what's happening at dimock?
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Newsletter: November 2015
What's Happening at Dimock?
A Note from Our President & CEO:Greetings Dimock Family!
With the holiday season upon us, we fill this month's newsletter with a variety of informationon how Dimock continues to make an impact in our communities, as well as ways yoursupport can make a tremendous impact on the lives of the individuals and families we serveeveryday.
We are particularly excited about our Annual Holiday Gift Drive that will provide approximately1,000 children we serve with gifts during the holidays. We encourage you to help in thismission by donating a new, unwrapped gift to put a smile on the faces of children in theDimock community.
I am also proud of all of the volunteer efforts thathappen here on The Dimock Center campus andwould like to continue to highlight those here. Asyou know, this work cannot be done alone andyour continued support is deeply valued.
As always, please feel free to email me [email protected]. Happy Thanksgiving!
Warmest regards, Myechia MinterJordanPresident & CEO
Where is Dimock? Are you curious about some of the thingswe're doing out in the community? Thissection will give you a glimpse of howDimock is making an impact off campus. Read More.
Volunteer Spotlight: Making a DifferenceVolunteers are key in making our organizationthrive. We are grateful to the many friendswho have given their time to help theindividuals, families and children we serve.Read More.
Join Our Campaign to Fight AddictionDouble your gift today with help from TheCladdagh Fund. Dropkick Murphys front manKen Casey will match all funds raisedthrough December 2016 up to $100,000.Learn More.
See How You can Give Back The holiday season can be especiallychallenging for our patients and clients.Learn how you can help make this season alittle brighter for those in the Dimock family.Learn More.
MA League of Community Health Center's Panelists.
George MacNaught, Senior Vice President ofTJX Companies, Inc., and daughters read toDimock Head Start children.
Dimock in Our CommunitiesWith the opioid addiction crisis prominent in the news,Dimock continues to be a leading voice in the discussion.On a recent segment of Basic Black on WGBH, Dr. Jordanweighed in on an interesting discussion about communitiesof color and addiction amidst the current opioid crisis.Listen now.
Dr. Holly Oh, Chief Medical Officer at The Dimock Center,recently sat on a panel for The Institute of HealthcareImprovement to discuss End of Life Care and MedicalReimbursement. Dr. Oh shared the challenges of integrating endoflife care conversations intothe workflow of a neighborhoodhealth center. Listen now.
Earlier this week, Dr. Oh alsoparticipated in a panel for theMassachusetts League ofCommunity Health Center's 50thAnniversary Celebration discussingworkforce development both as anorganizational strategy to buildinternal capacity, and as a meansfor increasing educational andeconomic benefits to communities.
Dr. Jordan is a panelist at an upcoming substance abuse forum led by Suffolk County SheriffSteven W. Tompkins. The discussion, "A Conversation About Substance Abuse & Mental HealthCare In The Commonwealth," will be moderated by Sheriff Tompkins on Tuesday, December 8,2015 at Roxbury Community College. Other panelists include, Governor Charlie Baker; MarylouSudders, Secretary of the Executive Office of Health & Human Services; Peter Koutoujian, Sheriffof Middlesex County; Joseph Feaster, Jr., Esq. Of Counsel at McKenzie & Associates, P.C.; andJack Kelly, Founder & CEO of iRecover.
Volunteers at DimockWe are extremely grateful to all of those who choose to lend their time to The Dimock Center andthose we serve.
We recently welcomed Senior Vice President of TJXCompanies, Inc., and Dimock Community FoundationBoard member George MacNaught and his daughtersto Dimock to read to a classroom of children in ourHead Start program. The kids were very excited tosee new faces. Thank you so much for your time; itreally makes a difference!
A group of managers from The Sheraton Boston Hotel(home of this year's Steppin' Out) came to Dimockthis month to help with various projects aroundcampus. Fall raking is just what our campus needsbefore the snow hits! Thank you so much for yourservice.Click here to see other groups who have visited us throughout the year for a Service Day. If you or
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your company is interested in giving time to TheDimock Center as part of a Service Day, pleasecontact Kevin Hudson at [email protected].
Ways to Give Back During the Holiday SeasonThe Dimock Center's Annual Holiday Gift Drive is underway and we are looking for new andunwrapped gifts for the children in our programs!
This year, our goal is tosupport 1,000 children.Please help us make thisholiday season amazingby donating a new andunwrapped gift. Books inboth English and Spanishare encouraged, as well a nonviolent age appropriate toys from infant to 13+ years old. Gifts canbe dropped off at The Dimock Center at 55 Dimock Street in Roxbury until Friday, December 16,2015. Click here for more information on how you can help.
Also, be on the lookout for ourGiving Tuesday campaign onDecember 1, 2015! GivingTuesday is a global daydedicated to giving back. OnTuesday, December 1, 2015,charities, families, businesses,community centers, and studentsaround the world will cometogether for one commonpurpose: to celebrate generosityand to give.
Thank you for choosing to support The Dimock Center this year.
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