Healthy Acadia

Healthy Acadia Empowering people and organizations as we build healthy communities together across Downeast Maine. Learn more at healthyacadia.org.

Healthy Acadia is a 501(C)(3) community health organization building vibrant communities and making it easier for all people to lead healthy lives throughout Washington and Hancock counties and across Maine. The scope of our work encompasses six broad areas of focus:

>> Strong Beginnings to support healthy development and resilience from birth to adulthood;

>> Healthy Food for All: ensuring that all people have access to nutritious, affordable food, and to make the healthy choice the easy choice;

>> Active and Healthy Environments: ensuring that our indoor and outdoor spaces are safe, healthy, and promote physical activity and wellness;

>> Healthy Aging: ensuring that all of us can age well — with strength, dignity, comfort, and grace;

>> Substance Prevention and Recovery: supporting people of all ages to live lives free of substance misuse and substance use disorder, and to support individuals throughout their recovery journey; and

>> Health Promotion & Management: improving community supports across a wide range of health needs, from cancer patient navigation and stress reduction to barrier removal for health challenges and chronic disease and pain self-management. At Healthy Acadia, it is our priority to maintain our social media platforms as safe and respectful places for sharing and discussing topics related to public health. Posts and content are viewed and shared by the general public, including our youth. Please be respectful of everyone who is interacting through our social media platforms:

Do not use profanity, insensitive or biased language or images, or post or share posts that include verbal attacks such as threats of violence, character insults, or name-calling. Do not post or share spam or advertisements for products or services. If your organization is hosting a community event or providing a public health service that you feel may benefit our community members, please contact us via private message (messenger) or by emailing info@healthyacadia.org. We encourage all community members to comment or ask questions related to the information we post or share, and we will do our best to respond to questions or requests for additional information in a timely manner. Healthy Acadia reserves the right to remove any content that we feel is not appropriate to be displayed on our social media platforms.

Give Health today and help us reach our goal of raising $50,000 to help our friends, family and neighbors access the hea...
12/27/2025

Give Health today and help us reach our goal of raising $50,000 to help our friends, family and neighbors access the health resources and programs they need. ⭐ Make a donation at bit.ly/GiveHealth2025sm today or visit www.healthyacadia.org to learn more about Giving Health.

🧘‍♀️ Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction CourseHealthy Acadia is offering a new session of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduc...
12/27/2025

🧘‍♀️ Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course
Healthy Acadia is offering a new session of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) — an eight-week, evidence-based program designed to reduce stress, build self-awareness, and support overall well-being.

The course will be held virtually on Zoom on Tuesdays, Jan. 13–March 10, 2026, from 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. The program also includes a Full Day of Mindfulness, scheduled with participant input.

This supportive course offers practical tools to help you manage stress and cultivate resilience in everyday life.

👉 Learn more and sign up: bit.ly/mbsr-8

We want to share an uplifting story - our INSPIRE  Recovery CommunityCenter  in Ellsworth had a guest who had struggled ...
12/27/2025

We want to share an uplifting story - our INSPIRE Recovery CommunityCenter in Ellsworth had a guest who had struggled with alcoholism for many years. One day, this individual came into the Center and asked the team member who was working with them for help finding treatment. They were ready to take that next step. Our team member, with the compassion and insight of someone with lived experience of substance use disorder and recovery, worked with them to get into a detox center that very day and from there into long term treatment. The community member was able to pack their bags up within 24 hours and head to treatment.

Together, we make health happen!

To learn more about INSPIRE Recovery Community Center, please visit: https://healthyacadia.org/spr-inspire.

Together, we can build healthier communities. Your support makes this work possible! Join us by making a gift to strengthen the health and well-being of your neighbors. Give the gift of health today at bit.ly/GiveHealth2025sm or connect with us at development@healthyacadia.org to explore other ways to get involved.
Thank you for your generosity. We are deeply grateful for your support.

To learn more about Substance Use Prevention and Recovery supports by visiting: healthyacadia.org/substance-prevention-a...
12/24/2025

To learn more about Substance Use Prevention and Recovery supports by visiting: healthyacadia.org/substance-prevention-and-recovery.

Give Health today and help us reach our goal of raising $50,000 to help our friends, family and neighbors access the health resources and programs they need. ⭐ Make a donation at bit.ly/GiveHealth2025sm today or visit www.healthyacadia.org to learn more about Giving Health.

Paid Internship Opportunities!Do you have lived experience with recovery from substance use disorder — or are you a reco...
12/23/2025

Paid Internship Opportunities!

Do you have lived experience with recovery from substance use disorder — or are you a recovery ally — and want to make a difference? Healthy Acadia’s Maine Recovery Core offers a paid internship (ages 18+) that trains and supports recovery coaches across northern and eastern Maine.

Whether you’re starting your career or exploring a new direction, this internship provides hands-on experience and a meaningful way to support recovery and resilience in your community.

