In order to expand food insecurity efforts after the holiday season NEW Health has begun stocking shelf stable ready to eat foods for patients in need. For the duration of the pandemic NEW Health has provided thousands of dollars in grocery store gift cards to food insecure families. Now, to ensure that patients have healthy […]
As we end 2020 and approach a new year, I would like to review some of the outstanding and exceptional work that was done at NEW Health. Despite the challenges of 2020, I am extremely proud of our resiliency and the way our staff has risen to the occasion while continuing to deliver care and […]
Smoking, Vaping, and Marijuana Use Drug Talk with Lorraine Fitzgerald: NEW Health Charlestown Recovery Coach
Recovery Month can be defined as a national observance held every September to celebrate how individuals with both mental health and substance use issues can live healthy, meaningful and rewarding lives. This month has a dual purpose to educate communities and the public about addiction and mental health so that we can understand the tremendous […]
Gardening Tutorials In May of 2017, NEW Health began a rooftop garden at our 15 Tufts Street location. Students from the Harvard-Kent School and the Charlestown ABCD Head Start Program visit throughout the summer to learn about gardening, help grow the crops, and sample some of the fresh produce. Produce from the garden is then […]
North End Waterfront (NEW) Health donated another round of grocery store gift certificates to the Eliot and Harvard-Kent schools in May 2020. The money for these donations was generated through NEW Health’s food insecurity program, Over the Bridge. Among other funds raised, NEW Health received an $800 donation from North End Athletic Association (NEAA) for […]
North End Waterfront (NEW) Health opened a pop-up COVID-19 testing site at the Villa Michelangelo senior housing facility in the North End of Boston on May 28, 2020. The population of the Villa Michelangelo is 62 and above making them a high-risk population for COVID-19 infection. The testing site came to fruition after multiple residents […]
With the lowest amount of COVID testing of any Boston neighborhood, the Charlestown community has been mostly neglected during this pandemic. However, that is about to change with the opening of a new testing site operated by NEW Health Charlestown. Located at 15 Tufts Street, the site has walk-up or drive-thru capabilities and is available […]
The Boston Resiliency Fund recently awarded NEW Health Charlestown, located at 15 Tufts St, a $60,000 grant. The grant will help NEW Health Charlestown open their COVID-19 testing site located right behind the health center. As a recipient of federal funds and part of the nation’s network of 1,600 community health centers in 15,000 communities […]
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mass General Hospital has been at the center of Boston’s unified fight against this new strain of coronavirus. The hospital has steadfastly turned its resources towards the issues at hand. Just to scratch the surface, front line health care workers have been seeing an increasing number of patients […]
