Medical organizations, groups and individuals working to improve public mental and physical health and promote healthy practices.
Autism Housing Pathways (AHP) is a family-driven, membership-based organization serving individuals and families in Massachusetts impacted by autism and other developmental disabilities. Our mission is to enable Massachusetts residents with developmental disabilities and their families to find or create sustainable, supported, self-directed housing that meets their needs and contributes to their quality of life.
The Friends of Winchester Hospital is an auxiliary group that for more than 60 years has given time and financial support to improve the lives of patients and their families in our community. Two of the group’s most unique projects are the Holiday Rose distribution, where the Friends hand-deliver a rose to every hospital patient on Christmas Eve, and the Read to Me Program, which since 1997 has given tens of thousands of storybooks to new parents to share with their newborns, as a way to emphasize the importance of reading to children.
Sustainable Winchester is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a sustainable future for our community. We aim to inspire Winchester residents to actively participate in sustainability. Our focus areas include renewable energy, waste management, construction and building use, transportation, land use, water and air resources, biodiversity and sustainable landscaping.
We are a grassroots, non-profit 501(c)(3) group formed in 2014 to build a Winchester community aquatic center as a public-private partnership on Town land, with a privately-funded capital campaign and self-sustaining operations.
Responsible for the formulation and enforcement of rules and regulations affecting the environment and public health.
A comprehensive community-based organization housed within the Health Department that works collaboratively with town residents, departments and agencies to reduce substance abuse, particularly in the youth community, and to foster safe choices and healthy living through education.
A municipal agency that provides support services to older adults and their families and caregivers.
The Winchester Farmers Market Community Hub explores the different aspects of community building and the ways that bring people together. With the Winchester Farmers Market as the starting point various programs are developed that contribute to a more resilient vibrant community.
Winchester Hospital is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in northwest suburban Boston. The hospital is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a new health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,000 physicians and 35,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.