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At Lynn Community Health Center, we provide comprehensive health care to everyone in our community, over 40,000 patients per year in Greater Lynn. From prenatal care through school-aged youth, from young adults and parents to Senior Care, our 650 staff (150 of whom are board-certified/eligible clinicians) work together with compassion, dedication, and excellence. To us, health is more than a scheduled well-visit with your PCP, it’s fully integrated Primary and Behavioral Health care with access to many support resources with culturally competent and well-trained staff, many of whom are from or live within our Lynn communities.

Your support enables our staff to fulfill this mission every day, to everyone, in every stage or season of living.

Medical Respite Care: Safe to Heal

Thank you to those who joined us at Medical Respite Care: Safe to Heal!

Your support can make a huge difference in our community. Read about the event!  The evening featured our medical respite care program, the Deborah Smith Walsh Recuperative Care Center (RCC).

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Seeking more information?

Contact Clare Hayes, Director of Development, at chayes@lchcnet.org or by calling 781-596-2502 x2778.

LCHC is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
LCHC’s Taxpayer Identification Number: 04-2525066.

Your continued support enables us to fulfill our mission.

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Celebrating 50 + 1 Years of Lynn Community Health Center

Since 1971, Lynn Community Health Center has been providing excellent health care to the city of Lynn. Our mission is to provide Comprehensive Health Care of the Highest Quality for everyone in the Greater Lynn community regardless of ability to pay.

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Treating Trauma, Treating Pain: SUD Programs at LCHC 

Learn about the Moms Do Care and Substance Use Disorder programs at LCHC! We are so excited to feature our exceptional program staff during the question-and-answer portion of this webinar. 

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Closing the Loop: Healthcare that Happens in School 

Learn about LCHC’s many School Based Health Center in Lynn, where, in 2022, we’re proudly celebrating 30 years of partnership with the Lynn Public Schools. 

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LCHC Mobile Market 5 Year Celebration: What Mobile Market Means to Me

Over the course of the last five years, the Mobile Market has served an average of 1,109 individuals per month, equaling 420,283 meals distributed.

Other Ways of Giving

Annual Fund
When you give to the Annual Fund you are putting your gift where it is needed most. Your gifts enhance patient care and services which include patient education and support services; childhood literacy promotion through our Reach Out and Read program; “Centering Pregnancy” groups for women in our maternal services program; support groups for survivors of domestic violence; cooking and nutrition classes; and equipment and technical support.

Tribute Gifts
Make a gift in honor of a friend or loved one to celebrate a birthday, anniversary or special occasion. We will notify the honoree of your thoughtful gesture.

Memorial Gifts
Make a gift in memory of a deceased friend or loved one. When making your memorial donation, please inform us of the name of the deceased and next of kin to be notified of your gift.

Matching Gifts
Many companies will match employee and retiree contributions to healthcare. Check with your employer. Your employer’s human resources department can provide you with a form to initiate the matching gift. Send the form with your gift to us and we will process the corporate match on your behalf.

Bequests
Leave a lasting legacy that benefits Lynn Community Health Center’s many programs and services by remembering us in your will. Bequests may be in the form of real estate, property or cash.

Appreciated Securities
Gifts of publicly traded stocks enjoy special tax benefits. Contact the Development Office to learn more about how to donate publicly traded stocks or download instructions for transferring securities to our General Fund or our Capital Fund.

Real Property
Real estate and property may be given as an outright gift or by bequest.

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How to make a gift:

Online: Make a secure online donation through Network for Good.
By Phone: Call Clare Hayes, Director of Development, at 781-596-2502 x2778
By Mail – Attn:
Development, Lynn Community Health Center
PO Box 526
Lynn, MA 01903

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“To be truly alive is to work for the common good”

—Sister Corita Kent

Deborah Smith Walsh was an avid and early supporter of the Lynn Community Health Center. A Lynn native, Debbie joined the Health Center’s Board of Directors in 1977 and served for several terms, including as Board President. Upon leaving the LCHC Board, she continued to serve as needed on key committees, continuing to lend her knowledge and support. In 2004, after a long career in public service as a School Committee member and City Councilor in Lynn, Debbie joined the staff of the Health Center as our Community Liaison and continued working until just a few weeks before her death in March 2020. 

Debbie loved her job and her coworkers—she was someone who got to know everyone in the building, from the CEO to the custodial staff. She lived the mission of the Health Center and was a skilled ambassador to the Lynn community. Known as a go-to person for getting things done, she was especially proud of her work to expand the school-based health centers in Lynn’s public schools and negotiating with the city to secure the land on which to build the new building. She was involved in almost every project that happened at LCHC during her time here. Whether it was Zumba in Central Square and a volleyball game at the Lynn Museum to celebrate National Health Center Week; the Women’s Breakfast; Employee Appreciation cookouts; walking club with coworkers; health fairs; or Baby’s First Christmas, just to name a few, Debbie was there, helping. She truly embraced and understood the “community” part of our name.

Another Health Center project that that was close to Debbie’s heart was the Recuperative Care Center. She worked for many years to see it evolve from an idea into a reality. Debbie dedicated her life in public service and public health to representing the people who need and find care at places like the Recuperative Care Center. In honor of Debbie’s memory and her dedication to this project, it is our privilege to name this program the Deborah Smith Walsh Recuperative Care Center. 

Deborah Smith Walsh

November 2022

I have been working with pregnant women for 25 years. I work primarily with the Hispanic community. Most of these women come from Central America; especially to be more exact, they come from Guatemala. Telling the story of one of them does not seem fair to me, because they all have a story of suffering, poverty and resilience to tell the world.  

First of all, in order for them to come to this country, they have to leave their children in the care of someone in their family in order to build a better future for them. Other women decide to flee their country due to domestic violence or sexual abuse at a very young age. Everyone has to find a way to get here, they have to borrow money to pay the person who brings them here; and many times they are sexually abused on the way here.  

When they arrive, they have to get a job so they can pay off their debt, send money to their children, and stay here. Despite the language barrier and all the inconveniences they encounter, they get by because they are resilient. They cry for a while, they complain for a while, but then they dry their tears and go out to find support for their families.  

A few years ago I met an extraordinary woman. She came here very young, got married, had her children and decided to earn a better future for them. Although she did not know how to read or write, she decided to get her driver’s license because for her it was essential, so she would take her children to school and could go to work. She told me that she went more than 10 times to take the exam on the computer and pay each time she took it. One day she came to the office with a big smile to tell me that she finally had her driver’s license. This woman did not mind being illiterate, she decided to go after her driver’s license until she got it. Like her, there are many resilient women who come to our health center.  

As I said at the beginning, it’s not fair to tell a single story, when everyone has a story to tell. A story

 of hard work, sacrifice and pain, but also a story of resilience and joy. LCHC is a place where we try to help all these women as best as possible. I feel very proud to be able to work in this institution. Every December we bring a little joy to these mothers and their children with my baby’s first Christmas. On behalf of all these mothers and their children, I thank you for all the help and happiness you bring to them.  

Maria Merced, OB / CM, CLC, CHW
OB Team Case Manager

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