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National Health Center Week 2015

August 20, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) celebrated National Health Center Week 2015 (NHCW), as part of a weeklong campaign (August 9 -15) by providing free, family friendly events across the state of Connecticut. Community Health Center’s highlight their 50th year of success with providing quality health care nationwide by hosting community events. Some of the accomplishments America’s Health Center’s provide are $24 billion in annual health systems savings, reducing infant mortality rates, and reduced unnecessary hospitalizations. CHC felt the best way to…

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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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Recess Rocks Winter Series 2015 Underway!

February 11, 2015 Sara Anderson

When its cold, snowy, muddy, or slushy there is no better time for an indoor Recess Rocks class! For those who don’t know, Recess Rocks! is a Community Health Center Program designed to help reverse childhood obesity by getting kids moving in schools! The program builds self-esteem, sharpens their minds with tricky moves (nothing is hard in recess rocks), and encourages lifelong healthy habits! This year we trained over a dozen of our AmeriCorps members as movement instructors. They are able to lead classes at…

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A Look Back at Danbury’s First Holiday Party!

January 6, 2015 Sara Anderson

Priti Shah, the Americorps member based out of Danbury, was instrumental in organizing Danbury’s first annual Children’s Holiday Party. She wrote this post to share about the event’s success! On December 12th, 2014, Danbury CHC held its first annual Children’s Holiday Party. Instead of having a staff gathering to celebrate the holidays, staff decided to use their collective efforts to give back to the community. The event was an opportunity for CHC children to take pictures with Santa, make ornaments and…

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month!

November 19, 2014 Sara Anderson

As many of you know November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and the number of people effected by this disease is ever increasing in the United States and around the world. This month is intended to shed light on the daily struggles and lifestyle choices people living with diabetes must make, both those with type 1 and type 2. Here are just a few of the recent statistics on diabetes from the American Diabetes Association: Nearly 30 million children and adults…

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The Health Care Game

January 26, 2011 Sofia Dupi

I am a big fan of games. They are an important part of how we learn, whether it be coordination in hopscotch or socialization in tag, they are important in our education. With computers, our relationship to games is changing. To take advantage of this, I told my children when they were young, that they could play any computer game that they could write. It provided additional educational experiences. Now, ‘gamefication’ is a hot topic as people explore how to…

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