Choose To Be Healthy is a community health coalition serving southern York County, Maine and based at York Hospital. Coalition members and partners work to create a culture of healthy living by supporting policies and community changes that promote alcohol and drug free living for our youth. Funding comes through grants from the Maine CDC and the federal Drug Free Communities Program of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
CTBH staff, members and partners live and work in the towns of Berwick, Eliot, Kittery, Lebanon, North Berwick, Ogunquit, South Berwick, Wells, and York.
Our Mission:
We address the region’s most pressing health challenges, including youth substance use, through collaboration, community engagement, and evidence based strategies that help create healthy communities.
Choose To Be Healthy is made up of staff and community members who represent all sectors of the community:
- Advisory Board, including representatives of schools, law enforcement, mental health services, the court system, healthcare and business.
- Project Teams, led by coalition members with staff support these teams reflect on-going and as needed work plan efforts. Current teams include the Regional Law Enforcement Team and the Substance Abuse Action Team.
- Community partners including schools and businesses and individual members including parents and youth
- Lead Agency, York Hospital
- Staff: Coalition Director, Sally Manninen; Program Manager, Stephanie Masters-Plamondon; Program Coordinator,Gina Brodsky; and, Program Assistant, Chelsea Farrington