants to study the impact of air quality on new residents.
In a collaboration between the MHHM and the Harvard School of Public Health, during the summer of 2007, six high school students participated in an air-quality survey. On a typical day, they went out on two two-hour shifts carrying instruments that measure different aspects of the air. For one of the hours in a shift, they walked a pre-designated route. For the other hour, they counted cars and logged traffic flow. There was also fixed site equipment that monitored the air around the Mission Hill Health Movement office at 1534 Tremont Street, and two automatic traffic counters that counted traffic in front of 1534 Tremont Street and on Huntington Avenue. Posters showing the results of this study can be seen at the MHHM office.In 2007, the MHHM did a study of traffic influence on neighborhood air quality which was published in 2009: The Influence of Traffic on Air Quality in an Urban Neighborhood: A Community–University Partnership | AJPH | Vol. 99 Issue S3
Other Projects
In the spring of 2012, at the request of a group of tenants, MHHM partnered with a class at the BU School of Public Health to begin to assess indoor air issues in Mission Hill. Graduate students interviewed residents of the Mission Main housing development and developed recommendations for how to improve indoor air quality. Many of these suggestions were implemented.
Again in the Spring of 2017, MHHM partnered with a class at BU School of Public Health to study potential impact of air quality to some "sensitive receptors" on Mission Hill.
Next Steps
MHHM is looking for opportunities to follow up on these studies. In particular, with the increase in residential housing adjacent to the commuter rail line, the MHHM wants to study the impact of air quality on new residents.
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