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Art Placement: 2011Cambridge Health Alliance - Somerville HospitalSomerville Hospital Primary Care is a local clinic that historically has provided health care to the underserved in the community. Their patient base includes a number of multi generation families as well as immigrants from Brazil, Haiti, and numerous Spanish-speaking countries from South America. This program is a new “

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Art Placement: 2011Somali Development CenterThe Somali Development Center (SDC) serves Somalis and other African communities in Boston. SDC facilitates their clients’ access to basic resources and information, as well as providing them with skill and language training necessary to be self-sufficient such as literacy training, legal assistance, youth programs, and job search assistance. Staff

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Art Placement: 2011Alliance HouseThe Northeastern Family Institute’s (NFI) Alliance House is a residential program for male youth between the ages of 13 and 18. Alliance House is located in Stoneham and provides living space and an in-house school for residents for 3-8 months who have been referred by the Department of Youth Services. The program provides counseling, life skills coaching, and

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Art Placements: 2001, 2011Travelers Aid Family ServicesTravelers Aid Family Services provides a variety of professional social services to a diverse group of families and individuals in transition including people who are traveling, people who are homeless, people living a transient lifestyle, and those who are isolated and disconnected from other means of support. Travelers Aid provides

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Art Placement: 2010Boston Public Health CommissionHomeless Services through BPHC has a mission to improve the quality of life of homeless individuals in Boston by providing emergency rehabilitation services. Project SOAR is a transitional housing program on Long Island in the Boston Harbour Islands, that offers a safe and supportive alternative for a vulnerable population as they work towards

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Art Placement: 2010Bay Cove Human Services, Inc.Andrew House’s mission is to provide comprehensive medical detoxification for adults with a substance addiction. They seek to improve access to the treatment continuum, strive to improve the quality of care, and are committed to provide services in a safe environment by staff who respect the dignity and diversity of all patients being served.

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Art Placements: 2011Kit Clark Senior ServicesKit Clark Senior Services has helped older adults in Greater Boston live with dignity and independence in the community since 1974. Located in Dorchester and serving a very diverse population, this center supports older adults and often serves as their home away from home. About 100 seniors visit the center every day for a meal, to socialize, for

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Art Placement: 2011Elder Service Plan at WinthropThe Elder Service Plan at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center operates a day center in Winthrop that serves the needs of 130 participants. The Elder Service Plan in Winthrop is home to 26 residents, 55 years of age and older, who need transitional care after a hospitalization and also to those with dementia who require specialized care.

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Art Placements: 2009, 2010Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Assoc.Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) was established in 1977 to provide legal representation in civil matters to low income residents of Boston through the pro bono services of private attorneys and paralegals. The panel handles a broad range of substantive cases including housing, family, consumer, public benefits, and wills and

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Art Placements: 2010Roxbury YouthworksRoxbury Youthworks is a community-based nonprofit organization with a mission to create healthy families and strong communities; to inspire young men and women to recognize and develop their strengths; and to prepare them to lead independent and self-sufficient lives. The program at Savin Hill works with youth affiliated with the Department of Youth Services,

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Art Placements: 2009, 2010University of Massachusetts, BostonUMASS Boston is an urban, public, student-centered research university with a mission to provide affordable, accessible, quality education to a diverse and underserved student body. The mission of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences is to improve the health-related quality of life of diverse urban populations through the

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Art Placements: 2010REACH Beyond Domestic ViolenceREACH is committed to advancing the safety, healing, and empowerment of those who experience domestic or relationship violence, through direct services and education while promoting social justice for individuals and families of all backgrounds. They strive to provide services to help their clients feel at ease, through both residential (shelter)

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Art Placements: 2010Nonprofit Finance FundNonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a nonprofit organization providing financial, investment, and advisory services to small and medium nonprofit agencies throughout New England. Many of its collaborative programs are with arts organizations, and often the programs involve the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Clients from local nonprofits and members of the

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Art Placements: 2010Harbour House Family Center"Harbour House Family Center assists families though the crisis of homelessness and provides services that promote a successful transition toward self sufficiency while respecting their dignity. Harbour House is an environment where families are nurtured, children can play and learn. Because they have families from many different cultures, it is

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Art Placements: 2009The Neville Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation"The Neville Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is a health care facility in Cambridge that provides a broad range of services to address many levels of care in a comfortable and friendly environment. They work with patients who require short term rehab, long-term skilled nursing care, part-hospitalization care, etc to help

