Lawrence, MA - Ten nonprofits in Greater Lawrence have joined forces to create The Lawrence Mentoring Consortium (LMC), a collaboration to increase and improve youth mentoring services in the Lawrence community. The Consortium is being launched in January, the beginning of National Mentoring Month. Together, the 10 organizations that form the Consortium support over 1,000 youth and adult mentor matches.

Going forward, The Consortium will serve as an information clearing house for all mentoring activities in Lawrence. "Each mentoring program in the city caters to a specific age group and has specific goals and objectives" said Leah Feroce, Big Friends Little Friends Program Coor ... (Read More)

There are rich resources–decades of research and scholarly articles–documenting health disparities in America and the importance of social determinants of health. But how can we make sure that these findings are well-understood by policy makers?

One objective of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America was to engage public and private sector decision makers. The challenge was how to "translate" the wide-ranging, highly-specific and technical information about social determinants and health disparities into language that would resonate with a diverse group of leaders. ... (Read More)

The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Annual Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to overcome the root causes of health, social and economic inequalities. The award highlights the power and potential of community-campus partnerships as a strategy for social justice. The 2010 award will be announced and recognized during a ceremony at CCPH's next conference, May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.

Partnerships nominate themselves and need not be members of CCPH. Partnerships that have applied in the past but did not receive the award or honora ... (Read More)

Due to overwhelming demand and unanticipated delays in delivery we are forced to POSTPONE all scheduled SEASONAL flu clinics until further notice. The latest report for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health informs us we can expect the remainder of our annual allotment "...by the end of November". Upon receipt of the remainder of our allocation we will reschedule all postponed clinics.

If you feel that you need the flu shot and cannot wait for rescheduled dates I am aware of the following area sites with limited availability:

Thursday October 22 from 10-2 at Stop-n-Shop in N. Andover (Rt.114) – walk in

Conlin's Pharmacy 30 Lawrence St Methuen, MA 01844-4499 ... (Read More)