Good nutrition is critical for a person’s health and well-being. Here in Manchester, we are working on a program that helps people in need gain access to more fruit and vegetables. When people are given incentives to buy fruit and vegetables, it helps change eating habits long-term for the entire family, especially for children. In
OceanView at Falmouth and the American Heart Association will host the 6th annual Go Red for Women Survivor Gathering on Wednesday, December 1st from 5:30 PM until 7:00 PM at OceanView’s Lunt Auditorium in Falmouth. A special reception for heart disease and stroke survivors will be held from 5:30 – 6:00 pm to provide an
Are you looking for more ways to be active and get around within Manchester? Would you like to see streets include bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, and curb ramps, so being active is easier? The good news is that all residents of Manchester have the right to ask their local government to pass a complete streets
On October 25th, the city of Bangor adopted a new policy aimed at protecting our kids from tobacco and nicotine addiction. The Bangor City Council voted to remove all flavored tobacco products from the market. This will now ensure we don’t lose a new generation of kids to nicotine. This bold step by Bangor will
After nearly two years away from in-person events, today the American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, announced the 2022 Maine Go Red for Women® Luncheon will return to our community. This signature event which will be held on March 23, 2022 at the Holiday Inn
Maine’s Heart Walk, which is the largest fundraising event for the American Heart Association in Maine, is scheduled for May 15, 2022 in Portland. Heart disease and stroke are top causes of death in Maine. The Association is the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health. Steve deCastro, President and CEO of Gorham
Kevin O’Hara of Williston recently joined the American Heart Association as Youth Market Director for Vermont. In this role, he is responsible for recruitment and cultivation of school volunteers to participate in the Association’s lifesaving initiatives including the Kids Heart Challenge program. “This program gives students the opportunity to meet kids with special hearts and to
The American Heart Association’s school-based youth programs, Kids Heart Challenge™ and American Heart Challenge™, awarded $3,400 to Brookside Primary School in Waterbury, to purchase bikes to be used in the PE program. The annual grant program supports schools by funding resources to extend school wellness programs. The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit
With Northern New England experiencing high summer heat and humidity, we are urging people to take extra steps to protect their hearts. Precautions are especially important for older adults and individuals with high blood pressure, obesity or a history of heart disease and stroke. Temperatures over 100 or even temperatures in the 80s with high
During this legislative session much attention was appropriately focused on the state’s response to the global pandemic, but it seems most legislators have forgotten about the youth tobacco epidemic raging in our own backyard. In March 2020, which seems a lifetime ago, we were optimis tic – lawmakers were actively considering policy solutions to address