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Contacts: Suzie Nutbrown (snutbrown@healthypeninsula.org) & Anne Schroth (aschroth@healthypeninsula.org)
Joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities: 2016-09-15
Structure: Regional initiative with staff support and leadership from Healthy Peninsula
Communities: Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, Segwick, Surry, Deer Isle, and Stonington
Highlight of 2025: We are most proud of leading a complex community collaboration- our Bridging Neighbors Program which we launched in the summer of 2023. This project trains and matches volunteers to community members, aged 60 and over, in need of support, advocacy, and accessing community-based resources. The barriers include the complicated dynamics of multi-agency partnerships, working with a large hospital system that is not designed to be collaborative, and funding to ensure sustainability. Despite these barriers, we have served many older adults who reside on the Blue Hill Peninsula and Deer Isle/Stonington!
Age-Friendly Coastal Community's Initiatives and Accomplishments:
Civic Participation and Employment
Volunteer Recognition events
Resource & Volunteer Recruitment Fair, in partnership with Friends in Action and AFCC partners
Communication and Information
Online Resource Guide
Community Supports and Health Services
Simmering Pot Soup Delivery: weekly meal delivery, in collaboration with The Simmering Pot, for community members who cannot attend the community meal in person
Matter of Balance: train the trainers and organizing classes, in partnership with EAAA
Bridging Neighbors: volunteer-based community health outreach project to support social drivers of health
Magic Food Bus: seasonal mobile farm stand delivering free, fresh, local produce, books, and resource information to locations throughout 9-town region
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (delivery of monthly USDA food boxes to low-income, older people in partnership with EAAA)
Outdoor Spaces and Public Buildings
Worked with Blue Hill Heritage Trust to develop accessible trail
Social Participation
Walk-in Café: weekly coffee hour/social time/resource outlet; outdoor in warm weather, near an accessible walking trail; inside during colder months
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