Join Chris Toy, Bowdoin graduate, retired teacher and principle, local cooking instructor and cookbook author of Bath, ME for a hands-on culinary experience crafting fresh stuffed pastas filled with vibrant vegetarian ingredients like earthy mushrooms, artisanal cheeses, fragrant herbs and seasonal produce. You’ll master dough techniques, explore flavor pairings, and create both tomato and cream sauces from scratch using local, farm-fresh ingredients. A celebration of texture, taste, and tradition.

Wednesday, January 7, 5:30-7:30 pm, $25 per person.

Registration is required, space is limited, some scholarships available.

MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick, Teaching Kitchen, 329 Maine Street, Brunswick, Main Entrance

For more information, call (207) 373-6585.

This single two-hour class provides a pre-birth opportunity to ask questions and learn about breastfeeding and returning to work. 

Pre-registration is required in order to obtain access to virtual access. Please call (207)301-8337 to register.

Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust and MaineHealth Center for Health Improvement, a Community Health department at Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals for a Happy Wanderers Hike at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 8, at Erickson Fields Preserve in Rockport!  These hikes are led by Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Maine Health’s Community Health Program staff.

All are welcome!  This hike will start at the Erickson Fields Preserve and follow the connector trail to the Beech Hill preserve. This walk is 4.4 miles out-and-back on a wide path with steady elevation. Participants can summit Beech Hill and go inside the Beech Nut, a historic stone hut atop a hill that overlooks Penobscot Bay, or choose the shorter hike (3.6 miles) and not summit Beech Hill.

Bring/wear: warm hiking footwear with grips, warm layers, including wind protection, and water. 

No pets, please.

This group meets at trailheads throughout Knox and Waldo counties, usually on the first Thursday of each month (but not this month!). 

Come join us for a FREE one-hour, evidence-based discussion healthy nutrition! This is the virtual sign-up option, see Zoom link to join below. Each session is designed to build on another, but is also useful on its own if you can only make a few! We will focus on quality and quantity of foods and learn how to incorporate a whole-food plant-based eating pattern as recommended by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Instructors: Amy Pearl BSN, RN, CWHC 

To Join the Zoom Meeting:

https://zoom.us/j/5965762953 

Meeting ID: 596 576 2953

Attendance Policy: It is the expectation that the patient will cancel their registration if they cannot attend. If a patient does not show to 2 classes, they will have any following sessions canceled and will have to contact the office to discuss enrolling in future classes.

Birth is a normal, natural, process. Just like each person is unique, each pregnancy, labor and birth are unique. At Lincoln Hospital Family Birth Center, we believe the best approach is supporting the birthing person as they navigate this natural, beautiful process. We support your decisions and value client input as a vital part of the birthing experience and labor process.

As your family prepares for labor, delivery, and the arrival of this precious new baby, we are here to help make this exciting new journey the best experience it can be for all. Our childbirth education classes cover pregnancy, labor and delivery, and newborn care. We use videos, stories, photos and animations, activities and games as well as demonstrations to teach all the essential information parents need to prepare for the birth of their baby. 

It is recommended that expecting clients finish this series around 3-6 weeks before their due date. This class is for patients and their support person(s) and is now a two part series with an optional breastfeeding course (separate sign up) offered at varied times over the course of the year.

For more information about our class offerings, please call the LH Family Birth Center at 207.563.4536 to speak to one of our nurses.

Safe Sitter Course is designed to prepare students ages 11-13 to be safe when they're home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting. 

THIS CLASS IS LOCATED IN NORWAY, MAINE - IN PERSON

The Instructor-led class is filled with fun games and role-playing exercises.  Students even get to use manikins to practice rescue skills like choking rescue and CPR!

This nationally acclaimed program developed by Dr. Patricia Keener focuses on safety skills, child care skills, first aid & rescue skills, and life & business skills.  

Students are asked to pack a lunch & drink. We will provide snacks and drinks.  

Contact the Perinatal Outreach Education Coordinator with any questions: miranda.wadsworth2@mainehealth.org or 207-393-3462.

Registration fee covers the cost of registrant and one support person. Please register only ONE participant for a class so that you will not be charged twice. If you cannot afford the registration fee due to financial hardship, please contact childbirth education at childbirtheducation@mainehealth.org.

Rescheduling or canceling your class registration can be done by contacting childbirtheducation@mainehealth.org. Refunds for class cancelations include a 10% processing fee. No refunds will be given after class begins.

Things have really changed since you became a parent! This class will cover communication between grandparents and the new parents; how grandparents can help during pregnancy, birth and after baby is born; current guidelines for infant care and infant safety; and ways to bond with your new grandchild.

We recommend attending this class between the 32nd and 36th week of pregnancy.

We are offering this class online. After you are registered, shortly before the class starts you will receive an email with information as to how to participate in the class. Thank you for understanding.