The HealthySV Coalition supports and promotes healthy lifestyles to reduce chronic disease and increase quality of life in the Sebasticook Valley, through policy and environmental change.
The purpose of the HealthySV Coalition is to develop and strengthen local capacity to deliver essential public health services. Members of the coalition are people and organizations who are interested in and have expressed a desire to be involved in the health of the community. The HealthySV Coalition serves the following towns:
- Cambridge
- Carmel
- Clinton
- Corinna
- Detroit
- Dixmont
- Etna
- Levant
- Harmony
- Hartland
- Newport
- Palmyra
- Pittsfield
- Plymouth
- Ripley
- St. Albans
- Stetson
HealthySV can help you:
- Develop policy related to health and wellness such as tobacco, substance abuse, and breastfeeding-friendly worksite
- Create physical activity opportunities for your group, agency, or class
- Implement changes to encourage healthier eating and improve access to fresh produce
- Develop a comprehensive worksite wellness program
- Locate a chronic disease self-management program or other educational opportunities in the region
- Coordinate educational opportunities around the topics of physical activity, nutrition, tobacco, substance abuse, chronic disease, colorectal cancer, lead, and much more
The HealthySV serves as a local Healthy Maine Partnership for the Sebasticook Valley region. Healthy Maine partnerships are a system of state and local organizations that bring people and resources together to effectively and efficiently improve the well-being of Maine residents through prevention and education. HealthySV Coalition is funded with grants from the Fund for Healthy Maine, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Maine Office of Substance Abuse. SVH serves as the fiscal agent.
HealthySV Winter Walking Program
Healthy SV invites residents to walk the halls and/or gyms of various participating community buildings for free throughout the winter months by participating in our popular Winter Walking Program. Walking indoors while the roads and sidewalks are covered with ice and snow is safer and, if you can walk for 30 minutes each day, you may feel and look better for the warm days to come!
For more information, please call 487.3890.
Visit the HealthySV website