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The Sanford Strong Coalition has merged with the Allied Public Health group.
Contact: Mesha Quinn.
Ongoing Events:
Due to Covid 19, these events are cancelled. Please stay tuned for updates!
- Nasson Bike Center is looking for volunteers! The Nasson Bike Center is a resource for local youth looking for a bike, fix a bike, needing some community service time, or wanting to learn some mechanical and problem solving skills. We are looking for volunteers to mentor our kids as they rebuild bikes making them safe and reliable. We are open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2 to 5:00 year round. There is no requirement that the volunteer participate a certain number of hours. It is helpful that they participate on a regular schedule. Read more.
- Wellness at Walmart: Daily @ 6:00 am – 8:00 am; Partners for Healthier Communities, Let’s Go!, Sanford YMCA, and Walmart have partnered to offer a space for the public to walk 7 days a week from 6:00 to 8:00 AM. All are welcome to join! Contact: Betsy Kelly.
- Sanford Community Adult Education has ongoing academic offerings that enable each adult to reach their academic and career goals thus improving stability and quality of life for the adult and the family.
Contact: Lisa Blanchette.
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This is a hands-on workshop for children ages 5-12 who are interested in slime. You will learn about the properties of slime through discussion and demonstration. And you will get to make slime!
Enjoy learning about and playing with slime. And in the process, learn about the chemical properties of different liquids, and the differing states of matter.
Join us for this fun and slimey program.
Join us at the Y for kid-friendly Halloween movies shown in the pool area.
Light snacks will be served and there will also be non-pool activities for the kids.
It will be a spooktacular good time! FREE to the community.
Learn more at http://sanfordymca.org/spooky-flick-float/.
Mark your calendars for this year’s Spooky Sprint 5K run (or walk!) Sport your favorite costume and join us at the Y on October 28th for family-friendly, active outdoor fun.
Preregistration is $10 for ages 14 and under, $20 for ages 15+.
Visit http://sanfordymca.org/spooky-sprint-5k/to learn more and register online.
The Sanford Strong Coalition has officially merged
with the Allied Public Health group!
We will continue to meet monthly at Southern Maine Health Care, Sanford Campus in the conference room on the first floor, the 4th Monday of the month from 12-2.
You are welcome to bring your lunch or to purchase lunch in the hospital cafeteria!
We look forward to seeing you there! Please contact Nichole Ivey or Meaghan Arzberger with any questions.
Welcome, Friends!
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Make and Take Homemade Herbal Teas
A workshop entitled Make and Take Homemade Herbal Teas will take place at Goodall Memorial Library on November 7th at 6:30PM. Learn about the ancient and modern day healing and medicinal properties of teas! Teas have been used boost immunity, alleviate headaches, and for calming and energizing. They have been used to assist in treating depression, anxiety, insomnia, arthritis, and digestive problems. Create and make your own teas and take home samples. Pre-registration is required and there is a charge of $3.00 per participant for supplies, payable on the evening of the program.
You will make 4 different teas to take home:
Serenity Tea (chamomile, orange)…helps with insomnia, tension, digestion, anxiety, aches and pains. This tea provides a tonic for the heart and is an anti-depressant.
Balance Tea (licorice root, rosemary, nettle)…aids in balancing hormones and in pain reduction, sharpens memory, treats allergy symptoms, and has anti-aging properties.
Rejuvenation (peppermint, ginger, lemon)…energizing, refreshing, anti-inflammatory and de-toxifying. This tea eases cold symptoms, upset stomach, and headaches.
Joy and Wellness (rosehips, rose petals, geranium)…anti-aging, immune boosting, promotes feelings of youthfulness. This tea boosts well-being, and promotes health, and feelings of love and peace.
The workshop is led by Cindy Simon, Healthy Lifestyle Coach and Community Educator, M.A., N.C.C., R.M.T. Join us for a fun, informative evening that may very well impact a positive change in your life.
An Education Program by the Alzheimer’s Association
Thriving in Place York County in partnership with the Trafton Center
invite you to attend!
Communication is more than just talking and listening – it’s also about sending and receiving messages through attitude, tone of voice, facial expressions and body language. As people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias progress in their journey and the ability to use words is lost, families need new ways to connect. Join us to explore how communication takes place when someone has Alzheimer’s, learn to decode the verbal and behavioral messages delivered by someone with dementia, and identify strategies to help you connect and communicate at each stage of the disease.
The Psychology of Money, presented by Robin Barstow, Goodall Memorial Library, November 14, 6PM.
Money influences how we see other people and how we see ourselves. The decisions we make about it may have more to do with emotions than with math. By talking about money on a personal level we can discover a better understanding of our psychological relationship with it and that can help us lead happy lives.
As a clinical social worker Robin Barstow uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her work. The premise of CBT is that our thoughts affect our actions. Robin has discovered that a great many people have never wondered about their personal understanding and relationship with money. So, they do not know their thoughts about money and how they may be affecting their actions with money. Money has extraordinary power over our minds. We invest in it the promise of so many things that we value. If we are to understand ourselves, and how money helps us to create the things we need and want, then we benefit by talking about it. Simple memories of what one learned as a child can be a gentle and fascinating place to begin. Please join in the dialogue with us.
Dr. Robin Barstow is a clinical social worker at Maine Behavioral Healthcare. She earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, her MS in physical anthropology from Columbia University, her PhD in evolutionary biology at Yale University, and her MSW from University of Maine.
A workshop entitled Mosaic Plexiglass Suncatchers will take place at Goodall Memorial Library on November 28 @ 6PM. Learn how to make a one of a kind suncatcher with small pieces of colored plexiglass. This could be the perfect unique gift for that hard to buy for special person.
The cost for the workshop is $10 for material (due on the night of the program) and pre-registration is required.
Leslie Doherty, Ways of Color artist/owner, has over 25 years of experience designing, creating and teaching stained glass art. Combining her Masters of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy with her expertise in the art of stained glass, Leslie has welcomed opportunities to work in a myriad of settings with diverse populations. Ways of Color has been featured in The Boston Globe Magazine, “A Touch of Glass” and Merrimack Valley Home Magazine. Leslie has also been a featured artist at Newburyport Art Association in Newburyport, Massachusetts and The Saltbox Gallery in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She currently exhibits and creates at Potlatch Studio and Gallery in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
FMI and to register call 324-4714 or contact at jmcdougal@lbgoodall.org.