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Art Placements: 2009, 2010Massasoit Community CollegeMassasoit Community College, located in Brockton, MA, is dedicated to the educational and civic improvement of their students. They pride themselves in their historic mission of accepting all who desire to learn, and are dedicated to creating a challenging and supportive environment where the members of their community can attain their

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Art Placements: 2008, 2010 The Covenant House Covenant House has provided quality, affordable housing to the elderly for the past twenty five years. Their vision is to enable the elderly to have productive and enriching experiences throughout all of their years. It is a multi-cultural family with Russian, Chinese, English, and Spanish speaking groups. Due to the language barriers, they

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Art Placements: 2007 and 2011 United Residents in Academy Homes II United Residents in Academy Homes (URIAH) is a development community for low-income residents located in Roxbury. Just five years ago, URIAH struggled with problems of gang crime and violence but today--with beautiful new townhouses replacing the old development--the community is working to improve the standard of living

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Art Placements: 2009 2010 Cambridge Health Alliance - Whidden Hospital Whidden Hospital is a part of the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an integrated health system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north communities. The donated artwork will decorate the hospital’s recently opened outpatient cardiac and pulmonary areas, providing both patients and doctors with an

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Art Placements: 2010 Shattuck Hospital Lemuel Shattuck Hospital delivers compassionate medical and psychiatric care to patients requiring multi-disciplinary treatment and support which promotes their health, well-being, rehabilitation and recovery. This art placement, displayed for all on the hospital campus to enjoy, will help lift staff and patient morale while also adding some much

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Art Placement: 2010Community Legal Services and Counseling CenterCommunity Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC) is an organization that provides free civil legal assistance and affordable psychological counseling for people with low incomes. Many of CLSACC's clients have experienced violence or trauma and come seeking assistance with related depression and emotional distress. The donated

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Art Placements: 2010Spectrum Health Systems, Inc.Spectrum Health Systems is a nonprofit substance abuse and mental health treatment provider caring for over 20,000 individuals annually. Their Women’s and Children’s Center in Westborough is designed to serve pregnant and post-partum women experiencing problems with alcohol and other drugs. Children up to the age of five may live with their mothers

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Art Placements: 2009, 2010About Hope HouseHope House is an 80-bed non-profit residential treatment program for male alcoholics and substance abusers in need of help and willing to commit to recovery. Their mission is to provide effective treatment for alcoholism and substance abuse in safe, secure, community based living. Clients learn skills necessary to live a substance free life, obtain

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Art Placements: 2010Cambridge Health Alliance - Assembly SquareCambridge Health Alliance in Assembly Square boasts an outpatient Physical Therapy clinic serving a largely underrepresented, multicultural population, wide a wide variety of disabilities, injuries, and psychosocial obstacles. They strive to provide a positive and motivating environment for their clientele and provide services to

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Art Placements: 2002, 2010Center for Family ConnectionsThe goal of the Center for Family Connections is to serve individuals and families touched by adoption, foster care, kinship, guardianship, as well as other complex blended family constructions, and to serve the people and proffessionals with whom they are connected, by offering training, education, consultation, advocacy, and clinical

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Art Placements: 2010Victory Programs - New VictoriesVictory Programs promotes the successful reintegration of individuals into their communities though the achievement of long-term sobriety, the rebuilding of family systems, and the accessing of such stabilizing factors as housing, holistic health care, employment and community affiliations. New Victories in Dorchester provides 8 months of

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Art Placements: 2010The Community Family, Inc.The Community Family’s mission is to provide high quality adult day health services that keep adults in their homes as long as possible. One of TCF’s institutional goals is to provide their services in modern, dignified, home-like centers. Donated art will hang in TCF’s newest site in Everett to help clients feel more comfortable and safe during their

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Art Placements: 2010Boston Ronald McDonald HouseBoston Ronald McDonald House provides a home away from home for families and children age 0-21 being treated for cancer. Donated art will hang in their entry, living room, teen area, and hallways to provide comfort to their guests by improving the facility. While on face value the artwork will create a welcoming environment for guests, more than the

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Art Placements: 2010The Institute for Health & Recovery - YARD ProjectThe Young Adult Recovery Destination (YARD) Project is a collaboration of the Institute for Health and Recovery, the Gavin Foundation, and the Massachusetts Organization for Addiction and Recovery to serve young adults (18-24) in recovery from substance abuse. This project, located in South Boston, offers a variety of services

