The use of e-cigarette and vaping products, such as Juul, “exploded” among middle and high schoolers during the pandemic, said the director of Healthy Androscoggin.
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Lewiston nonprofit receives lead poisoning prevention grant
The $25,000 cash award to the nonprofit comes with 18 months of coaching and support, access to national experts, engagement in a peer-learning network, and a customized analysis calculating the cost of childhood lead exposure and the economic benefits of interventions.
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Healthy Androscoggin receives grant from Maine Cancer Foundation
LEWISTON — Healthy Androscoggin has announced it has received a $94,800 Maine Cancer Foundation Grant — Preventing Youth Smoking Through Community Education: The Tobacco 21 law. Through this grant, Healthy Androscoggin will create a mass-reach health communication intervention that provides information to the community at large about the Tobacco 21 law and how it prevents youth […]
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Healthy Androscoggin gets $120K lead prevention grant
LEWISTON — Healthy Androscoggin will receive a $120,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to boost its lead poisoning prevention efforts. The nonprofit Healthy Androscoggin is a community health coalition supported by a variety of partners, including local hospitals, health organizations and the cities of Lewiston and Auburn. Erin Guay, executive director of Healthy Androscoggin, […]
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Healthy Androscoggin receives grant
LEWISTON — Healthy Androscoggin announces it has received a $12,000 CVS Health Community Grant. The Community Grant Program was created by CVS Health as part of its commitment to help people achieve their best health through financial assistance to programs that are focused on smoking cessation and prevention. The support from CVS Health will help […]
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Hamilton gains certificate
LEWISTON — Healthy Androscoggin, 300 Main St., announces that Health Promotion Coordinator Emily Dooling Hamilton has received a national certificate in tobacco treatment practice from the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors and the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence. The certificate demonstrates Hamilton’s advanced education in evidence-based tobacco competencies, […]
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Landlords’ rights regarding marijuana cultivation, possession and consumption
In light of the terrible fire that started in a marijuana grow room and destroyed an apartment building, displacing six people from their residence April 25, we here at Healthy Androscoggin would like to take a moment to educate residents and landlords on their rights when it comes to the personal use and cultivation of […]
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Healthy Androscoggin receives donations at behest of administrative assistant
LEWISTON — Mary Lou Hofmann of Auburn, administrative assistant for, Healthy Androscoggin, chose to support the work of the organization she cares about during her birthday. In lieu presents, Hofmann requested donations to Healthy Androscoggin and raised more than $600. “I believe we get to the point in our lives that we don’t really need any […]
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Jama to address L-A Rotary April 6
LEWISTON — Taysir Jama, health promotion coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin, will be the featured guest speaker at the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at the Ramada Inn, Lewiston. Jama is a health promotion coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin, responsible for building awareness about lead poisoning and educating our community about lead […]
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Local healthcare providers to improve cultural competency practices and increase healthcare access for African new Mainer population
AUBURN — Healthy Androscoggin has been awarded a Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Through the grant, Healthy Androscoggin formed the REACH Partnership — a collaborative effort between eight local health and wellness providers to increase cultural competency through trainings, community outreach and translation and production of […]