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211 Service Directory: 2-1-1 Maine is part of a national movement to centralize and streamline access to health and human service information and resources. |
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Bucksport Bay Resource Flyer - click here to download flyer. |
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Downeast Health Services annually serves 9,000 individuals with collaborative programs including Maternal and Child Health Services, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Maine (BBBS), Maine Coast Community Dental Clinic (MCCDC), Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Family Planning clinical and outreach programs, Parents Are Teachers, Too, Hancock County Children’s Council, Union River Healthy Communities, and Downeast Sexual Assault Services. |
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Call 469-3687, a one-stop shop clearinghouse, for parents and community members on information and referral about early childhood education, and childcare services. |
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The Child Care Opportunities, Resource Development Center (RDC) is a single point of access for parents, child care providers and communities to assist with child care needs in Hancock and Washington Counties. |
THE HANCOCK COUNTY CHILDREN'S COUNCIL is a community effort dedicated to the PREVENTION of child abuse and neglect in our local area. We work to create programs which help children and families live healthier lives. We provide education programs to children, parents, and professionals, and coordinate with schools, agencies and individuals to reach out to families in need. Link is http://www.downeasthealth.org/kids_council.html |
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The Next Step Domestic Violence Project is a private, nonprofit organization devoted to serving the needs of people affected by domestic violence through education and social change. 24-Hour Hotline Hancock County 667-4606 or (800) 315-5579 |
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Bucksport Bay Friends
Bucksport Bay Friends is a social day program for adults with memory loss or mild dementia. While caregivers get a four hour respite individuals receive memory, social and physical stimulation in a safe, secure environment. Contact Terrie Perrine @ 469-1112 or terrieperrine@yahoo.com
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| The Bucksport Senior Center offers programs and services for citizens 55 and over from the communities of Bucksport, Orland, Verona Island and Prospect. For more information logon at http://www.bucksport.biz/index.php?page_id=74 | |
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Eastern Area Agency on Aging (EAAA) is the best source of information, options and services for people as they grow older. With a specially trained and dedicated staff, we are able to provide seniors with a variety of options, opportunities, resources and referrals. |
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| Maine CDC Lead Website - The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program and the Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund would like to announce its new and improved Maine CDC Lead Website! Please come visit the site and see what we have to offer parents, partners, providers, the public and many more. | |
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Penquis CAP - Professional mediation is provided to families with an adolescent where conflict is unmanageable and where adolescents may be absent from the home or at-risk of leaving the home due to conflict. Services are free and confidential. For more information call 1-888-497-3500. |
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Bucksport Family Medicine is a primary care health center that is located at 58 Main Street in Bucksport. The health center is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday by appointment. 24-hour On-Call Emergency Coverage is provided. Bucksport Family Medicine accepts assignment on Medicare, Medicaid, managed care and most private insurance. BFM offers a medical assistance plan to those who qualify. For more information about Bucksport Family Medicine, please contact Debbie Jacobs, Office Manager at 207-469-6880 or click here to visit their website. |
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National Alliance on Mental Illness - Maine |
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Take this depression self-assessment to see whether you have symptoms of depression. Depression Self-Assessment Test Use this stress assessment to better understand your stress. Take the Stress Inventory Test |
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| Bucksport Community Concerns A food pantry program that provides Bucksport, Orland, and Verona Island residents groceries, clothing and other household essentials. The pantry is located in the basement of the Elm Street Congregational Church at 31 Elm Street in Bucksport. The pantry operates each Wednesday from 9:30 – 11:30 A.M. and on the 2nd Monday of the month from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. For more information contact 469-2400. |
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Hannaford Guiding Stars - Our unique, easy-to-use navigation system helps you find foods throughout Hannaford Supermarkets that give you the most nutrition for the calories. Each food at Hannaford Supermarkets is evaluated regardless of brand, price, or manufacturer with the same criteria, and all foods are rated, with the exception of five categories: bottled water, alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea, spices. |
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Let’s Go! is a community-based initiative to promote healthy lifestyle choices for children, youth and families in 12 Greater Portland communities. Our goal is to increase physical activity and healthy eating for children and youth - from birth to 18. |
