Tag: Healthy Acadia

Family Corner 4/23/14

Producer/Host: Sue Mackey Andrews
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Discussed food insecurity and the options that Healthy Acadia and the County Extension programs are creating through farm to school efforts, school gardens, summer food programs, nutrition education, mentoring and volunteering opportunities

Key Discussion Points:
a) Food insecurity in Maine for children is the highest of the New England States
b) Lots of options exist for families to access locally gown, healthy foods
c) Lots of options exist for individuals to volunteer, share a skill, time and develop relationships within their communities
Guests by name and affiliation:
A. Bronwyn Clement, Community Food Security Organizer at Healthy
B. Acadia
C. Elsie Flemings, Executive Director of Healthy Acadia
D. Nikki Fox, Community Health Coordinator for Healthy Acadia
E. Lisa Reilich, 4-H Youth Development Professional for Hancock & Washington Counties

Common Health 6/20/12

Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Looking Ahead: Writing a Regional Public Health Plan
Key Discussion Points):
a) What are some of the big public health challenges confronting eastern Maine?
b) What priority issues will be included in the Healthy Acadia Strategic Plan?
c) What are the prospects for reversing some of our unhealthy lifestyle trends?

Guests:
A) Elsie Fleming, Community Relations & Development Director Healthy Acadia, PO Box 962, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
(207) 288-5331 elsie@healthyacadia.org
B) Milja Brecher-DeMuro, Social Worker and Substance Abuse Prevention Instructor Acadia Family Center, 1 Fernald Point Road, PO Box 807, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, (207) 244-4012 milja@acadiafamilycenter.org

Call In Program: Yes