Pre-Schoolers Learn Healthy Habits

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Click here to read an article in the Gateway Regional School District’s Breaking News by Wendy Long and her intern Rachel Labarron. The article features HCHC’s School Based Programs, including the dental outreach program, Gator Grins.

Hilltown Community Health Center Partners with Holyoke YMCA for Diabetes Prevention Program

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A program proven to help adults who are prediabetic is being offered by the Hilltown Community Health Center. HCHC, in partnership with the Holyoke YMCA, is offering its second series of the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program. The free 12-month support program is there to help local residents who number among the 89 million adults nation-wide who are prediabetic, meaning they …

My Life, My Health: Managing a Chronic Condition Workshop Series

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Hilltown Community Health Center is offering a free six-week series of workshops, My Life, My Health, to help people develop new ways to manage and cope with on-going health conditions. The series is designed to assist adults with hypertension, arthritis, heart problems, stroke, COPD, cancer, diabetes, and many other on-going health conditions. Participants discuss reducing stress, dealing with difficult emotions, …

Nutritionist Now Available at Gateway SBHC

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Huntington, MA – The Gateway School-Based Health Center—operated by Hilltown Community Health Centers—is pleased to announce that a nutritionist is now on staff and available to work with students on Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to noon. Registered dietician Joanna Martin is ready to work with students to help them meet their health goals, whether that involves learning more about nutrition, …

Parenting Education Workshops Begin Nov 18

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A child’s first learning experiences and the bonds a child forms with her caregivers greatly influence her future cognitive, physical, and social and emotional development. We welcome parent educator, Scott Noyes. Scott has worked for over thirty years with parents, children, and educators. He is the author of “Positive Discipline That Works”, “Intentional Language”, and “This Child is Driving Us …

Jaeger Finds Great Fit at Gateway SBHC

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We welcome Brenda Jaeger, Family Nurse Practitioner to the Gateway School-Based Health Center! Read about her in the latest issue of Gateway Regional School District’s “Breaking News”.

Hilltown Holiday Help Has Begun!

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Families living in Blandford, Chester, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Russell and Worthington with children ages newborn to 12, can receive help with holiday gifts this upcoming season. If you’d like to assist a family this season, pick up a wish list at Hilltown Community Center, 9 Russell Road, Huntington, by Nov. 28. Gift distribution will take place on Thursday, Dec. 15, …

HCHC Has Again Received Grant Through the American Cancer Society From the National Football League Foundation

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We’re hosting Ladies’ Night-Out in the Hilltowns to educate why regular screening and early detection are crucial to successful treatment of breast cancer. Please join us at the Chester Common Table Restaurant, 30 Main Street in Chester on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 from 5-8pm for food, music and fun. HCHC has again received a grant through the American Cancer Society …

Hilltown Social Services a Designated Site for Federal Fuel Assistance Applications

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Recertification applications for federal fuel assistance for residents of Hampshire and Hampden Counties have been arriving in mailboxes for several weeks. For people who heat with electricity and/or have heat included in rent, the recertification applications will be out later in the fall. The recertification application, with the information provided last year by the recipient, should be reviewed in detail …

Hilltown Family Center Presents Five-Part Childhood Development Workshop

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As part of our Brain Building in Progress program, Hilltown Community Health Center and the Hilltown Family Center will present a five-part workshop focused on strategies to develop healthy early childhood development. For our first workshop, we welcome Scott Noyes, parent educator, presenting “Whatever Happened to Go Outside and Play, Changing Screen Time to Green Time” on Monday September 26th …