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Feb 9, 2024
Just For The Health Of It Episode Features Vanessa Hatch, Healthy Families Coordinator
Vanessa Hatch recently joined Anne West, Executive Director at the Island Health & Wellness Foundation as a guest on their Just For The...
Jan 8, 2021
How Are the Children? Campaign
Healthy Peninsula is excited to announce our community’s new early childhood community campaign called “How are the Children?” To learn...
Nov 19, 2020
Jun 10, 2020
Stories from the Front-line: How COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders Affect Young Children, Their Parents,
“Tears ran down my face as I wrote a letter to parents, saying that after only four months of being open, I felt we should close our...
Apr 11, 2020
COVID-19 Volunteer Support
Healthy Peninsula and our community partners are offering free, volunteer services to help vulnerable community members with grocery...
Apr 11, 2020
Advance Directives and COVID-19
The Conversation Project offers some things to think about if you were to become seriously ill with COVID-19. Please click here to see...
Apr 1, 2020
Life in the Time of Corona—Community, Creativity, and Care
I am a news junkie, as well as a health provider, and I can spend hours each day being saturated with the latest news and publicity about...
Mar 31, 2020
Local and Regional COVID-19 Resources Available on Our Website
Healthy Peninsula, the region’s community health coordination organization is working closely with our community partners to avoid...
Dec 2, 2019
Oct 23, 2019
Healthy Families Announces Our Family Resource Center
Thanks to generous grant funding from the Maine Community Foundation, Healthy Peninsula is proud to announce that we are launching a...
Sep 24, 2019
Empty Bowl Supper Helps Fill the Magic Food Bus
Brooksville Elementary School is hosting an Empty Bowl community supper on Thursday October 17, 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Families and friends are...
Aug 12, 2019
Healthy Families Receives Grant from Maine Community Foundation
Healthy Peninsula has received a $40,000 grant from the Early Childhood Community Planning Grants Fund of the Maine Community Foundation...
Jun 21, 2019
May 15, 2019
News for Families with Young Children
Healthy Peninsula’s Early Learning will now be publishing monthly newsletters with upcoming events, activities and resources for families...
Nov 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018
Possibilities for Early Head Start Funding
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Melissa Mattes, director of Early Childhood Programs at Downeast Community Partners, will...
Aug 30, 2018
Area schools use local communities to educate
by Monique Labbe When students on the Blue Hill Peninsula start school this year, they will have unique opportunities to have educational...
Jun 12, 2018
MaineCF Awards Community Grants for Early Childhood Planning
The Maine Community Foundation has awarded a total of $148,277 to six nonprofit organizations chosen as first recipients of its Early...
Feb 19, 2018
Healthy Peninsula Receives Maine Health Access Foundation Grant
Healthy Peninsula has received a $30,000, one-year planning grant from the Maine Health Access Foundation, one of four such grant...
Feb 16, 2018
Advance Care Planning Workshop Coming to Deer Isle
A free, two-part workshop will be offered at the Chase Emerson Memorial Library on March 4 and 11, for those interested in exploring...
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