Chelsea Pepe, Author at Healthy Communities Online

Kicking Off AmeriCorps Week Giving Back to the Middletown Community

March 9, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

A warm sunny day was the perfect way to kick-off Americorps Week, as CHC’s Americorps team took on their first project: the renovation of the Family Wellness Center. In collaboration with the Community Health Center and several other programs in the Middletown community, The Family Wellness Center offers free programs for children and their families. It has been a constant ‘home’ for many of the families of CHC and of the Middletown Community for more than 25 years, resulting in…

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Community Health Center, Inc. Announces New Board Members

March 2, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eliza Cole Community Health Center, Inc. (860) 262-2546 or [email protected] Community Health Center, Inc. Announces New Board Members MIDDLETOWN, Conn; March 2, 2015: Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), Connecticut’s largest provider of primary care to the underserved, announces new officers and Board of Director members who began their terms in January 2015. The Board makes policy decisions, authorizes rule-making and oversees CHC’s operations. During the January 2015 meeting of The Board, members honored outgoing Chairman Mark…

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A Point In Time to Recognize the Homeless Population

February 27, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

On February 18th, myself and two other AmeriCorps members grabbed our flashlights, put on some extra layers, and stayed out late to participate in the annual Point in Time Count in New Britain. Point in Time, a national initiative from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, aims to count the number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals in the coldest nights of winter to understand our ability to provide shelter to the nation’s homeless. In Connecticut, the program is…

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Give Kids a Smile Kick Off 2015

February 25, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

The American Dental Association began the Give Kids a Smile Day (GKAS) program in 2002 during the month of February, which is National Children’s Dental Health Movement. Beth Kilian the Program Manager of Mobile Dental Services stressed the Community Health Center’s significant role in the celebration. It offers patients with HUSKY insurance and non – insurance based patients with the opportunity for free dental care for children. Our kickoff event began in our Meriden location on February 6th with many children…

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CHC Joins House of Teens Open House

January 28, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

Dr. Briggie New Publication with His Daughter

January 2, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

At CHC, we’re proud of all our staff who provide great care and who get opportunities to write about their research and experiences. Sometimes, getting published can carry special meaning, like it has for Cliff Briggie, one of our therapists in Meriden. Dr. Briggie’s daughter, Alexis Briggie received a request from a prestigious publisher and invited her father to join her. Together they wrote a chapter in a new book, The Behavioral Addictions going on sale this month. The Behavioral Addictions…

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