Announcements

The North Shore District Dental Society, a component of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS), today awarded $60,000 to the Lynn Community Health Center to improve the oral health of area residents.  The funds were raised through individual donations by members of the North Shore District and will be used to help expand the dental assistant externship program at Lynn Community Health Center.  This program supports dental clinic staff in becoming Certified Dental Assistants

“This is an opportunity for dentists of the North Shore to support the education of the...

Governor Deval Patrick and Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rachel Kapreilian held a press conference at LCHC to announce the first grants from the new Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund.  This is a state fund created as part of Chapter 224 mandating increased quality and reduced costs in healthcare.  A collaboration between LCHC, Union Hospital, and SEIU1199 is one of 51 grantees that will develop projects to help train staff to meet the requirements of this act.  Our project will be to develop a training to help front line...

LCHC Pediatrics Department is starting a Parenting Seminar Series on the last Wednesday of each month. The first one will be next Wednesday March 26 on “Understanding the Special Education Process.” Call Erin O’Donnell for more information at 781-691-7096 or visit the Parenting Seminar Webpage.

LCHC staff became volunteer artists to complete a new jungle-themed mural in the Pediatrics Department.  Check out photos here!

Lynn Community Health Center is proud to be a part of the city-wide Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance.  The goal of this collaborative is to promote healthy eating and active living by changing the environment in which we live, work, and play.  Below is the March issue of “Healthy Happenings.”  

Healthy Corner Stores:  Please support Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance’s Healthy Market/ Corner Store project. There are two healthy markets/ corners stores in Lynn...

Save the date for May 8, 2014 for our Annual Women for LCHC Recognition Breakfast!  

Lynn Community Health Center is committed to promoting the health and well-being of women and girls through a comprehensive array of services that address their needs at all stages of life from birth, through childhood and adolescence,...

Students perform better when they show up for class healthy and ready to learn. School-based health centers (SBHCs) ensure that kindergarteners through high schoolers can get a flu shot, have an annual physical, have their teeth examined and their eyes checked, or speak to a mental health counselor in a safe, nurturing place – without the barriers that families too often face.

February is National School Based Health Center Awareness Month.  LCHC has nine School Based Health...

Lynn Community Health Center is proud to be a part of the city-wide Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance.  The goal of this collaborative is to promote healthy eating and active living by changing the environment in which we live, work, and play.  Below is the February issue of “Healthy Happenings.”  

Healthy Corner Store: Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance is proud to announce that Richdale Convenience Store, 458 Chatham Street...

Join us at the Community Brotherhood of Lynn for an evening with Michael Curry, President of Boston NAACP.  “Willing and Unwilling Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement:  Where do we go from Here?” will be on February 11, 2014, 6:00-8:00.  More info.

Lynn Community Health Center is proud to be a part of the city-wide Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance.  The goal of this collaborative is to promote healthy eating and active living by changing the environment in which we live, work, and play.  Below is the December issue of “Healthy Happenings.”  

Did you make a resolution for the New Year? 

Some popular resolutions include:

Losing weight: Keeping a food journal and create a...