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Save the date! The 25th annual Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2022
Codman Square Health Center is excited to celebrate Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health in person once again! We can’t wait to gather under the gala tent with some of our favorite restaurants, celebrity chefs, and local personalities.
Join us at 637 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Tickets and Registration
Ticket information coming soon!
Tickets and Registration
Guests are welcome to participate in different ways:
GENERAL ATTENDANCE TICKET
Purchase a ticket to the in-person event. Capacity will be limited under the gala tent, so act fast.
DONATION ONLY
Make a donation. If you want to support Codman through the Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health event but can’t attend, feel free to make a donation of your choice.
Our 25th Anniversary Event will Feature:
Emceed by WCVB’s Mike Wankum and CNN’s John King
Messages from elected officials
Visits from our Celebrity Chefs
Musical performances
Plus, photos of Codman’s Health Care in action and photos from the last 25 years of Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health
Safety and COVID-19 Protocols
COVID-19 safety measures will be in place.
More information to come.
How Your Ticket Purchase or Donation Helps
Since 1996, Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health has been raising vital funds to support women’s health programming at Codman Square Health Center. So much has changed since we launched back then, but we are proud to say that some things have stayed the same. We still have the same strong commitment to innovative and comprehensive women’s health, we still hold the event under the gala tent in front of the Health Center (except, of course, during the height of COVID-19), and Above and Beyond Catering remains our loyal (and delicious) caterer. We are Boston’s longest running on-site fundraising event and we are live and in-person in 2022!
During 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 brought so many challenges and changes to health care. Those years, we raised funds to continue to serve our community through the pandemic. This year, we have returned to our original mission of supporting women’s health programming here at Codman.
In 2021, Codman Square Health Center administered the following women’s health services:
- 425 OB/Gyn visits
- 1,508 Certified Nurse-Midwife visits
- 4,566 cervical cancer screenings
- 1,689 mammograms
- Codman also offers nutrition and behavioral health care integrated into our Maternal and Child Health department.
- We offer Centering Pregnancy groups, which studies show provide healthier babies and moms, enable pregnant mothers to spend more time with medical providers, and offer support and friendship during an important time in a woman’s and baby’s life.
- Codman’s Food Pantry provides meals for local residents, many of whom are women including single moms and families.
- We offer diabetes self-management education for one women; 16% of Black women in Boston have diabetes compared to 5% of White women; diabetes hospitalization is 4 times higher for Black females and 39% higher for Latina females compared with White females; compared with White residents, the diabetes mortality rate is 92% higher for Black residents
- Codman physicians can “prescribe” free gym membership for women at HealthWorks Community Fitness, a female-only gym located in a Codman-owned building at 450 Washington Street
- Codman offers family planning services including birth control options such as oral contraception, contraceptive implants, contraceptive injections, contraceptive patches, IUDs, and surgical options.
- Codman’s Communicable Disease Prevention Program offers testing and treatment of common sexually transmitted infections (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV), as well as HPV, the primary cause for cervical cancer.
- Codman also offers WIC, lactation services, and assistance with acquiring resources such as housing, food, education, and transportation.
Your Dollars in Action
$50
Buys 100 meals for families served by the Codman Square Food Pantry, many of whom are women, including single moms and families
$100
Covers diabetes self-management education for one woman; 16% of Black women in Boston have diabetes compared to 5% of White women; diabetes hospitalization is 4 times higher for Black females and 39% higher for Latina females compared with White females
$300
Covers routine screening mammogram; inequities in utilization of mammography contribute to Black women being more likely to die from breast cancer than White women
$500
Covers diagnostic mammograms using x-ray imaging, recommended for women found with a known lump or suspected cancer during routine screenings
$750
Enables Codman physicians to “prescribe” free gym membership for 25 women at HealthWorks Community Fitness, a female-only gym
$1,000
Covers the full three-dose administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the primary cause of cervical cancer
Your donation will enable us to continue this work!
Food and Drink
… and many more to be announced!
Food and Drink
Honorary Co-Chairs
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Congresswoman Katherine Clark
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Governor Charlie Baker and Mrs. Lauren Baker
Attorney General Maura Healey
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu
Host Committee
Andrea C. Baez
Senior Branch Executive,
YMCA of Metro North
Candice D. Gartley
Executive Director,
All Dorchester Sports & Leadership
Donna Latson Gittens
Founder and CEO,
MORE Advertising
Sheree Holmes
Gail Latimore
Executive Director,
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
Maureen Mucci
Michelle Nadow
President and CEO,
DotHouse Health
Marilyn Stout
Ardis Vaughan
Principal, Shawmut Environmental
Codman Square Health Center Board Member
Ro Dooley Webster
Director of Programming & Communications,
WCVB Channel 5
Celebrity Chefs
John Alvarez
Global Partners, LP
Councilor Frank Baker
Boston City Councilor, District 3
Louie Bello
Country R&B Artist
Thabiti Brown
Head of School, Codman Academy Charter Public School
Philip J. Carver
Director of Community and City Relations, UMass Boston
Jim Casetta
President & CEO, WORK, Inc.
Jack Connelly, Esq., CPP
President, Longwood Security
Michael Curry, Esq.
President & CEO,
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
William B. Evans
Chief of Police, Boston College
(Former Commissioner, Boston Police Department)
Council President Ed Flynn
Boston City Council President,
City Councilor, District 2
Rep. Russell E. Holmes
Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixth Suffolk District
Jim Hooley
Chief, Boston EMS
William F. Kennedy
Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
John King
CNN
John Linehan
President and CEO,
Zoo New England/Stone Zoo/Franklin Park Zoo
José F. Massó
Chief of Human Services, City of Boston
Stan A. McLaren
President, Carney Hospital
Howard Purcell
President and CEO,
New England College of Optometry
Quincey Roberts
Executive Director,
City of Boston’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement
Bill Walczak
Founder and former CEO,
Codman Square Health Center
Mike Wankum
WCVB
Bobby White
RF White Association
Sponsors
Media Sponsor
Executive Chef
Gregory 1100 Development, LLC
Andrea Hadaya & Louis Hadaya, Managing Agents
Sommelier
Christine Shortsleeve Ament, MD
and Dave Ament
Sous Chef
Chef de Partie
Saucier
Ardis Vaughan
Codman Square Health Center Board President
Pastry Chef
Jan Haylett, Esq.
and John Jones, Esq.
Bill Walczak
and Meg Campbell
Founder, Codman Square Health Center
Bobby White
RF White Association
Friend
Julia Charley
Codman Square Health Center Board Member
Council President Ed Flynn
Boston City Council President,
City Councilor, District 2
William F. Kennedy
Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Sponsors
Sandra Cotterell
CEO, Codman Square Health Center
Philip “Chip” and Christina Severin
Genae A. Johnson and James Collins, Jr.
Eliott Rousseau
