HBMI Community Health Education

11/05/2025

11/05/2025

11/05/2025

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

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Did you know that managing diabetes as soon as possible may prevent serious health problems? Diabetes occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar...

11/05/2025

Due to the possible temporary discontinuation of Snap Benefits resulting from the government shutdown, our organization is receiving calls from generous community members who wish to donate food. Our next regular drive-through food distribution is scheduled for November 8, commencing at 10 AM. We are currently planning a second distribution event in mid-November; further details will be announced shortly. For those interested in contributing food items, we are in need of the following: cereal, baby formula, milk, eggs, cheese, fruit, and vegetables. All donations are gratefully accepted. Please contact the Adopt-A-Block office at 532-2273 to arrange drop-off times. Individuals requiring food assistance are invited to attend the drive-through food distribution or contact our office for alternative arrangements.

11/05/2025

The Community Health Education Program began working with the children of the Maliseet Headstart this week and brought in a special snack.

The kids had pumpkin squares and we discussed the five food groups. We read “A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds” by Jean Richards.

We then discussed which vegetables are actually fruits such as tomatoes and worked on identifying the food groups represented in their snack.

11/05/2025

This weeks TRAIL program the kids had a healthy trail mix for snack and we discussed the medicine wheel and how each part makes up a whole healthy person. We then had four volunteers to represent each quadrant: emotional, physical, spiritual and mental.

The rest of the kids took examples that were written on post it notes and stuck them on the person/quadrant they thought fit with the example. Once they were done we went over each example and discussed why it went where it did.

The children then post the post it’s on the poster board and hung it up for a reminder on what healthy/whole person looks like and how they incorporate these skills into their own lives.

10/23/2025

On Tuesday the TRAIL kids played emotions charades. They each took a turn acting out an emotion, it was a popular game.
We also talked about stress, the difference between healthy stress and unhealthy stress and healthy ways to deal with stress.

10/03/2025

Can you feel the crispness in the air? 🍂 Now is the time to savor the flavors of fall. 🍠🍎🎃

You’ll save money, too. Fresh foods are often less expensive during their harvest season.

10/02/2025

10/02/2025