About The Neighborhood & Harbor This Week

July 15: Blood Drive outside of 268 Summer St. from 8am to 2pm.  Blood donations are important during the summer when regular donors are on vacation.  The need for a blood for surgeries, cancer treatment, etc., does not take a vacation! Make your appointment.

July 15: Conservation Commission Public Hearing at 6pm. Agenda includes the Boston Children's Museum (underground stormwater holding tank and associated outfall, deployable flood barriers, and waterproof cladding & other resiliency improvements)

July 16: Office Hours: Updates to Dimensional Definitions and Code Structure from 4pm to 6pm. This amendment to the Zoning Code focuses on updating the zoning definitions for dimensional requirements, such as building height, yards, building lot coverage, and more. Also on July 23^rd and July 30^th, see Boston Planning calendar.

July 17:  Join Mayor Wu’s South Boston Liaison, Lydia Polaski, for a chat at Elephantine Bakery  (332 Congress St) from10am to 11am.

July 17: Water Transportation Fair hosted by Seaport TMA, A Better City TMA, and Lower Mystic TMA at Christopher Columbus Park/Long Wharf from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (rain date: July 24). Celebrate the best way to get around Boston! Discover all the different water transportation options the Harbor offers and how you can use it to commute, visit local restaurants, visit the Harbor Islands, get to the airport, and more. Avoid street traffic. Enjoy ocean breezes. 

Special guests include the MBTA, Massport, Seaport Ferry, Boston Harbor City Cruises, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, Bluebikes, Wada Hoppah (electric ferry), Everett Active Transportation Advisory Committee, The American City Coalition, and more! 

July 18: Fish & Farm Market every Saturday from 9am to 1pm at the Boston Fish Pier. 

July 20: US Army Corps of Engineers Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management draft report will be released on Army Corps (USACE) Study Partnership | Boston.gov.

Special Neighborhood Blood Drive April 9th

Our neighbor, Morrison Mahoney LLP, will host a special Blood Drive for the neighborhood on Thursday, April 9, 2026. The drive commemorates their April 5, 2013 drive where the donated blood was typed, tested and on the shelves at MGH on April 15, 2013, to treat victims of the Boston Marathon. That experience demonstrates the importance of a constant, reliable and safe blood supply. 

If you are able to donate blood, please make an appointment for:    

Thursday, April 9, 2026

The Bloodmobile

in front of 268 Summer Street 

8:30am – 2:00pm (last appointment is at 2pm)
Schedule your blood donation appointment today!

First time and repeat donors are welcomed and celebrated.

Blood is required every day. Please consider these facts:

1/3 of us will require a blood transfusion in our lifetime;
3 lives can be saved by one donation; and
Every 2 seconds, someone in the United States requires blood.

Let’s just make this the best blood drive yet.  Thank you for your donation!

originally published 03.31.26

About & Around The Neighborhood This Weekend & Next Week

April 4: The Easter Bunny will be visiting Castle Island and hiding some eggs for an Easter Egg Hunt at 11am. The event is hosted by Congressman Stephen Lynch, Senator Nick Collins, and State Rep David Biele. The hunt will take place at Fort Independence. Don’t miss out on this free and fun family event!

April 4: Anti-Gravity Opening reception with live music by Sara Adkins from 7–9pm at the Distillery Gallery, 516 E 2nd St.

April 7: Street Sweeping starts from 9am to 1pm on Binford St. and on A Street

April 8: A Better City is hosting a free Build to Lead: Lessons in Resilience Panel at 10am in the Fort Point Room, 290 Congress St. 

April 9: Special Neighborhood Mobile Blood Drive from 8:30 am - 2 pm outside of 268 Summer St. Make your appointment today. 

Have the Best Day Ever Blood Drive

Have the Best Day Ever (and save 3 lives) by donating blood at the MGH Mobile Blood Drive hosted by our good neighbor, Morrison Mahoney LLC on:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

 8:30am to 2:00pm (last appointment)

directly in front of 268 Summer Street
Sign-Up

The blood supply is always depleted during the summer due to vacations, but the need remains high.  Traumas, surgeries and cancer treatments requiring safe blood don’t take vacations.  

