Three ways to be part of this.
Get screened. Give. Partner. Pick the one that fits today, the work scales because neighbors, clinicians, employers, and funders all show up in their own way.
1 · Get screened
Know your numbers.
Free blood pressure screening at a Greater Boston site near you. No insurance, no appointment, no cost, bring a neighbor.
2 · Give
Your gift is matched.
The Lenny Zakim Fund matching grant doubles your gift, up to our current pool, funding community health workers, screening kits, and follow-up visits.
3 · Partner
Bring the model to your site.
Health centers, faith communities, senior centers, and employers: host a screening day, embed CHWs, or co-design a referral pathway.
There's a role for every kind of neighbor.
- Individuals
- Walk with us in the fall. Volunteer at a screening. Subscribe to the field notes.
- Clinicians & CHWs
- Join the joint clinical/CHW model in Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, East Boston, Hyde Park, and Brockton.
- Employers & funders
- Underwrite a neighborhood, sponsor a screening day, or fund a Community Health Worker year-round.
- Press & researchers
- Site visits and data conversations welcome. We share what we measure.
Show up where it matters.
Volunteers are the backbone of Heart of a Giant, at the screening table, at the Heart Walk, in translation, and behind the scenes. Whatever your skill, there’s a role.
Email the team to volunteer- Screening days
- Help with set-up, check-in, language support, and warm handoffs to follow-up.
- Heart Walk
- Route marshals, water stations, day-of operations, and family activities.
- Translation & outreach
- Spanish, Kreyòl ayisyen, Kriolu, Vietnamese, and more, at sites and on materials.
- Skills-based
- Design, photography, data, grant writing, clinical training. Tell us what you do.
Not sure where to start? Read Bouba's story, or come walk with us this fall.