Archives for Community Wellness Watch

Community Wellness Watch 11/30/21: Food insecurity in our community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Producer/Host: Emma Weiss, WERU intern

Each month, WERU intern Emma Weiss sits down with local healthcare providers and other professionals to talk about how they have adjusted their practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and how they continue to keep our communities healthy and safe.

-Learning about food insecurity throughout the pandemic
-Discussion of changes and adjustments made to practices providing food security services and related support during the pandemic
-Challenges and triumphs from patrons, volunteers, and staff throughout the pandemic
-Learning how listeners can access these services, donate, or become volunteers

Guests:

Anna Wind, Healthy Eating and Magic Food Bus Coordinator
Healthy Peninsula in Blue Hill [email protected]
(207)-374-3257

OJ Logue, Interim Executive Director
Bar Harbor Food Pantry in Bar Harbor [email protected]
(207)-288-3375

Joe Ryan, Executive Director
Area Interfaith Outreach Food & Energy Assistance in Rockland[email protected]
(207)-596-1043

About the host:
Originally from Hamden, CT, Emma Weiss has always called Maine her second home. After earning her bachelor’s degree in psychology and education at Oberlin College, she moved to MDI full time and began hosting “Moose Juice, Jellies & Jams; Tales and Tunes for Kids of All Ages” twice monthly on Saturdays at 11am during WERU’s Family Radio Hour. Emma joined the WERU team in April and has been working on our NextWave Radio initiative as well as the Community Wellness Watch programs. She now resides in Philadelphia and will work for WERU remotely for the next few months.

Community Wellness Watch 11/2/21: Local mental health and substance use recovery services

Producer/Host: Emma Weiss, WERU intern

Each month, WERU intern Emma Weiss sits down with local healthcare providers to talk about how they have adjusted their practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and how they continue to keep our communities healthy and safe.

Program Topic: Local providers offering mental health and substance use recovery services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

-Learning about mental health and substance use recovery throughout the pandemic
-Discussion of changes and adjustments made to practices providing mental health services and recovery support during the pandemic
-Challenges and triumphs from clients and staff throughout the pandemic
-Learning how listeners can access these services or become volunteers

Guests:

Theresa Mastricolo, Supervising Manager
Midcoast Recovery Coalition in Camden
[email protected]
(207)-701-1182

Dr. Megan Houseknecht, Clinical Psychologist
Mount Desert Island Hospital Behavioral Health Center in Bar Harbor
(207)-288-8604

Dr. Andrés Abreu, Director, Physician, Psychiatrist
Mount Desert Island Hospital Behavioral Health Center in Bar Harbor(207)-288-8604

About the host:
Originally from Hamden, CT, Emma Weiss has always called Maine her second home. After earning her bachelor’s degree in psychology and education at Oberlin College, she moved to MDI full time and began hosting “Moose Juice, Jellies & Jams; Tales and Tunes for Kids of All Ages” twice monthly on Saturdays at 11am during WERU’s Family Radio Hour. Emma joined the WERU team in April and has been working on our NextWave Radio initiative as well as the Community Wellness Watch programs. She now resides in Philadelphia and will work for WERU remotely for the next few months.

Community Wellness Watch 9/29/21: Local housing resources for children & families during pandemic

Producer/Host: Emma Weiss, WERU intern

Each month, WERU intern Emma Weiss sits down with local healthcare providers to talk about how they have adjusted their practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and how they continue to keep our communities healthy and safe.

Program Topic: Local providers offering housing for children and families in need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
-Learning about housing children and families in need throughout the pandemic from a number of different perspectives
-Discussion of changes and adjustments made to practices housing children in families in homeless shelters, foster care, and private homes during the pandemic
-Challenges and triumphs from clients and staff throughout the pandemic
-Learning how listeners can access these services or become volunteers

Guests :
Travis Bryant, Executive Director
Foster Families of Maine Inc. & The Kinship Program in Bangor and Saco
[email protected]
207-827-2331

Robin Chamberlain, Director
Safe Families for Children throughout Maine
[email protected]
207-713-0523

Tracey Hair, Executive Director
H.O.M.E. Inc. in Orland
[email protected]
(207) 469.7961

About the host:
Originally from Hamden, CT, Emma Weiss has always called Maine her second home. After earning her bachelor’s degree in psychology and education at Oberlin College, she moved to MDI full time and began hosting “Moose Juice, Jellies & Jams; Tales and Tunes for Kids of All Ages” twice monthly on Saturdays at 11am during WERU’s Family Radio Hour. Emma joined the WERU team in April and has been working on our NextWave Radio initiative as well as the Community Wellness Watch programs. She now resides in Philadelphia and will work for WERU remotely for the next few months.

DEBUT! Community Wellness Watch 8/31/21: Senior Care

Producer/Host: Emma Weiss, WERU intern

Community Wellness Watch is a program about public health. Hosted and produced by WERU intern Emma Weiss, the first full-length program for this project is focused on Senior Care. Each month, Emma sits down with local healthcare providers to talk about how they have adjusted their practices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and how they continue to keep our communities healthy and safe. This is not meant to serve as professional medical advice, but rather we hope to inform listeners of healthcare resources in the area and give a huge thank you to these providers for their very important work. Support for Community Wellness Watch comes from the Maine Community Foundation.

Guests and contact information:
Anne Schroth, Co-director and Healthy-aging Program Coordinator
Healthy Peninsula in Blue Hill
[email protected]
207-374-3257

René Colson Hudson, Executive Director
Healthy Island Project in Deer Isle-Stonington
[email protected]
207-367-6332

Jo Cooper, Executive Director
Friends in Action in Ellsworth [email protected]
207-664-6016

About the host:
Originally from Hamden, CT, Emma Weiss has always called Maine her second home. After earning her bachelor’s degree in psychology and education at Oberlin College, she moved to MDI full time and began hosting “Moose Juice, Jellies & Jams; Tales and Tunes for Kids of All Ages” twice monthly on Saturdays at 11am during WERU’s Family Radio Hour. Emma joined the WERU team in April and has been working on our NextWave Radio initiative as well as the Community Wellness Watch programs. She now resides in Philadelphia and will work for WERU remotely for the next few months.