Special to the Regional Review
North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) announced the opening of applications for the 2nd annual 2025 Elaine Wilson Scholarship for Community Health Outreach and Service. The scholarship will recognize a resident of Boston’s North End and Charlestown neighborhood who is a matriculating student or applying to an institute of higher learning, who displays a genuine interest in community primary care, public health, and/or community outreach to those who are low income, underserved or facing health inequities.
Named for the Founder of NEW Health, Elaine Wilson, this $2,500 scholarship is open to anyone from high school through graduate level training.
Applications for the Elaine Wilson Scholarship can be submitted online here or printed out and dropped off at either NEW Health location. The submission deadline is August 1, 2025. For more information, email [email protected]. Residents who would like to support the new scholarship program can also donate to it online or via check. Checks can be made payable to The NEW Health Scholarship Fund at the below address.
c/o Danny Coakley
332 Hanover Street
Boston, MA 02113
The scholarship winners will be announced on August 18, 2025.
NEW Health has also launched The John Foster Scholarship for staff only; this $2,500 scholarship will be presented to a NEW Health professional who is being recognized for their hard work and dedication to patients and the community. This scholarship is named for former NEW Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Foster, who retired in January 2024 after nearly 35 years at the health center. Information about this scholarship and how you can donate to the fund, is also at https://newhealthcenter.org/scholarships/.
As a federally qualified health center and an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center, North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) extends its world-renowned healthcare services to people who live and work in and around Boston’s North End, Waterfront and Charlestown neighborhoods. NEW Health is committed to improving the quality of health and life for those it serves by providing high quality health care that is consumer oriented, culturally appropriate, neighborhood-based, affordable, and produces positive outcomes. NEW Health is a 2023 Health Center Quality Leader (HCQL), the only Massachusetts health center to receive a Gold badge from the Health Resources and Services Administration, among the top 10% of health centers nationwide.
NEW Health has been serving the North End of Boston and the surrounding community since 1971. In addition to primary care services for all patients, many specialty services are also offered including dental, vision, behavioral health, obstetrics, gynecology, laboratory services and x-ray services. NEW Health is a private, non-profit corporation that is governed by a community-based Board of Directors and licensed by the Department of Public Health. More information at www.newhealthcenter.org, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.