“5210 — A Way of Life” is an initiative that partners with communities across the Northumberland County to promote healthy behaviors. The initiative provides clear goals for families to live healthy every day, AND provides tools and resources to community leaders to make changes to their programs, policies, and environments so that the healthy choice is the easy choice. Hearing a consistent message supported by a healthy community environment is important. By bringing community stakeholders together to share and support this common message, “5210 A Way of Life” helps build partnerships and create healthy environments where everyone can eat well and be active every day.
The “5210 — A Way of Life” key messages are:
- Enjoy! – 5 servings or more of vegetables and fruit every day.
- Power down! – No more than 2 hours of screen time per day (no screen time under the age of two).
- Move more! – At least 1 hour of physical activity every day.
- Drink more water! – 0 sugar added beverages.
The “5210 — A Way of Life” website contains resources and success stories as well as a mechanism to “Take a Pledge” to the 5210 way of life. Stay connected with the 5210 group! Visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/5210ca/
- Author/Origin:
- A collaboration between the Miramichi-Chatham Public Health and their numerous community partners
CARE & SHARE is a FREE Fitness & Healing Program. It is designed for women in the Miramichi Area recently diagnosed with cancer, currently in treatment or dealing with survivorship […]
- Author/Origin:
- Care & Share Miramichi
A mapping of the Northumberland County community assets as they relate to food security. It includes community gardens, food banks, soup kitchens, farmers with retail on site, farmer’s markets, u picks, mobile kitchens CSA food boxes, fresh boxes and collective/community kitchens. A great snap shot of available resources for locally sourced, sustainable food in the Miramichi/Kent area.
- Author/Origin:
- Northumberland Food Security Network
Fresh 4 Less is an exciting program that offers fresh fruit and vegetables once a month at a reduced cost compared to retail prices. The program was initiated by the […]
- Author/Origin:
- Northumberland Food Security Network
This initiative is targeted towards students from kindergarten to grade 8. In this challenge, the goal is for the students to run or walk 40km over the last 5 weeks of school. Each classroom receives a log book to keep track of the student’s kilometers. For each 5km the students complete, they receive a colorful shoe tag. The challenge finishes with the “Mango Kids Fun Run” where students can complete the final 2.2km together as a group. Each student that participates in the final run get a mango t-shirt and a medal.
For more information, please contact the Mango Program directly at Mango@HorizonNB.ca or call 624-7564.
- Author/Origin:
- The Mango Program
This guide provides contact information for health, financial and support services available to seniors in the Northumberland County.
- Author/Origin:
- Be Alive/ Hop la Vie Northumberland
KidSport™ Miramichi is a confidential organization that helps families needing assistance in paying sport registration fees. Kidsport™ is a children’s charity administered by Sports NB. The objective is to assist families facing financial obstacles to participate in community sport programs. Application deadline is usually in early September each year. Application forms can be picked up at Miramichi City Hall, and the Miramichi Community Wellness and Recreation Department. Forms can also be found online (click the blue button saying “Apply for Assistance”). For further information please call Jason Walsh, Recreation Coordinator, at 623-2054, or email him at jason.walsh@miramichi.org. Also note that each application requires a notice of assessment from Revenue Canada. This can be obtained by calling 1-800-959-8281.
- Author/Origin:
- Sports NB
This initiative is targeted at school children from kindergarten to grade 5 in schools of the Northumberland County and some schools in the Kent County. The children are asked to participate in health related challenges that can vary in length from a week to a month. In the past, challenges have included: Eat a healthy snack, be active for 30 minutes each day, eat a healthy lunch, maximum of one hour of screen time per day. Each classroom receives a kit prepared by the Mango Program that includes all material necessary.
For more information, please contact the Mango office directly at Mango@HorizonNB.ca or 627-7564.
- Author/Origin:
- The Mango Program
