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Healthy Peninsula

Healthy Peninsula is a Healthy Maine Partnership that brings people and resources together to improve the health and well being of the communities of the Blue Hill peninsula, Deer Isle, Stonington, and Isle au Haut.   The prevention, education and advocacy work we do helps people in our communities become healthier and increases local access to the state’s public health resources.

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Community Breakfast Update

We had a wonderful community breakfast on Tuesday, January 26 with over 40 participants. The Simmering Pot catered the meal which featured local ingredients and included a corn pudding, roasted rosemary potatoes, and Lucy’s granola. Check back soon for minutes and recipes.

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Community Breakfast Update

We had a wonderful community breakfast on Tuesday, January 26 with over 40 participants. The Simmering Pot catered the meal which featured local ingredients and included a corn pudding, roasted rosemary potatoes, and Lucy’s granola. Check back soon for minutes and recipes.

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Community Breakfast Tomorrow

Don’t miss our Community Breakfast Tuesday, January 26 from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in Blue Hill. Great, local food catered by The Simmering Pot and a good opportunity to network with community members and leaders of local organizations.

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Community Health Alliance Open House This Saturday

Healthy New Year Open House!

at the Community Health Alliance

A variety of free programs and nutritious food
to support healthy lifestyle choices and changes.

Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Meditation class on Sunday, January 24
from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Everything is FREE and All are Welcome!

15 Ellsworth Road, Blue Hill

For More information visit the CHA website or call 374-3800


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BetterU – Free Online Nutrition and Fitness Program for Women

widget-callout Check out this free 12-week nutrition and fitness program for women from Go Red for Women – sponsored by the American Heart Association.

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Community Breakfast Recipes and Minutes

Oct. 21 Community Breakfast Sixty people gathered for a delicious breakfast on Oct. 21 in Blue Hill to network and share information about their organizations.    Healthy Peninsula’s Community Breakfasts offer a platform for exchanging resources, sharing ideas, and developing collaborations.    Organizations represented included WHCA, Next Step, several Friends and Neighbors groups, Healthy Island Project, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, Friendship Cottage, the Brooksville Greenhouse project, Food for Maine’s Future, and many others.  View the minutes below.

Community Breakfast Minutes October 09

The breakfast was sponsored by Healthy Peninsula and catered by the Simmering Pot,  a food project of the Tree of Life Food Pantry.    Our menu featured local, seasonal ingredients.   Several of the recipes are available here.

Basic Vegetable and Cheese Egg Strata

Blueberry Corn Muffins

Join us on Tuesday, January 26 from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in Blue Hill for our next community breakfast.

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November Newsletter

Download the November 2009 Healthy Peninsula newsletter here.  newsletter

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Community Breakfast Oct. 21

Healthy Peninsula’s Community Breakfast
Wednesday, October 21
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
First Congregational Church
22 Tenney Hill
Blue Hill

Join us for a free meal and a chance to network with area organizations and leaders.   You will have an opportunity to share what you or your organization is doing to help the community and to hear about what others are doing.    All are welcome, so feel free to invite others.

Our meal is sponsored by Healthy Peninsula and will be catered by The Simmering Pot, a food project of the Tree of Life Food Pantry.   The menu features local ingredients and includes Egg and Vegetable Strata, hot oatmeal with assorted toppings, and Honey Corn and Blueberry Muffins.

Questions:   Contact Amy or Denise at 374-3257
avaughn@healthypeninsula.org, dblack@healthypeninsula.org

Visit our event page for more details and to RVSP – http://www.pingg.com/rsvp/5bjnb3b26peqhe3wn

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Give your feedback on our Good Food project proposal

We are finalists for a competive grant from the Maine Health Access Foundation and have submitted our full proposal.   The project title is “Good Food: Community Based Support for Healthy Eating” and it serves the community of Sedgwick, Maine, with some overlap with neighboring communities.     MeHAF is soliciting public feedback that will help them decide which 3 projects will receive the grants of $50,000 each.     Please take the time to give your feedback on all the projects by visiting http://www.mehaf.org/2009d-fff-public-feedback-links.aspx.

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USDA announces Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative

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