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 four 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 four neighborhood-serving nonprofits at below market rents. Many other groups use our conference room and meeting space.
Brigham Circle Farmers Market Opening May 11th!
Roxbury Crossing Farmers Market Open Now:
Tuesday and Friday.
Get Moving
with the Mission Hill Health Movement
Feet First, Mission Hill!
May to October 2023, join a walk group and start getting healthier. Routes vary but all levels of walking ability are accommodated, from the newbie to the high speed competitor.
Every Friday
Departs 10 am from 1534 Tremont Street
with the Mission Hill Health Movement
Feet First, Mission Hill!
May to October 2023, join a walk group and start getting healthier. Routes vary but all levels of walking ability are accommodated, from the newbie to the high speed competitor.
Every Friday
Departs 10 am from 1534 Tremont Street
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.
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 Public Health to study potential impact of air quality to some "sensitive receptors" on Mission Hill. The work is currently ongoing.
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.
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 Public Health to study potential impact of air quality to some "sensitive receptors" on Mission Hill. The work is currently ongoing.