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Maine’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) This program helps low-income people buy the food they need for good health. You may be able to get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance if you: work for low wages; are unemployed or work part time; receive welfare or other public assistance payments, are elderly or disabled and live on a small income; or are homeless. To apply in Hancock County call 667-1656. To apply in Waldo County call 596-4217. Maine website at http://www.snap-step1.usda.gov/fns/ |
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MyPyramid offers personalized eating plans, interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices, and advice to help you: Make smart choices from every food, group, Find your balance between food and physical activity, Get the most nutrition out of your calories, Stay within your daily calorie needs. |
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Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. Meetings Near You: ELLSWORTH - Saturday 8:30AM - YOUR PLACE - GRETCHEN 207-667-3643 ELLSWORTH - Tuesday 7:00PM - ST JOSEPHS CATHOLIC CHURCH, MAIN ST DAWN 207-667-5243 |
The Prospect Community Food Pantry |
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W.I.C. is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children funded in part by the United States Department of Agriculture and the State of Maine Department of Human Services. The Program is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex, color, age, national origin or disability. |
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Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person's weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. - Body Mass Index Test |
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The Bucksport Recreation Department offers many great recreational opportunities to citizens of all ages from Bucksport and the surrounding communities with its many recreational facilities and programs. For more information logon at http://www.bucksport.biz/index.php?page_id=10 |
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Bucksport Walking Trails - Whether you are interested in walking along Bucksport Bay taking in the cool afternoon ocean breeze or hiking through a Maine forrest listening to all the sounds of nature, Bucksport has a trail for your enjoyment. |
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Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust
The 4,300-acre Great Pond Mountain Wildlands in East Orland is open to visitors year-round for hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, x-c skiing and snowmobiling on designated trails. For more information, visit http://www.greatpondtrust.org/Events.htm |
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Physical Activity for Everyone: How much exercise do you need? Current physical activity recommendations for adults include both cardio or aerobic activities and resistance, strength-building, and weight-bearing activities. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Alcholics Anonymous Maine Chapter - Find meetings, literature and 24 hour support. |
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AlcoholScreening.org is a free service of Join Together, a project of the Boston University School of Public Health. AlcoholScreening.org helps individuals assess their own alcohol consumption patterns to determine if their drinking is likely to be harming their health or increasing their risk for future harm.
Link to the test is http://www.alcoholscreening.org/index.asp |
| Interventions In Maine Non confrontational and compassionate intervention is a process of involving selected family, friends or employers of an affected individual in a concentrated effort to support the breaking of the cycle of addiction or intervening in the course of depression and enable and empower the person involved to receive life saving treatment and rehabilitation. For more information call 469-3507 or explore website at http://www.interventionsinmaine.com/ |
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Maine Al-Anon - For over 50 years, Al-Anon (which includes Alateen for younger members) has been offering hope and help to families and friends of alcoholics. |
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Maine Area of Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of recovering drug addicts who have come together to solve their common problem of addiction. We apply a program of recovery with a singular and profound promise: freedom from active addiction. |
Maine Parents – Resource to Reduce Underage Alcohol Use |
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Partnership for a Drug-Free America - Quiz was provided with permission by The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Take the Drug Use Self Test |
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Maine Tobacco Helpline - View What Happens When You Call, a 9-minute video that depicts a typical call to the Maine Tobacco HelpLine.
One of the hardest things to do is to quit using tobacco. Quitting is a process and sometimes it takes more than one try. Your call to the Maine Tobacco HelpLine is an important first step. If you’re having a tough time, the HelpLine offers support that can help you stay tobacco free for life. The Maine Tobacco HelpLine answers your questions and offers friendly support to those who are thinking about quitting or who are ready to quit smoking, or those who want to help a friend or family member quit. |
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Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine Resources to Quit Section brought to you by Healthy Maine Partnerships |
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C.A.R.E. The Community Action Resource Exchange seeks to establish a service exchange linking individual volunteers, groups, and services with citizens who need assistance. If you would like to volunteer or may need help contact 469-6682. If you want to volunteer, click here to download a volunteer application |
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EMHS On-Line Wellness Center - Tools, Quizzes, Information and More |
