State House Day 1999

RECENT EVENTS
3rd Annual Community Health Center Day at the State House
The Great Hall, Massachusetts State House, Boston
May 13, 1999

   Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
   Boston

CHC of Franklin County
Montague

Over 300 attendees joined in this year’s Community Health Center Day at the State House. The event attracted the largest number of state representatives and senators in the three years since the event was first launched. The all-day event focused on an exhibit fair highlighting the wide range of programs and services Massachusetts health centers provide to vulnerable populations.
State Representative Jarrett T. Barrios (D-Cambridge) speaks with Jim Hunt during the CHC event.	Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Dorchester
The League encouraged members to meet with their state senators on the day of the event. In addition, the League ran a membership seminar on how to conduct effective grassroots advocacy for health centers.
Mattapan Community Health Center Mattapan	North End Community Health Center North End
Family Health Center of Worcester Worcester Worcester	Jim Hunt, executive director of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, welcomes all the participants to the State House for CHC Day.
State Representative Robert F. Fennell (D-Lynn) talks with Lynn Community Health Center staff.	Great Brook Valley Health Center Worcester
HealthFirst Family Care Center Fall River	South Boston Community Health Center South Boston
Lynn Community Health Center Lynn	Building on the event’s past success, plans currently are underway to expand the agenda for next year. Initial ideas include organizing education sessions for members that run throughout the day, and developing formal group presentations for legislators and their policy staff on the key role health centers play in expanding access to primary care for vulnerable populations across the state.
1999 Community Service Award: Patricia McDermott, Chief of Staff to Representative Kevin Fitzgerald, was awarded in recognition of her many years of public service and legislative work on behalf of vulnerable populations, particularly children.	1999 Public Service Award: Senator Henri Rauschenbach was awarded for his deep and longstanding commitment to the community health centers of Massachusetts and the patients they serve. (accepted by: Paul Niedzwiecki, Chief of Staff)
North Shore Community Health Center Peabody, Salem	MGH-Community Health Centers Boston, Charlestown, Revere, Chelsea
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Brockton	South Cove Community Health Center Boston
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