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From YouTube: 25th Anniversary of the Wellness Center at Rosie's Place
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Mayor Walsh joined the Wellness Center at Rosie's Place, located in Roxbury, to celebrate their 25th anniversary of providing free health and wellness care to women. Rosie's Place performs an average of 4,600 visits to poor and homeless women each year with the help of Regis College, Health Care Without Walls, and Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program.
A
Boston
city,
councilor,
Michael,
Flaherty,
state
representative,
Johnson
Diago,
and
we
also
welcome
members
of
our
board
of
directors
and
Leadership
Council
and
key
representatives
from
our
three
partner
organizations
in
the
wellness
center
Regis
College
president
Antoinette
Hayes
healthcare
without
walls
founder
and
chief
medical
officer,
dr.
Rose
enemies,.
A
The
story
of
the
Wellness
Center
began
in
1993.
Our
founder
Kip
Tiernan
was
accepting
an
honorary
degree
at
Regis
College,
when
she
was
also
presented
with
an
intriguing
offer
by
Regis
nursing
faculty
member
Mary.
Smaller's
could
Mary's
nursing
students
obtain
valuable
and
relevant
community-based
experience
by
providing
free,
nursing
care
to
the
guests
of
Rosie's
place.
Kip
recognized
the
potential
of
this
mutually
beneficial
relationship
and
the
Wellness
Center
was
born.
A
The
program
started
with
one
Regis
student
and
one
faculty
advisor
finding
any
corner
of
our
busy
dining
room
to
offer
blood
pressure,
pressure,
screenings
and
wellness
related
education
on
a
variety
of
topics:
five
years
later,
healthcare
without
walls
volunteered
their
physician
and
nursing
services
to
the
center,
and
ten
years
after
that,
we
were
joined
by
providers
from
Boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless.
Today,
25
years
after
its
doors
first
opened,
the
Wellness
Center
has
grown
into
a
dedicated
space
for
exams,
direct
care
and
consultations,
providing
an
average
of
4,600
appointments
with
guests
each
year.
A
We
are
proud
that
Rosie's
place
is
off
able
to
offer
our
guests
such
quality
wellness
care
five
days
a
week.
Thanks
to
our
partnership.
With
these
three
organizations,
like
all
of
the
services
offered
at
Rosie's
place,
those
in
the
Wellness
Center
are
reliable,
they
are
offered
compassionately
and
they
are
informed
by
a
holistic
approach
that
truly
recognizes
the
unique
needs
of
poor
and
homeless
women.
We
are
deeply
grateful
for
the
contributions
made
by
these
community
partners.
Their
dedication
and
generosity
makes
the
good
work
being
done
every
day
in
the
Wellness
Center
possible.
B
Thank
You
Madam,
President
I
appreciate
that
introduction.
Let
me
let
me
just
say
that
a
few
thank
yous
in
the
room.
Thank
you
to
Regis
College.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
this
partnership.
I
want
to
thank
Rosie's
place
for
doing
amazing
work.
I
want
to
thank
the
guests,
the
roses
place
for
being
so
special
and
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
be
part
of
your
of
your
life.
I
want
to
thank
healthcare
without
walls
and
Boston's
health
care
for
the
homeless,
incredible
organizations
in
the
city
and
in
the
Commonwealth
I
do
some
amazing
things.
B
I
want
to
thank
Michael.
Flaherty
who's
been
doing
this
work
for
a
long
time
as
a
city,
councilor
and
I
know
his
mom
peg.
If
she
was
here
with
us
today,
because
she
understood
the
value
of
making
sure
that
helping
women
and
making
sure
we
have
have
all
the
support
that
they
need.
I
want
to
thank
representative
Santiago,
who
is
done
an
amazing
job
as
a
state
representative
working
on
the
issue
of
homelessness
and
Addiction
and
Mental
Health,
and
all
of
the
things
that
I'm
going
to
be
grabbed
outside
about
how
do
we?
B
How
do
we
continue
to
make
make
improvements
in
people's
lives?
So
thank
you
for
that
to
my
team
that
here,
a
lot
of
folks
I
want
to
give
to
shout
outs.
One
is
to
Lila
Bernstein,
who
is
done.
Every
three
shows
has
done
an
amazing
job
on
homelessness
in
the
City
of
Austin.
She
loved
Dylan,
Jim,
Green
and
some
other
people
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all.
B
Side
of
this
25
years
ago,
it
was
it
was
an
advanced
idea.
It
was
a
progressive
way
of
thinking,
I'm,
truly
helping,
heal
or
support
the
whole
person,
something
that's
really
important.
In
25
years,
this
has
grown
from
a
great
idea
into
a
powerful
force
of
good
serving
over
4,600
people
per
year,
which
is
incredible.
