Sunscreen Dispensers Coming to Boston Parks

As part of a partnership with the Melanoma Foundation of New England, the City of Boston will soon provide free sunscreen dispensers in its public parks.

Mayor Marty Walsh announced the joint partnership Thursday, anointing Boston as the first major city in the Northeast to initiate the program.

Boston’s partnership with MFNE will begin as a pilot program of 30 initial sunscreen dispensers in five city parks. Depending upon its success, it may lead to widespread installation throughout the city.

“Preventing skin cancer is a public health imperative,” said Mayor Walsh. “Strategically placed sunscreen dispensers offer the public an easy preventive measure to avoid sun overexposure. We are proud to be the first Northeast city to pilot this program and thank MFNE and MBC for stepping forward as partners.”

The initial dispensers will be placed in the following locations:

• Millennium Park, West Roxbury
• Jamaica Pond, Jamaica Plain
• The Boston Common
• Christopher Columbus Park, North End
• East Boston Stadium and Memorial Park, East Boston

Each dispenser will hold all-natural SPF-30 sunscreen, which is safe for people aged 6 months and up.

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