Healthy Androscoggin

10/13/2026

Get the info you need to stay safe when it comes to prescriptions.
Learn about prevention, safe storage, and warning signs, plus what to do next at EyesOpenForME.org

Eyes Open for ME

10/08/2026

Today is Walk and Roll to School Day!
A day to prioritize getting active with your kids/students.

Have you ever been part of a "walking school bus"? If so, tell us all about it in the comments!

If not, have you ever wanted to try this out?
Contact us, maybe we can work together to help make your idea a reality!

10/07/2026

Tomorrow we will have Megan Moran at the Greene Bumps& Babies! She is a pediatric physical therapist with port therapy PT. Ask any questions or just come chat and grab a snack! 😊

10/05/2026

Tonight! Join the City of Lewiston for a Community Conversation about the Red Shop. Learn about plans to bring community events and concert-related activity to this piece of Lewiston’s industrial past. Then step inside for a tour. What would bring you to the park more often? Come with ideas for what you’d like to see and do.
📅 Monday, Oct. 5 | 5:30–7 p.m.
📍 Hampton Inn, 15 Lincoln St.
💬 Conversation: 5:30–6:30 p.m.
🚶 Tour the Red Shop: 6:30–7 p.m.
✉️ [email protected]

Small building. Big possibilities. What’s the Red Shop?

You may not know its name, but this former machine shop, yes which is red, could change how you spend time on Lewiston’s riverfront.

Join the City of Lewiston for a Community Conversation about the Red Shop. Learn about plans to bring community events and concert-related activity to this piece of Lewiston’s industrial past. Then step inside for a tour.

What would bring you to the park more often? Come with ideas for what you’d like to see and do.

📅 Monday, Oct. 5 | 5:30–7 p.m.
📍 Hampton Inn, 15 Lincoln St.
💬 Conversation: 5:30–6:30 p.m.
🚶 Tour the Red Shop: 6:30–7 p.m.
✉️ [email protected]

Come meet the little building with a potentially big role in your next night out.

10/02/2026

Healthy Androscoggin attended the Maine Public Health Association 42nd Annual Conference yesterday! It was a day focused on inspiring engagement, learning, and networking regarding hopeful progress despite ongoing challenges in public health.

Our Director Lindsay Gannon co-presented "Community Engagement-Driven Approaches to Health and Wellbeing in Maine" and Assistant Program Manager Rebecca Schoen displayed her work on "Increasing the Impact of Federal Lead Hazard Control Funds and Supporting Sustainable Solutions". 🧡🤍💚

09/30/2026

Check out the Library of Things at Auburn Public Library Advocates!

https://www.auburnpubliclibrary.org/things

09/29/2026

It's an incredible week in Lewiston to celebrate the season, local food, flavors, and most of all community, at the 5th annual Taste the Harvest and the first ever Rad Roots Harvest Celebration!

If you haven't yet, there is still time to pick up your punch card and taste your way down Lisbon Street for this year's re-imagined Taste the Harvest on Wednesday, September 30th 4pm-7pm. Hosted by the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Taste the Harvest is a fun-filled fall festival highlighting local restaurants and featuring hands-on family friendly activities and live music. The event is free to attend with the punch cards for food vendors purchased separately.
https://discoverlamaine.com/taste-the-harvest/

Later in the week, join Gather to Grow for an event of radical connection, joy, and nourishment at the first ever “Rad Roots Harvest Celebration,” Friday, October 2nd, 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm at Gather to Grow, 208 Bates Street.
This free, collaboratively inspired and hosted harvest meal and festival will showcase farm fresh food alongside the local work being done to build and connect Lewiston and Auburn to a sustainable and thriving local food system.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rad-roots-harvest-celebration-connected-roots-will-weather-the-storm-tickets-1998445513327?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

09/26/2026

Healthy Androscoggin is at the Block Party with lots of great resources! Come say hi from now until 1pm!

09/24/2026

Though this month is for awareness...suicide prevention is a year-round commitment.

The work of showing up for the people in our lives is for all twelve.

Stronger Together: Connect. Support. Prevent.

samhsa.gov/mental-health/suicidal-behavior/prevention

09/24/2026

What a great new resource for our communities!

There’s a new place for you at the YWCA. Our Connectivity Hub is officially open!

Whether you’re working on a resume, learning something new, accessing online resources, or simply need a place to connect, there’s a place for you here.

That’s what the YWCA is all about.