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Art Placements: 2009YWCA Malden Center for Women & FamiliesYWCA Malden is a multi-service agency for women and their families with services including housing for low-income single women, affordable after school childcare, teen leadership through civic engagement, and workforce placement for parenting teens. Donated art will be displayed throughout the main building (entry, daycare area, teen

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Art Placements: 2001, 2003, 2010Boston Community CapitalBoston Community Capital (BCC) finances and invests in building healthy communities where low-income people live and work by providing financial assistance and advice to nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and individuals. They recently opened a new office to assist clients in foreclosure and advise community members about affordable

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Art Placements: 2007, 2008, 2010St. Francis HouseSt. Francis House was established in 1984 in a response to a lack of day time support and services to Boston’s poor and homeless population. As the largest day shelter in New England, they provide their guests with a safe, warm, and inviting environment. Donated art will hang in the atrium, housing resource center, counseling waiting area, Next

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Art Placements: 2008, 2009Lowell Community Health CenterLowell Community Health Center provides primary care and behavioral health services to residents of the Greater Lowell area, targeting individuals who are medically underserved, uninsured, and low income. Poverty, cultural factors and language issues limit access to quality health care for many members of the Greater Lowell community,

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Art Placements: 2009, 2010Asian American Civic AssociationThe Asian American Civic Association (AACA) was originally established to meet the social and cultural needs of first and second generation Chinese immigrants, but has now evolved into Boston’s premier workforce development, adult basic education, and comprehensive social service center to help economically disadvantaged and limited

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Art Placements: 2008, 2009Visiting Nurse Association Hospice CareVNA Hospice Care has a mission to provide care, comfort, and compassion to patients and families facing the challenges of life-limiting illness. Care is coordinated among a team of clinicians and support takes many forms: medical, physical, emotional, and practical. Donated art will hang in the agency’s reception area, hallways, and

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Art Placements: 2009Toward Independent Living & Learning (TILL), Inc.Toward Independent Living and Learning’s mission is to develop and operate innovative services for individuals of all ages and abilities which maximize their potential for personal growth and independent living. TILL’s day habilitation center in Billerica serves over 40 individuals and helps them be as productive as possible by

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Art Placements: 2009Elder Services Plan of North ShoreElders visit the Elder Services of North Shore's PACE sites regularly for their health care and for social engagement. We are striving to make these areas more visually appealing, even comforting. Donated art will make a large difference for the staff, clients and their caregivers. For some of our clients it could be the only access to this

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Art Placements: 2009Phil C. Bradley Housing PartnershipPhil C. Bradley Housing Partnership provides affordable housing to low income families in Roxbury. Their community room was recently redone but left with bare walls. Donated art will hang in the entry, community room, computer lab, and social work office to improve residents’ access to art and culture in their community. It is their hope that

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Art Placements: 2009Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human RightsBoston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center strives to create a healing environment where refugees and torture survivors can connect, feel safe, and renew their lives. Traumatic life events impact an individual’s physical and emotional health as well as their sense of identity and place. The major

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Art Placements: 2009Adolescent Consultation ServicesAdolescent Consultation Services (ACS) mission is to provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services to court-involved youth and their families. Often, the low-income, high-risk children referred to ACS have been unable to obtain needed services elsewhere. Most youth come from multi-problem families with histories of unattended medical

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Art Placements: 2004, 2009The Dimock CenterThe Dimock Center is an important community institution serving Boston’s inner city neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, and Roslindale. They have a mission committed to enhancing the quality of life of each individual they serve. This art placement is specific to the OB/GYN department that provides family planning needs and pre

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Art Placements: 2008, 2009Youville House Assisted LivingYouville House’s mission and objective is to affirm life to the fullest to the very end of life. Their residents are elderly and often are alone at this stage in life. By offering a high staff to resident ratio, Youville House allows for quality individual time, promotes a caring community, and encourages residents to reach out to one

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Art Placements: 2009Boston Public Health Commission (Opioid Treatment Program)The Boston Public Health Commission’s Opioid Treatment Program provides free medication assisted substance abuse services to primarily poor, uninsured, homeless, pregnant women, and medically compromised individuals. Clients attend the clinic on a daily basis in the beginning of treatment. Two years ago, they opened a

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Art Placements: 2009Career SourceCareer Source is a comprehensive career center with access to a variety of resources to connect job seekers with employers. Each year the center serves nearly 7500 customers on all levels of education and experience. Through interest and skill assessments, workshops, individual counseling, training resources and recruitment events, Career Source assists job

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Art Placements: 2008Victory ProgramsVictory Housing on Warren Street, which opened after renovations in spring of 2008, is 2 beautiful three-story early 20th century walk-up homes. It will permanently house 14 adults who had been chronically homeless and Victory Housing is very excited for the donated art that will reinforce the feeling that our clients are truely home by providing a space that

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Art Placements: 2007Victory Programs: Joelyn's Family Home Art gives people a place to start communicating, a common experience or jumping off point for a stronger relationship. In a program like Joelyn's Family Home, art can help family members express their feelings and better utilize expressive language. The donated art will help shape ideas, define social attitudes and repair stereotypes.