Rosie's
place
helps
make
sure
that
women
not
just
kind
of
get
back
on
their
feet
but
reclaim
their
lives,
and
that,
then,
is
so
important.
B
It's
taking
care
of
the
individual
and
having
something
like
that,
and
that
is
so
key
and
I
think
a
lot
of
people
don't
understand
that
today,
Rosie's
place
I'm
not
going
to
go
too
much
into
a
commercial
for
Rosa's
place,
but
it's
amazing.
It's
an
amazing
place.
I
remember
coming
here
as
a
state
representative
with
my
office.
One
time
we
came
by
and
we
did
do
certain
lunch,
it
wasn't
journal.
Holiday
was
just
the
day
of
the
week
and
we
said
over
here
and
I
remember
playing
over
the
corner.
B
They
were
located
little
girls
over
the
corner,
she's
beautiful
she's,
about
four
years
old
and
in
town
on
the
floor
playing
with
dolls.
It's
not
what
are
we
doing
and
I
realized
to
myself
that
this
poor
little
one
if
she
didn't
have
Rosie's
place,
my
mom
did
never
was
his
place.
Well,
what's
her
future
gonna
hold
and
Rosie's
place
helps
rebuild
lives.
B
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that
on
the
housing
front,
with
the
help
of
a
lot
of
people
and
the
city
of
artisan,
we've
been
able
to
house
800,
chronically
homeless
individuals
over
the
last
three
three
and
a
half
years,
a
thousand
more
veterans
in
the
last
three
and
half
years,
almost
1,900
people
in
the
last
three
and
a
half
years
over
the
past
years,
our
2016-2018
we've
reduced
chronic
homelessness
on
the
streets
of
Boston
by
20%,
and
that's
that's
great.
But
every
day
this
woman
just
said
it
whispered.
B
You
can
see
the
benefit
of
that
and
there's
25
years
of
helping
a
woman
when
they
walk
through
the
front
door
and
they're
broken
to
reestablish
themselves
at
at
some
point
when
they
walk
out
that
door.
They
can
be
very
prideful
with
that
today.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
congratulations
to
Rosie's
place.
A
Thank
you
so
much
mayor,
Walsh,
Regis
College
was
with
us
since
day.
One
and
their
partnership
has
been
the
bedrock
of
the
program's
success.
Our
guests
receive
individualized
attention
from
the
nurses
and
training,
while
Regis
students
are
given
the
opportunity
to
broaden
their
knowledge
by
working
with
the
population
of
women
who
are
often
overlooked.
A
It
is
hard
not
to
know
that
there
are
legions
of
nurses
out
there
today,
whose
training
has
been
informed
by
their
time
at
Rosie's
place
when
we
thank
Mary
smaller's
for
her
vision
and
for
igniting
the
spark
that
inspired
the
Wellness
Center.
We're
also
grateful
to
Laura
gourville
for
her
passion
and
leadership.
Today,
Laurel
has
become
an
integral
part
of
the
Rosie's
placed
community
and
is
sought
out
by
staff
and
guests
alike,
for
her
expertise
and
kind
understanding,
and
also
may
add,
for
her
terrific
sense
of
humor.
A
D
D
D
This
one
faculty
advisor
was
came
here
the
first
day
in
the
corner
of
a
dining
room
at
the
Wellness
Center
and
created
the
wellness
screenings,
doing
blood
pressures
and
foot
care.
I,
remember
her
coming
back
to
the
office
and
talking
about
how
a
warm
pan
of
water
and
talking
to
these
women
and
the
guests
at
Rosie's
place
and
how
much
that
meant
to
the
women
and
how
important
it
was
for
their
wellness.
D
D
D
Our
nursing
students
gain
real
world
experience
here,
while
offering
a
valuable
service
to
a
vulnerable
and
diverse
population,
and
I
can
tell
you,
many
students
would
come
back
to
campus
and
do
continue
to
when
they
come
back
to
campus,
going
out
to
Rosie's
at
first
I'm
giving
to
them
and
when
they
realize
when
they
come
back.
I
received
more
from
the
guests
of
Rosie's
than
I
gave
them.
D
A
Doctor
Rosana
means
of
health
care
without
walls
founded
her
organization,
then
called
women
of
means.
20
years
ago,
for
decades
she
has
been
committed
to
meeting
the
needs
of
underserved
women
in
Boston
and
we
are
proud
to
have
been
one
of
her
very
first
partners.
The
physician
oversight
provided
by
Rosana
and
her
team
is
essential
to
the
operation
of
the
Wellness
Center
special
recognition,
go-to
staffers
Ellen
matei
via
John
Smith's
and
Diana
son,
whose
kindness
and
empathy
and
working
with
our
guests
is
noted
by
all.
A
C
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you
mr.
mayor,
it's
very
nice
to
have
you
here
at
John,
and
it's
important
to
have
you
all
here.
