Curbside Care Program
News and Events
In the News
Since its founding, the BMC Curbside Care Program’s great work has been covered in local and national media.
Featured Story: Celtics, BMC partner on ‘Curbside Care' for new parents (NBC10 Boston)
Additional Coverage
- BMC HealthCity: Curbside Care Expands with New Unit to Broaden Postpartum Support
- SB Nation Celtics Blog: The Celtics just won a really meaningful award: The Celtics’ Curbside Care program—which delivers essential care to postpartum mothers—has won the NBA’s Social Impact and Inclusion Award
- Good Morning America: Boston Celtics Fan Surprised with Tickets to NBA Finals
- Boston.com: Celtics, Boston Medical Center are Partnering on a Mobile Healthcare Unit for Newborn Babies
- CBS News: Boston Medical Center, Celtics Launch New Mobile Curbside Care Unit for Mothers and Babies
- Center for Health Equity, Education, & Research: CHEER Champion of the Week: BMC Curbside Care for Moms and Babies!
- BMC HealthCity: Curbside Care for Moms and Babies Changes the Vision of Postnatal Care
- Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and Boston Medical Center Launch Curbside Care Mobile Unit (Press Release)
- Boston Celtics Honors BMC at Annual Gala
- BMC Joins Boston Celtics at the White House
- Curbside Care Mobile Unit Launched
- Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation $1.5 Million Gift Launches Curbside Care
Events
Our team also participates in many events through Boston in support of our community. Below are some of the recent events in which we took part!
2026 Events
June 7: Dorchester Day Parade
On June 7, our team walked in the Dorchester Day Parade for the second year in a row! Community Wellness Advocate Sam Jangala and volunteer Emma Santos were joined by Curbside Care families to celebrate Dorchester Day.
Dorchester is Boston’s largest and most diverse neighborhood, as well as Curbside Care’s most visited neighborhood.
April 15: New, Improved Curbside Care Van on Tour
Our brand-new van launched March 6, 2026! It was intentionally designed to be family-centered and inviting. It is more spacious to accomodate more family members and learners, even strollers! It has top-of-the-line equipment and can allow for more comfortable and OB/GYN–specific medical care.
On April 15, we toured BMC to show the vehicle to our partners across the campus! A huge thank you to everyone who came!
Read more about the event on the BMC intranet, The Hub (BMC internal users only)
March 11–12: The Basics Learning Network Conference
Program Director Alice Cruikshank, FNP, and Community Wellness Advocate Sameera Jangala attended The Basics Learning Network’s 2026 Conference in Boston. The Basics Principles are “five science-based parenting and caregiving tenets that support social, emotional, and cognitive development of children from birth to age five.”
The conference sparked ideas about how to embed these principles into Curbside Care programming and beyond!
January
Fourth Annual Curbside Care Celebration at the Little Cocoa Bean in the Boston Children’s Museum, hosted by the Celtics Shamrock Foundation with Tufts Health Plan
Read more about the event on the BMC intranet, The Hub (BMC internal users only)
2025 Events
January: Curbside Care’s second birthday party at the Celtics training facility
March: Black Family Wellness Expo in Roxbury
May: BMC Pediatric Research and Scholarship Day
June: Poster Presentation at VITAL2025, America’s Essential Hospitals Conference
June: Dorchester Day Parade
June: NH Breastfeeding Task Force’s 27th Annual Breastfeeding Conference
September: Mobile Healthcare Association’s 21st Annual Mobile Health Clinics Conference
October: Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation 2025 Tip-Off Gala
