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On Monday, January 20th, Lowell CHC Director of Health Promotion & Education Mercy Anampiu was presented with Middlesex Community College Foundation’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Living the Dream Award. The Award is given to an individual who performs exemplary deeds of service in the City of Lowell; helps individuals and community through extraordinary acts; promotes peace, unity and diversity; and, makes efforts to combat long term, persistent problems that impact the community.
“Community health centers like LCHC are driven by community empowerment, engagement and meeting community needs in the face of changing circumstances in health care delivery, insurance, state and national policy and other forces at play, said CEO Susan West Levine. ‘At our core, for the last 50 years, we have made sure that this health center has been here to address the specific and unique needs of our community, regardless and in response to all of those forces,’ West Levine said….”
“Asthma can be exacerbated by numerous household triggers, from dust to pests like mice and cockroaches, according to University of Massachusetts Economics Research Professor Dave Turcotte. With a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Turcotte and his team will study how triggers associated with gas stoves can be mitigated for low-income seniors. Through Turcotte’s Healthy Homes Project, UMass Lowell researchers have worked with Lowell Community Health Center to help low-income children and seniors control their asthma.”
Lowell Community Health Center (Lowell CHC) CEO Susan West Levine was honored last week by the Commonwealth Institute (TCI) and the Boston Globe Magzine for leading one of the Commonwealth’s most noteworthy women-led businesses. This is the first time that Lowell CHC has been included on this list.
“The Greater Lowell Health Alliance revealed the findings of its latest Community Health Needs Assessment, emphasizing five key priorities: mental health, substance addiction, alcohol abuse, cancer and nutrition. To address these areas and more, the organization issued 12 grants totaling $185,000 to local health, housing and education organizations – including a $25k grant for Lowell CHC’s Community Health Education Center (CHEC).”
Are you ready to shake up your holiday season? Now in its 5th year, the Winter Mixer is an event for the young, and the young at heart! Attended by more than 100 people each December, the evening is organized by our Developing Leaders Council – a group of committed young professionals learning about nonprofit board service and serving as Health Center ambassadors in the community. Tickets on sale now for the special early bird price of $25!
You might recall reading about our Strong Women, Strong Families program, an innovative way Lowell CHC is addressing substance abuse disorder in new and expectant moms, with support from Women Working Wonders, a fund of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. Now, we’re thrilled to announce the program has received an extra boost, thanks to a Targeted Grant from Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation.
“”RECOGNIZE! CONFIDE! PREVENT SUICIDE!” That was the mission statement of this year’s Dance 4 Peace event at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Friday. The 24th event, hosted by the Lowell Community Health Center’s Teen BLOCK program, showcased local youth not only dancing but also singing and reading national statistics on suicide. Dance 4 Peace focuses on violence prevention with a different theme tying into that every year, with this year’s theme being suicide prevention.”
Thank you to the Women Working Wonders Fund/Greater Lowell Community Foundation for supporting our Strong Women, Strong Families program! This important initiative provides health care services, parenting and peer support to pregnant and new moms battling substance use disorder to hep them transition to recovery and strengthen families.
