Codman Square Health Center - Codman Square Health Center

FANtastic Kids Spring Session is starting!

FANtastic Kids is a FREE 12-week after school fitness and nutrition program that combines fun, interactive nutrition games,healthy snacks, and gym and pool activities for children ages *8-12, who struggle with eating healthy and staying active.
*Participants must be overweight and must be referred by their primary care doctor.
March 9-June 3. 2010
Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Lee School/Perkins Community Center
155 Talbot Ave, Dorchester MA, 02124
Space is limited. Register Today!
For more information, please contact Michelle Rue at 617-822-8369/617-740-2388 or michelle.rue@dotwell.org
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Dot Dads’: A Nurturing Father’s Program
Begins March 24th-June 16th
Dorchester House- Room TBD
Dinner & Childcare provided
FREE
Contact Paul Hill 617.740.2269 or John O’Neil 617.474.1143 x251
“It makes you look at life different. If you are a father, uncle or brother to any young child. It helps in all your relationships”
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Ever wondered where healthy food comes from? If fun exercises exist? How to lose weight? If other girls feel like you? Then Step Up may be the program for you! Step Up To A Healthier You is a 12-week wellness program for teen girls, ages 13-18, who are overweight and would like to lose weight. The program objectives are to promote self-empowerment, healthy eating, fun physical activity such as dance and yoga, and an overall interest in lifelong wellness. The program starts March 23rd. For more details or to signup, contact Mary at 617-288-3230 ext. 2636, or email mary.lynch@dorchesterhouse.org. To see a flyer, click here.
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Tuesday, February 16th was the first day to register with the Hopeline to work for the Boston Youth Fund during the summer of 2010! All applicants must be residents of Boston and be between the ages of 15 and 17 years old. You must turn 15 on or before July 5, 2010 and cannot turn 18 on or before August 13, 2010.
Call 617-635-HOPE (4673) on Feb 16, 17, 18 & 19 from 10am-2pm.
Or, you can register online 24 hours a day from Feb 16 at 10am until Mar 15 at 11:59pm. www.bostonyouthzone.com/teenzone/employment/byf
Registering with the HOPELINE does NOT guarantee a summer job. Please call the Boston Youth Fund with any questions, 617-635-4202. Visit the website to view a list of CBO sites that offered HOPELINE jobs last summer.
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Codman Square Health Center held special clinics for survivors of the Haiti earthquake on February 13 and February 27, and will hold two more on March 13th and March 27th from 10am-2pm. Clinics include health, legal, and social service resources. Please check out (and distribute) the following flyers in English and Haitian Creole.
In color
In black and white
Also take a look at our resource list, compiled by our own Social Capital Inc Dorchester Team.
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In response to the harrowing impact and long-term effects of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, community health centers from around the state are working to provide support to their Haitian patients and staff members, and to look for ways to assist state and federal efforts in bringing medical care and other relief to the people of Haiti. The League has created a Haiti Disaster Resources webpage to provide updates on disaster relief efforts as well as ways in which to support humanitarian organizations working on the ground in Haiti.
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Codman Academy is currently accepting applications for the open enrollment lottery for entrance to the 9th grade in September, 2010. If you know anyone who would be interested in being part of the lottery for admission, please contact Codman Academy (contact info below), or just drop by the school right on the health center campus!

*Deadline for completed applications is March 8th.
*Lottery held on March 10th at 10 am.
*Optional Information Session at the school: Tues, Feb 9th, 6 pm

Application available online
Codman Academy Charter Public School
637 Washington St
Dorchester, MA 02124
617-287-0700
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We have H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccine available! Walk in to Urgent Care any time we are open. Call 617-825-9660 for more information. Specific availability is below.

H1N1:
H1N1 vaccine for 36 months and older
H1N1 mist for those between 2 years and 49 years

Seasonal Flu:
Injectable and mist, availability for all ages.
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The Haitian flag continues to be lowered to half mast in front of Codman Square Health Center and Codman Academy Charter Public School as a sign of respect and comfort to our Haitian community members here and in Haiti. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

So far, we have presented Partners in Health with checks totaling more than $5000 raised from our community. Thank you! Codman Square Health Center and Codman Academy will continue to work together and focus our support on Partners in Health. Already they are leveraging 120 doctors and 500 nurses in emergency ‘hospital field sites’.You may also donate online at www.pih.org.
Please continue to participate in the Online Blog: http://www.codmanhealth.wordpress.com
General information about the earthquake and US relief efforts: www.whitehouse.gov

Come to a support group at Codman Square Health Center:
Would you like to talk about:
·    how the earthquake in Haiti is affecting you?
·    family and friends in Haiti?
·    How to cope with the news?
·    What is normal at times like these?
·    How to take care of yourself?
Wednesdays at 2pm
The sessions will last 1 hour. You will need to pre-register by calling 617-822-8142 and leaving your name, phone number, and date of birth.
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The DotWell partner health centers (Codman Square Health Center and Dorchester House Multi-Service Center) offer free income tax preparation to hard-working low income families in our community through the Boston EITC Coalition free tax prep program. Over the past 8 years, our sites have assisted thousands of Dorchester families to keep their FULL tax refund where it belongs…in their pockets! (Last year we returned over $4 million!)

This year, more than ever, area families with simple tax returns need your help. Please consider joining our team of tax volunteers and contributing 4 hours a week Now - April at one of our neighborhood tax sites.

We provide IRS training and certification for free, and your efforts insure that hundreds of thousands of dollars stay in the pockets of the families that need them most. Our public walk-in tax sites are open Monday and Wednesday evenings 4pm - 8pm and Saturdays 9-12 and 10-2. Other related volunteer opportunities are also available. In these challenging times — when we’d all like to do more to help those most impacted by this lingering recession — a gift of your time becomes cash in hand to a Dorchester family!

Thank you, and please contact Shauntell Foster for more information: shauntell.foster@dotwell.org 617.822.8120

Or go directly to bostontaxhelp.org and click on the Volunteer link. Select Codman Square or Dorchester House as your volunteer location!
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