East Kings Community Health Board

12/24/2025

The holidays can be a difficult time, and support remains available throughout the season.

📞 Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line
✔️ Available 24/7, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day
📱 1-888-429-8167

📞 Mental Health and Addictions Intake Service
✔️ Available on weekdays, including Christmas Eve and Boxing Day
📱 1-855-922-1122
🌐Book your intake call online: https://prebooking.nshealth.ca/

Also, the Peer Support Phone Service will be available on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day from 5:00 - 11:00 p.m. and regular hours on the weekend, 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Whether you’re in crisis or looking to connect with services, help is just a phone call away. You’re not alone this holiday season.

12/24/2025

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All are welcome to join us Christmas Day for our Annual Community Christmas Dinner. Join us for music, games, fabulous food and a visit from Santa!
Doors open at the Kentville Rec Centre at 11:00am

12/22/2025

We're giving you a little heads-up that all CHBs throughout Nova Scotia will begin accepting applications for Wellness Fund grants on February 16th, 2026. If your community group has an idea, you are strongly encouraged to reach out to your local CHB Coordinator to discuss.

12/11/2025

Join the East Kings Community Health Board on Tuesday, December 16th from 3-5pm @ The Space & Company.🙌

Gather as we celebrate all the success of the 2025 year and help share ideas on how we can make 2026 even better! 🎉

Are you looking to become a member of the CHB? This is the perfect event to learn more information from current volunteers and our CHB coordinator Michelle Parker.

We hope to see you there!🌲

12/11/2025

Tomorrow is our first-ever Yuletide Market here at The Portal! 🎄💙

Our staff and the youth we work alongside have been preparing handmade items, baked goods, and creative pieces they’re excited to share. Events like this help build confidence, create connections, and give youth a chance to show what they can do in a supportive space.

If you’re nearby, we’d love for you to stop in — even just for a few minutes.
Your encouragement goes a long way.

📅 Tomorrow, December 11
🕙 10AM–2PM
📍 The Portal · 440 Main Street, Kentville

12/08/2025

Do you have a passion for health & wellness?🌲🧠

The East Kings Community Health Board is looking to recruit you🙌

CHBs advocate for actions to promote and improve health and wellness based on what community says is most important. Guided by our Community Health Plans, we develop partnerships with local community groups and we award Wellness Fund grants to local community projects🏠

For more information private message us or email MichelleD.Parker@nshealth.ca‼️

12/05/2025

December 5th is International Volunteer Day! Today we celebrate and thank the many volunteers across our communities who give their time, skills, and heart to make Nova Scotia a healthier, stronger place to live.

Volunteers support seniors, youth, newcomers, food programs, community groups, and neighbourhood events. They help reduce isolation, build connections, and strengthen the social determinants of health — like belonging, safety, and access to community supports.

Community Health Boards rely on volunteers, too. Your voices guide local planning, help identify community needs, and support projects that improve health and well-being for everyone.

To all volunteers: thank you for the difference you make every single day. Your contributions create more caring, connected, and resilient communities.

12/03/2025

International Day for Persons with Disabilities - December 3
Today, we recognize the strengths, contributions, and rights of people living with disabilities in our communities. Disabilities can affect how someone moves, sees, hears, learns, or processes information. And many disabilities are invisible — you cannot always tell what someone is living with just by looking at them. That’s why kindness, patience, and understanding matter.

Community Health Boards work to support health equity — making sure everyone has a fair chance to be healthy. This includes:
✔ Accessible community spaces
✔ Clear communication and information
✔ Programs that include people of all abilities
✔ Reducing stigma and discrimination
✔ Listening to lived experiences
When we remove barriers, we build communities where everyone can participate, feel supported, and belong.

Let’s work together to create a Nova Scotia where access is for everyone — today and every day.

12/03/2025

Come on out to the International Cafe this Friday, December 5 from 10-11:30am at VCLA Oakdene Hub (118 Oakdene Ave). Everyone is welcome!
**heads up that the first International Cafe in 2026 will be on January 9, not January 2**

12/02/2025

There’s home. There’s work. And then there’s The Space.

A Third Space is where community connection, collaboration, and real belonging take root.

The Space & Co in Kentville exists so neighbours, nonprofits, helpers, and dreamers can gather, think, breathe, and build something better together.

Curious what’s possible when people meet in the “in-between”? Come visit or follow along for the next 30 days.

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11/24/2025

Our Yuletide Market is more than an event — it’s an opportunity for youth to share their creativity, try something new, and build confidence in a supported space.

By showing up, browsing the tables, and engaging with the work they’ve put into this day, you’re helping youth feel seen, valued, and encouraged.

Your presence alone can make a real difference. 💙

📅 December 11 | 10AM–2PM
📍 The Portal, 440 Main Street, Kentville

11/24/2025

Learn what the red flags are, the tools to have the tough conversations, and where to refer your loved ones for professional help. This workshop is free!
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