Hungry for Health
In 2016, Healthy Acadia launched the Hungry for Health campaign, in partnership with local restaurants and other food producing businesses to increase health for our region. Hungry for Health has featured various events and fundraisers at restaurants across our region to benefit a different community health need each year.
In 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions, Healthy Acadia held to the spirit of this campaign, but with a new, exciting twist. We collaborated with eleven area restaurants to create the Downeast Hungry for Health Cookbook, which we shared as a gift with donors who contributed in support of programming that improves the wellbeing of older adults in our community, a population that was uniquely impacted by the health concerns and isolation of the pandemic. Our goal was to continue highlighting the significance of area restaurants as community partners while not asking them for financial giving in such a financially challenging year.
“The cookbook is beautiful and will be fun to use! I will be cooking the recipes, and looking forward to when I can go out and try these meals at the restaurants as well! ”
Stay tuned for details about future Hungry for Health campaigns!
If your restaurant or local business would like to partner us to support a specific Healthy Acadia health and wellness program, initiative, or focus area, please reach out to our Philanthropic Development team at Development@HealthyAcadia.org.
Donate online or via check by mailing to Healthy Acadia, PO Box 1710, Ellsworth, ME, 04605. Healthy Acadia asks that donors indicate ‘Hungry for Health’ in the notes section or memo.
Learn more by contacting us at development@healthyacadia.org or by calling (207) 667-7171 Ext. 210.