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Art Placements: 2008, 2009 Winter Valley Residences Winter Valley Residences is a nonprofit, elderly housing organization whose mission is to meet the needs of seniors by providing housing and services, with sensitivity and care, as a means of assuring their well being and preserving their dignity. There are communal buildings with apartments for assisted and independent living seniors

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Art Placements: 2009Brockton Neighborhood Health CenterRecently, BNHC undertook a desperately needed building project. In November 2007, BNHC moved into a newly constructed health center in downtown Brockton. The new 58,000 square foot health center doubled BHNC’s space. Their expectations on volume and community need were far exceeded as BNHC experienced a 39% growth rate for the first quarter

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Art Placements: 2009Newton Housing AuthorityNewton Housing Authority provides housing to the elderly, disabled, and families and victims of domestic violence. They have a series of properties, and donated art will hang in one that includes residents who must be low-income, over the age of 60, or disabled/handicapped. Currently drab and lacking any real art, the development will be enhanced by the

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Art Placements: 2005, 2007, 2009Massachusetts School of Professional PsychologyThe MSPP (Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology) is a nonprofit organization that trains mental health professionals to work in public and nonprofit organizations around the state. In its modest West Roxbury facility, MSPP also runs continuing education programs for nonprofit staff and court personnel and

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Art Placements: 2006, 2009Roxbury Youthworks - Dorchester Cmty. Re-Entry CtrRoxbury Youthworks is a community-based nonprofit organization, who works to create healthy families and build strong communities by inspiring young men and women to recognize and develop their strengths, and to prepare them to lead self-sufficient lives. They combat roots of juvenile delinquency in the inner city

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Art Placements: 2008Springhouse, Inc.Springhouse is a community with three levels of care for seniors: independent living, assisted living, and special care for residents with memory loss. Their building in Jamaica Plain is in process of being renovated and donated artwork will be displayed in the entrance areas, elevator lobbies, hallways, and function rooms to enhance the overall appearance of

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Art Placements: 2009Wayside Youth & Family is committed to serving youth and families in Eastern and Central Massachusetts communities by providing counseling, family support, residential and educational services. Wayside's new Campus serves youth ages 12 to 18 who suffer from significant mental health, substance abuse, and/or behavioral difficulties, often as a result of family abuse, neglect or

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Art Placements: 2008The Work Place is dedicated to fostering economic growth in the City of Boston by providing comprehensive and easily accessible employment and career services to the unemployed. They help individuals find job openings, assess their skill levels and interests, and enter education and training programs. Donated art will hang in the entry, meeting rooms, and hallways to help

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Art Placements: 2005, 2009Third Sector New EnglandThird Sector New England is a nonprofit organization committed to providing information and services to build the knowledge, power, and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations that engage people in community and public life. TSNE owns "The Nonprofit Center," a home to an array of Boston-based nonprofits. Donated art will hang in the community

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MetroWest Legal ServicesMetroWest Legal Services is a private nonprofit dedicated to providing quality civil legal services free of charge to low income, elderly and disabled individuals in 36 towns in the MetroWest area. They recently moved to a new space and your art will help create an atmosphere of serenity, peace, and safety in their new office. The clients they see range from battered women

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Art Placements: 2009Shattuck HospitalThe Lemuel Shattuck Hospital provides acute, sub-acute, and ambulatory care to its diverse patients, as well as an array of mental health, substance abuse, and social services. Located in Jamaica Plain, the hospital has inpatient care for the chronically and severely mentally ill. The services also enable patients that are economically and socially

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Art Placements: 2009City on a Hill Charter Public SchoolCity on a Hill, a public high school in urban Boston, emphasizes academic achievement, citizenship, teacher leadership, and public accountability. They seek to graduate responsible, resourceful, and respectful democratic citizens prepare to advance community, culture, and commerce as they compete in the 21st century. The students in this