Current opportunities:
* Recovery Coach Intern (25 hours per week), Maine Alliance for Recovery Coaching, Machias

* Recovery Coach Intern (25 hours per week), Lifeline for ME, Augusta

👉 Apply here: https://forms.gle/ZrqzTLRcgD9iY3WBA

We want to share an uplifting story - Healthy Acadia staff member, Ursula Hanson led a mindfulness class with 3rd grader...
12/23/2025

We want to share an uplifting story - Healthy Acadia staff member, Ursula Hanson led a mindfulness class with 3rd graders at a local school. After doing mindful breathing with breathing buddies, students were asked to share what the exercise was like for them and one student shared that they felt calm, another student shared it was peaceful. And then a student raised their hand and said, “Ms. Ursula, you just changed my whole life.” Ursula shared that this feedback…”was so sweet and so powerful.”. We are grateful that we can offer this resource to help little ones set the stage for lifelong resilience - and we are committed to continuing to offer mindfulness programming to people of all ages in our community.

Together, we make health happen!

To learn more about our Mindfulness in Education programs, please visit: https://healthyacadia.org/sb-me.

Together, we can build healthier communities. Your support makes this work possible! Join us by making a gift to strengthen the health and well-being of your neighbors. Give the gift of health today at bit.ly/GiveHealth2025sm or connect with us at development@healthyacadia.org to explore other ways to get involved.
Thank you for your generosity. We are deeply grateful for your support.

To learn more about our Healthy Food For All programs, please visit: healthyacadia.org/healthy-food-for-all
12/22/2025

To learn more about our Healthy Food For All programs, please visit: healthyacadia.org/healthy-food-for-all

Join Our Team! Healthy Acadia’s Maine Alliance for Recovery Coaching (Maine-ARC) Youth Recovery Coaching Program is hiri...
12/22/2025

Join Our Team!

Healthy Acadia’s Maine Alliance for Recovery Coaching (Maine-ARC) Youth Recovery Coaching Program is hiring a part-time Youth Recovery Coach (20 hours/week) to support young people in Hancock County, Maine.

This role supports youth ages 14–21 as they explore recovery, build resilience, and connect with meaningful community resources. We’re looking for someone compassionate, dependable, and excited to empower local teens and young adults.

If you’re interested in joining a mission-driven team, or know someone who might be, we encourage you to apply or help spread the word.

👉 Learn more:https://healthyacadia.org/s/PT_Youth-RC_Job-Posting_HCWC.pdf

12/21/2025

To learn more about our Substance Prevention and Recovery supports and programs please visit healthyacadia.org/substance-prevention-and-recovery.

12/20/2025

To learn more about the Downeast Restorative Harvest please visit healthyacadia.org/hffa-derh.

Giving Health is happening now and you can join us and Give Health to those who need help more than ever. Our goal is to raise $50,000 this month. Make a donation at bit.ly/GiveHealth2025sm today or visit www.healthyacadia.org to learn more about Giving Health.

Join us TODAY from 7AM-12PM! The Great Maine Breakfast will generously donate half of their proceeds to our Giving Healt...
12/20/2025

Join us TODAY from 7AM-12PM!

The Great Maine Breakfast will generously donate half of their proceeds to our Giving Health campaign! To learn more about our Giving Health campaign to help our friends, family and neighbors get critically needed health supports, please click here.

If you're in the area, we hope you'll come on out! Bring your family and friends and enjoy a delicious Maine breakfast while Giving Health to those in our region who need it the most. This is win-win and it brings us closer to reaching our $50,000 Giving Health campaign goal.

To learn more about Jeannie’s Great Maine Breakfast please visit: jeanniesbreakfast.com

Hope to see you there! 🥞

Through Healthy Acadia’s Health Equity and Resource Team (HEART) Project, Behavioral Health Studies students at Washingt...
12/20/2025

Through Healthy Acadia’s Health Equity and Resource Team (HEART) Project, Behavioral Health Studies students at Washington County Community College offer a barrier relief fund. Students have an opportunity to apply for a one time $600 max grant to help them to stay in school.The HEART Project’s focus area is to expand and enhance the delivery of behavioral health services and improve health outcomes in Washington and Hancock counties. Recently we had a student apply who was looking to change careers. This applicant hadn’t owned a computer before and needed one for an online course to become an Mental Health and Rehabilitation Technician (MRHT-C).

Through the grant program and some additional staff support this student was able to get the perfect computer for their needs and as well as 1 year of tech support with a live person who could help them increase their computer skills and help with getting used to the computer so they could take the course they needed.

Our supporting staff member, Sonya Connelly added, “It was such an amazing experience to know we were helping them start a new chapter.”

This is Giving Health!

Give Health today and help us reach our goal of raising $50,000 to help our friends, family and neighbors access the health resources and programs they need. ⭐ Make a donation at bit.ly/GiveHealth2025sm today or visit www.healthyacadia.org to learn more about Giving Health.

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77 Beechland Road
Ellsworth, ME
04605

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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