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- May 14, 2021
How Are the Children? Maine’s economy depends on our youngest children!
Your Health Matters column first published in the Penobscot Bay Press April 29, 2021Written by Sandra Phoenix and Mary Ellin Logue...
- Apr 20, 2021
Employment Opportunity with Healthy Peninsula
Want to get involved in serving your community? Love food and want to share it? Healthy Peninsula is looking for someone to work with our...
- Apr 19, 2021
Healthy Peninsula is the April ‘Change for Good’ recipient at the Blue Hill Food Co-op
This year is Healthy Peninsula’s 20th Anniversary and we’re happy to count the Blue Hill Food Co-op as one of our partners in serving our...
- Apr 14, 2021
National Healthcare Decision Day
We thought you might be interested in the upcoming National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) April 16. Never heard of it? It exists to...
- Apr 5, 2021
How are the children? They are all different!
Check out our newest early childhood community campaign article focused on temperament! Link here!
- Mar 5, 2021
Coming Soon! How Are the Children? Banners
Be on the lookout in the coming weeks for a few banners to pop up around the Peninsula and Deer Isle/Stonington areas! We are printing...
- Nov 19, 2020
- Nov 19, 2020
The Magic of Soup
A + B = C. Soup. Service. Connection. That is what has been happening across the Blue Hill Peninsula since early April under the watchful...
- Sep 25, 2020
Advocates say isolation of older Mainers increasing amid pandemic
The great work that Anne Schroth, our Healthy Aging coordinator, is doing during the pandemic to lessen isolation among older members of...
- Jun 23, 2020
The Magic Food Bus is 10 Years Old and Going Strong!
Happy ten-year anniversary Magic Food Bus! In 2011, Margaret Bixby shared an innovative idea to introduce Sedgwick families to fresh,...
- 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...
- Jun 3, 2020
Masks Show You Care!
Face coverings help prevent virus transmission between people. They work best when everyone is wearing them. Be considerate of your...
- Apr 29, 2020
Advance Directives? JUST DO IT!
How can we gain some control over our healthcare in a time when control seems lacking? Everyone has seen or heard of the heartbreaking...
- Apr 26, 2020
BDN Shines a Light on Advance Directives
On the editorial page of the April 25 Bangor Daily News, there is an excellent summary of what an advance directive is and why it is...
- 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 10, 2020
Healthy Peninsula Receives Lifelong Communities Mini-Grant
The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $27,000 in grants to 15 Maine nonprofits and municipalities for initiatives promoting healthy...
- 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...
- Mar 13, 2020
Information from the Maine CDC on COVID-19
Friends, there is so much information out there about COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus). We offer you the link to the Maine Centers on Disease...