What is Maine Snap-Ed?
SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educators host a wide variety of evidence-based free nutritioneducation classes for all ages that range from the classroom setting to cooking classes, inwhich… Read More »What is Maine Snap-Ed?
Health & Wellness
Journey to Health
Waldo County General Hospital offers a wide variety of programs and classes tothe community. Many of these programs fall under our wellness initiative, Journey toHealth.… Read More »Journey to Health
Journey to Health: Community Health and Wellness in Waldo County
Adrienne Gallant, Community Wellness SpecialistPen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital The Community Health and Wellness (CH&W) Department at Pen Bay Medical Center… Read More »Journey to Health: Community Health and Wellness in Waldo County
Gibson Preserve: Off the Beaten Path for Seniors
Wendy C. Kasten and Matt Bonner On a cold day in January, AWWC received a call from a young professional, Matt Bonner, Trails and Public… Read More »Gibson Preserve: Off the Beaten Path for Seniors
Waldo Calling
With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, volunteers with Aging Well in Waldo County, the nonprofit organization established to address the needs of our aging friends… Read More »Waldo Calling
That was then…This is now
Jan Kristo Editor, Village-Wise Online Newsletter University of Maine, Professor emerita My name is Jan Kristo, and I was in denial for… Read More »That was then…This is now
To Hear the Birds Chirp in Spring
Kathleen Kearns AWWC Board Member, Technology Career Planner, EMPOWERS Employment Options, LLC In 1983, when I was in grad school, I started… Read More »To Hear the Birds Chirp in Spring
Cochlear Implants: What They Are, How They Work, and Who Should Get One
Megan Bilodeau, Au.D., CCC-A Clinical Audiologist Massachusetts Eye and Ear Within the human ear is a snail-shaped organ about the size of a pea. This… Read More »Cochlear Implants: What They Are, How They Work, and Who Should Get One
Before my Cochlea Implants (BCI) and After my Cochlea Implants (ACI)
Suzanne PelletierRetired Teacher BeforeHearing loss causes the world to narrow – teaching, phoning, TV, movies, dining out, and family gatherings become difficult. I retired from… Read More »Before my Cochlea Implants (BCI) and After my Cochlea Implants (ACI)
Alzheimer’s Association
Alzheimer’s Association Providing Local Support and Funding Global Research Alzheimer’s is a disease that impacts the entire family and takes a devastating toll on people… Read More »Alzheimer’s Association