All donors will receive a tie die t-shirt from MGH just in time for short-sleeve weather!

First time donors and repeat donors are welcome!

Neighborhood Boston Strong Blood Drive This Wednesday

Morrison Mahoney will host a special Blood Drive for the neighborhood this Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The drive commemorates their April 5, 2013 drive where the donated blood was typed, tested and on the shelves at MGH on April 15, 2013, to treat victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing. That experience demonstrates the importance of a constant, reliable and safe blood supply. All donors will receive a MGH Blood Donors Are Boston Strong t-shirt. If you are able to donate blood, please make an appointment for:    

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

The Bloodmobile

in front of 268 Summer Street 

8:30am – 2:00pm (last appointment is at 2pm)

Schedule your blood donation appointment today!

Grand Circle Travel Hosts Blood Drive This Thursday

Celebrate Cinco De Mayo by donating blood (if you can) for those in need.

THE MGH BLOODMOBILE IS COMING TO 

Grand Circle Travel 

347 Congress St.

Thursday, May 5

9:30 am - 3:00 pm

Click here to schedule an appointment 

Am I Eligible? Click HERE

Neighborhood Blood Drive Tomorrow

 Morrison Mahoney LLP is hosting a Blood Drive in our neighborhood. 

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

8:30 am - 2 pm 

Morrison Mahoney 

Sign Up For An Appointment 

Few Slots Left

 http://bit.ly/MGHMorrison3

 Blood mobiles will be parked at 266 Summer St. 

 Any questions, feel free to email kcronin@partners.org.

American Red Cross Blood Drive at District Hall

Gather and District Hall Boston are teaming up with the American Red Cross to host a Blood Drive on:

Monday, January 25. 2021

11 am to 4 pm. 

Appointments are REQUIRED

Limited Availability. Sign Up Today. 

To sign up, you may either:

1. Visit RedCrossBlood.org 

2. Call the Red Cross directly at 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

T'is The Season To Give...Give Blood In The Neighborhood That Is

At a time when there are so many things we can't control, there IS something we can. We can ensure that there is a healthy, adequate blood supply. We can ensure that patients will get the treatments they need. We can give blood!

Once again Morrison Mahoney LLP is hosting a Blood Drive in our neighborhood. 

Monday, November 30, 2020

8:30 am - 2 pm 

Morrison Mahoney 

250 Summer St.

Limited Slots Available

Sign Up For An Appointment Today

http://bit.ly/1130MGH or email mghblooddonorcenter@partners.org

The Blood Mobile will park on Summer Street.  Registration and refreshments will occur inside the first floor of 250 Summer Street – just follow the signs.  Only your medical screen (history, temp, iron check, BP) is done, the actual donation will take place on the Blood Mobile.  While the process is always clean and safe, MGH has added even additional safety protocols (between every donor they sanitize pens, clipboards, BP cuffs, etc.).

The blood supply is critically low right now. The average donation time is between 30 and 40 minutes. Appointments are necessary so everyone can be physically distanced. If you can give blood, please use the link above to make your appointment today.

Blood Needed: Blood Drive Wednesday At 250 Summer St

The blood supply is critically low right now and Morrison Mahoney is excited to host a Blood Drive on:

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

8:30 am - 2 pm

250 Summer Street 

Sign Up to Give Blood

Limited Slots Available 

The Blood Mobile will park on Summer Street.  Registration and refreshments will occur inside the first floor of 250 Summer Street – just follow the signs.  

Only your medical screen (history, temp, iron check, BP) and the actual donation will take place on the Blood Mobile.  While the process is always clean and safe, MGH has added even additional safety protocols (between every donor they sanitize pens, clipboards, BP cuffs, etc.). 

60% of donations are from Blood Mobiles which were not operating from April to June.  That was 90 blood drives that didn’t occur.