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Art Placements: 2007, 2008Boston Rescue MissionBoston Rescue Mission has been caring for people who are poor and homeless in greater Boston since 1899. Each day the Mission serves up to 500 meals and provides shelter for up to 200 men and women. Their programs provide a comprehensive continuum of care for its guests and residents and are designed to accommodate a person in need regardless of

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Art Placements: 2008Toward Independent Living & Learning (TILL), Inc."Toward Independent Living and Learning’s missions is to develop and operate innovative services for individuals of all ages and abilities which maximize their potential for personal growth and independent living. TILL’s day habilitation center in Chelsea serves over 40 individuals and helps them be as productive as possible by

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Art Placements: 2009Cambridge Health Alliance - Whidden HospitalWhidden is a busy community hospital that serves the 200,000 residents of Everett, Revere, Chelsea, Winthrop, and Malden. As the only hospital in this five-city area, Whidden provides many services including 24-hour emergency care, surgery, orthopedic, rehab, specialty care, primary care, and mental health program. Donated art will

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Art Placements: 2008Quincy Medical CenterQuincy Medical Center’s mission is to provide the highest quality health care services in a professional, warm, and compassionate manner for all residents of the community. QMC is a nonprofit community teaching hospital and a safety net hospital that treats all patients regardless of race, religion, or ability to pay. More than 60% of their patients

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Art Placements: 2009Rogerson Communities Adult Day ProgramRogerson Adult Day Center is located in Roslindale and serves disabled adults from Roslindale, West Roxbury, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, and other surrounding communities. Clients attend a daily program of wellness and nursing services, social service assistance, nutrition, exercise, and recreational programs designed to maintain

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Art Placements: 2008Dare Family ServicesDare Family Services specializes is providing intensive foster care to children and teens who have been abused and/or neglected. Many times the children will come into the office while awaiting placement or before meetings, feeling sad, angry or nervous. On a daily basis, foster parents, social workers, and clinical staff are in the office attending

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Art Placements: 2008Malden Senior Community CenterThe new Malden Senior Community Center is a newly developed property providing services to Malden area seniors who previously utilized a center in a windowless basement. Needless to say, the new building is a great improvement and will have the space to make all seniors welcome with social areas, class offerings, community events, etc. The donated

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Art Placements: 2008About Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC)The Boston Public Health Commission’s mission is to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Boston residents, particularly the most vulnerable. They have many programs including central intake, an outpatient clinic for those struggling with substance abuse, a youth program, community health education program,

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Art Placements: 2009About North Shore Community CollegeEstablished in 1965, North Shore Community College is one of the oldest and largest of the fifteen community colleges in Massachusetts. The population served by NSCC represents a mix of urban and suburban, a diversity of ethnic and racial groups, white and blue-collar, middle and low-income groups, as well as growing numbers of recent

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Art Placements: 2009About Weston Council on Aging (COA)The Weston Council on Aging aims to advocate for and help meet the needs that are special to Weston’s senior citizens – for resources, for a sense of community, and for coping during vulnerable times. The COA seeks to enrich the quality of the lives of those sixty and older by offering helpful resources, presenting appropriate programs, and

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Art Placements: 2006, 2007, 2009About East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC)The purpose and mission of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) is to safely and effectively provide easily accessible, personalized, high quality, affordable care that is sensitive to the needs of each individual who lives or works in East Boston, Winthrop, Chelsea, and Revere regardless of ability

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Art Placement: 2009About Transition HouseTransition House works with people recovering from the trauma of domestic abuse and violence --it's intense, complicated, painful and also incredibly hopeful work. They believe that art will reinforce the hope at the heart of our work. And especially at this moment in the organization's evolution (when they're serving more people with dwindling resources)

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Art Placements: 2006, 2007, 2008About Sherrill HouseSherrill House is a non-profit, skilled nursing home providing high-quality medical, nursing and rehabilitation services on an inpatient basis to men and women without distinction as to race, creed, color or national origin. In its concern for the individual, Sherrill House aims to be as broad and diverse as the needs of those it serves. With

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Art Placement: 2008About City Mission Society of BostonCity Mission Society of Boston is an urban social justice agency serving over 3,000 people each year. Established in 1816, it is the oldest multiservice agency in New England, addressing the education, economic, and social needs of low and moderate income individuals and families in Boston. Their mission is to unite communities and transform

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What is The Art Connection?The Art Connection is a nonprofit organization that seeks to enrich under-served communities by expanding public access to original works of art. Our art donation and placement program is like a "museum without borders" as it places the work of donor artists on the walls of community service organizations.Since its inception in 1995, this unique gifting program has

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