Oh
there
you
are
I
was
looking
for
you
hi
there,
so
I
I
have
to
do
a
shout
out
to
Mary,
because
I
was
Mary,
who
called
me
over
in
1999
to
to
bring
physician
leadership
to
the
program
here,
the
Wellness
Center,
and
we
had
some
really
great
adventures,
some
good
stories,
some
some
good
moments
with
the
women.
C
Our
our
team
has
been
incredibly
dedicated
and
committed
to
taking
care
of
women
and
women
who
had
a
person
to
identify
as
women
for
the
past
20
years,
and
we
feel
incredibly
grateful
and
an
honored
by
Rosie's
place
to
have
this
recognition
today.
I
want
to
tell
you
a
very
quick
story
about
one
of
our
students.
We
have
medical
students
from
all
the
teaching
hospitals
here
in
Austin,
as
well
as
nursing
students
from
from
Regents
and
other
nursing
programs
as
well
and
for
a
while.
C
We
had
a
podiatrist
coming
down
here
and
doing
foot
care,
and
one
day
we
were
doing
foot
care
actually
in
the
locker
room,
and
this
young
man
was
sitting
on
the
bench
and
washing
the
woman's
feet
and
cutting
the
toenails
with
a
podiatrist
leaning
over
at
the
podiatrist,
shoulder
to
see
what
she
was
doing
and
at
the
end
of
the
day.
He
said
this
is
the
most
amazing
experience.
C
I've
ever
had
I've
learned
so
much
about
the
women
and
how
to
take
care
of
the
women
and
how
to
break
down
the
barriers
and
I
said
I'm.
So
glad
that
you
came
here
today
and
have
you
ever
been
at
a
homeless
shelter
before
and
he
looked
up
at
me
and
he
said
nonsense.
My
mother
and
took
my
brother
room
in
my
hand,
and
we
ran
for
our
lives
to
a
shelter
when
I
was
4
years
old.
D
A
Boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless
and
Rosie's
place
have
much
in
common.
We
serve
many
of
the
same
women.
We
are
kindred
in
our
core
values
and
we
share
a
founder.
Kip
Tiernan
was
part
of
the
group
with
current
leader,
Jim
O'connell,
who
established
Boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless
back
in
1985.
It
is
fitting,
then,
that
for
the
past
decade,
they've
been
a
vital
part
of
the
Wellness
Center,
their
pioneering
work
in
the
community
with
homeless
individuals
set
the
standard
for
compassionate
care
and
became
the
model
for
others
seeking
to
serve
the
same
population.
A
E
Okay
wow:
this
is
fabulous
I'm
a
little
taller
here.
So
hopefully
everybody
can
hear
me.
Thank
you
so
much
we
had
health
care.
The
homeless
are
just
so
grateful
to
be
part
of
this
community
part
of
Rosie's
place
and
to
work
alongside
regis
and
healthcare
without
walls.
It's
been
a
tremendous
collaboration
over
the
last
ten
years
and
we
couldn't
be
more
thankful
and
grateful
for
that
so,
and
health
care
of
the
homeless
we've
been
able
to
provide
medical
services,
benefits,
support
and
he's
and
education
services
through
the
use
of
patient
groups.
E
Here
in
the
cafeteria
and
this
year
we
were
able
to
enhance
our
relationship
with
Regis
College
and
Thank
You
Laurel
for
helping
us
through
all
of
that
and
I
honestly
cannot
think
of
a
better
place
for
nurses
and
there's
partitioner
czar
ends
and
there's
partition
errs
to
learn
about
what's
going
on
in
their
own
back
yard.
So
this
is
local
care.
It's
important
to
work
in
a
matter
where
these
awesome
students
go.
They
take
this
learning
with
them.
E
So
if
they
end
up
in
the
ICU-
and
they
end
up
working
for
some
fancy
plastic
surgeon
out
in
Beverly
Hills,
they
will
still
take
this
work
with
them
and
their
patients
will
always
benefit
from
that.
So,
in
the
last
five
to
ten
years,
we
all
know
that
this
neighborhood
has
seen
a
shift
in
milieu
and
they
it
can't
go
without
mention
that
we
in
the
Wellness
Center
all
of
us
have
had
to
shift
to
address
the
needs
of
those
who
are
suffering
from
acute
substance
use
disorder,
while.
E
The
balance
and
the
holistic
care
that
this
Wellness
Center
is
so
known
for
it's
a
challenge
that
all
healthcare
organizations
and
all
service
organizations
in
the
city
are
working
on
and
I
think
there
was
place,
has
done
a
fabulous
job.
So
I
know
that
it's
been
a
challenge
in
the
building
and
it's
been
a
true
collaboration
and
honor
to
be
working
with
all
of
you
and
Sandy
in
particular.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that.