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Nov 2, 2018

Fall 2018 Newsletter

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...

Aug 21, 2018

Healthy Peninsula Receives Support from the Yoakum Fund

Healthy Peninsula is delighted to announce that we have received a grant from the Yoakum Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to...

Aug 9, 2018

Blue Hill Heritage Trust awarded AARP Community Challenge Grant

Blue Hill Heritage Trust (BHHT) has received a 2018 AARP Community Challenge grant as a community partner in the Age-Friendly Coastal...

Jul 7, 2018

Summer 2018 Newsletter

Jun 14, 2018

Welcome Lilyanna!

Healthy Peninsula is delighted to be hosting, in partnership with Healthy Acadia, our first Goodwill VISTA volunteer. Lilyanna Sollberger...

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...

May 22, 2018

Our Advocate-in-Chief Remembered

Longtime friends of Healthy Peninsula remember fondly our founder and advocate-in-chief Barbara Peppey. Barbara died in a tragic car...

May 1, 2018

Maine Farmland Trust Supports Food Security Work

Healthy Peninsula is proud to announce the award of a food-security grant from the Maine Farmland Trust. Our work in food security began...

Apr 26, 2018

AARP’s Support Increases

Healthy Peninsula is proud to announce that we have just received an additional grant from AARP Maine to help support the work we are...

Apr 24, 2018

Effective Communications Strategy

Eastern Area Agency on Aging is hosting an Alzheimer’s Association education program on communicating with people with Alzheimer’s and...

Mar 20, 2018

National Healthcare Decisions Day

Join us Thursday, April 19 at Blue Hill Library from 6 to 8 pm to watch the 56-minute movie, Consider the Conversation. This film on a...

Mar 15, 2018

Healthy Peninsula Staff Honored

Healthy Peninsula is proud to announce that, because of their expertise on aging-related issues and their role in bringing these issues...

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...

Feb 6, 2018

Healthy Peninsula Welcomes New Project Coordinator

Healthy Peninsula is delighted to announce that Becky Pease has joined our family as the Choices That Matter Coordinator. She brings to...

Jan 17, 2018

Soup’s On!

Anna Wind, our Healthy Eating coordinator, reports: We had our first luncheon of the season at Harborview yesterday. Six residents came...

Jan 12, 2018

Advance Care Planning Workshop Coming to Stonington Public Library

A free, two-day workshop will be offered at the Stonington Public Library on January 24 and 31, for those interested in exploring goals,...

Dec 14, 2017

Healthy Peninsula Receives Grant from Maine Community Foundation

The Maine Community Foundation has awarded Healthy Peninsula a $3500 grant for their new Age-Friendly Coastal Communities initiative from...

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