Health & Environment
The Cardiovascular Wellness Service
The Cardiovascular Wellness Serviceis pleased to announce a new community initiative, Heart Happenings. This program is a year-long series of free educational sessions and cardiovascular disease screenings, created to increase awareness of heart disease and improve the heart health of the community.Please Join us For Our Upcoming Session. May 18, 2011 – 5:30 [...]
Combining Forces in PHEN’s Ongoing Fight Against Prostate Cancer
Combining Forces in PHEN’s Ongoing Fight Against Prostate CancerThe Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA) and its member organizations will join with PHEN in the Father’s Day Rally Against Prostate Cancer. In churches across the country, LUGPA members will stand with prostate cancer survivors and their families on Father’s Day in efforts to raise awareness and [...]
New Diabetes Program
The Huntington Avenue YMCA is initiating a health and wellness program for individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. If you have been diagnosed with this condition or are at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes, we encourage you to take advantage of this program. It is free for non-members as well as members! 12-Week Program Begins [...]
YMCA Achievers Program and Building Update
YMCA Achievers Welcome! The YMCA Achievers program is dedicated to helping all urban youth reach their fullest potential. Many of Boston’s youth graduate high school and are left to navigate the college process by themselves. From College Path to the Summer Institute, we provide educational enrichment opportunities to prepare for college & career. We are [...]
PHEN Webcast
Dr. Julia Hayes to Speak on Active Surveillance Active surveillance has emerged as an alternative to initial treatment for men with “low risk prostate cancer.” Dr. Hayes will present findings that provide information to help men and their physicians negotiate the difficult decision on whether to treat prostate cancer or select active surveillance. She will accept questions [...]
Career Exploration Panel in Health Career Industry
Career Exploration Panel in Health Career Industry Tuesday, February 1, 2011 from 11:30a.m. – 1:00p.m. Roxbury Community College Room 3-121 Dear Colleagues: You are cordially invited to attend Tuesday, February 1, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. a special presentation: a Career Exploration Panel in Health Career Industry at Roxbury Community College. Special Presentations [...]
At 4:30 pm on Friday, January 7, Fuel Assistance Funding Not Released by HHS.
Fuel Assistance Clients, Providers Out of Patience HHS promised to release the allocations by January7, 2010 - and that’s what we’ve been telling clients. But it didn’t happen! We have never seen the situation confronting fuel clients as desperate as this. They read in the papers – back in mid-December – that Congress has passed fuel assistance [...]
Whole Foods Hosts “Wish-List” Food Drive
Whole Foods Hosts “Wish-List” Food Drive Asks Residents Be Part of the Solution to Hunger in their Neighborhood City Councilor Mike Ross to Join Activities at 10:30 a.m. WHAT: Action for Boston Community Development and Whole Foods Market collaborate to collect food for those in need in Boston’s West End. ABCD staff and volunteers will distribute [...]
Action for Boston Community Development Fuel Assistance Infomation/Alert
Due to a reduction in the federal Fuel Assistance funding for 2010-2011, benefits are drastically lower than previous years. We urge you to prepare now for ways you may be able to stay warm in the event additional funds to increase benefits will not be available. The following information may help protect you in a [...]
Annie Leonard in her Boston appearance!
Community conversations on the great issues that shape our neighborhood and our planet. Please join us next Friday for a special presentation– Special Guest: Annie Leonard, The Story of Stuff and our Garbage Dilemma. (www.storyofstuff.org) When: Friday October 22 at 7:00 PM Where:First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, in the [...]