News and Events

October

On October 11, Curbside Care Program Director Alice Cruikshank, MSN, NP, spoke with WCVB Channel 5’s Jessica Brown on CityLine about the importance of postpartum care and how mobile health eliminates barriers.

On October 14, Community Wellness Advocate Sam Jangala sang the national anthem at the Boston Celtics home game!

On October 15, former Curbside Care Program Coordinator and current medical student Valerie Aalo presented an award-winning poster on a case from the Curbside Care program at the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Conference in Toronto.

On October 20, Alice and Rosha Forman, MSN, CNM, Director of Midwifery at BMC and Co-Director of Curbside Care, attended the BMC Health System conference EQTY 2026: Forward by Design.

Curbside Care also celebrated its annual “birthday party” with the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and Tufts Health Plan at the Auerbach Center, the official Celtics training facility. This year highlighted the partnership between Curbside Care and BMC’s Teen and Tot Program and celebrated patients and families with games, raffles, and delicious food! Boston Celtics player Derrick White was in attendance, demonstrating his longstanding commitment to Curbside Care and maternal and child health.

And finally, at the Celtics Shamrock Foundation’s annual gala, Cruikshank and Forman (shown here with BMC President Tony Hollenberg, MD; Boston Celtics player Derrick White; BMC Chief Development Officer Susie Posner-Jones; BMC Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations David Shimkus; and Boston Celtics Senior Director of Community Engagement Kash Cannon) celebrated the ongoing partnership between Curbside Care and the Celtics Foundation. At the event, Derrick White underscored how personally meaningful he finds Curbside Care’s work, especially as he was supporting his wife in preparing for the arrival of their second child.

September

On September 11, Curbside Care Program Director Alice Cruikshank, MSN, NP, and Community Wellness Advocate Sam Jangala were invited to give the keynote address at the Merrimack Valley Perinatal Health Summit in Lowell, Massachusetts.

On September 19, Sam, volunteer Emma Santos, and Brewster Ambulance Services Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Fior Pena participated in Live Well Boston! A Community Health and Wellness Block Party in Dorchester, hosted by MelanIN Medicine, Inc., a support network for Black individuals working and studying in health and healing professions.

And later that month, Alice and Sam represented Curbside Care at the Mobile Healthcare Association annual conference in Kansas City, MO, where they attended seminars and connected with other mobile health programs around the country.

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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, volunteer Emma Santos, and Brewster EMT Mike Scanzillo 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!

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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)