1972
Health Center opened its doors

1973
First Executive Director hired

1974
Health Center became financially independent

First "Employee of the corporation" hired

1978
First Health Center to be awarded an Urban Health Initiative grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1980
Purchased current building at 1425 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan, MA

1982
Mortgage burned

Second Executive Director hired

1987-1992
Hired third and fourth Executive Directors

1995
Opened School-Based Health Center at Hyde Park High School

1996
Fifth and current Executive Director hired

Strategic plan developed

1997
First Annual Rock the Boat Fundraising Gala
First Annual Health Care Revival Meeting

1998
Established partnership with Partners HealthCare

Developed Blueprint for Action on Infant Survival with a Community Steering Committee

1999
Key player in establishment of community collaborative -- Mattapan Community Partnership (MCP)

2000
Teen Health Clinic launched with health education series Body Talk

Coordinating partner for first Summer Basketball and Life Skills Clinic for Mattapan Youth

Launched New Building Initiative with architects - Melton * Ferre

2001
Health Care Revival article goes online at Africana.com website

Published the first Community Health Report Card for Mattapan and Hyde Park using 14 Health Indicators

2002
30th Anniversary celebrated

Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General honored with the Edna W. Smith Pioneer in Community Health Care Award, May 4

Historic visit to Mattapan Community Health Center by Mr. Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 9

Key Player in development of Strategic Plan for Mattapan with MCP

Health Care Revival Initiative published in American Journal of Public Health, February (Lawson and Young - Co-Authors)

Selected as the "First Community Champion of Massachusetts" by Citizens Bank and their media Partner, New England Cable News (NECN), September

Purchased and implemented a new practice management system in September

2003
Implemented Electronic Medical Records (Logician) in partnership with Boston Medical Center, September

Launched this website, www.mattapanchc.org, in April

2004
Continued to implement and grow Rock the Boat to more than $1 million over the past eight years, May 1

Implemented the 8th annual Health Care Revival with nearly 500 participants and 74% of the adults received health screenings. One participant stated that, "I believe the Health Care Revival has become an institution in our community."

Published the first newsletter, Taking Healthy Steps, in the summer